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The STRATEGY of PREACHING

A Handy Guide for Sermon Preparation

by W. Max Alderman

First Printing 1988 Second Printing 2003 Copyright ? Printed in Canada by Bethel Baptist Print Ministry

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Table of Contents

Dedication ..................................................................5 Forward...................................................................... 6 Introduction................................................................7 Part One--PREPARING THE MESSAGE............................ 9 The Value of Preaching............................................. 11 Preparation ............................................................... 12 Assimilation .............................................................. 13 Saturation................................................................. 14 Meditation ................................................................ 15 Interpretation ........................................................... 16 Application ............................................................... 17 Presentation.............................................................. 18 Invitation .................................................................. 22 Part Two--PREPARING THE MESSENGER..................... 23 The Preacher's Call ................................................... 25 The Preacher's Character .......................................... 31 The Preacher's Convictions ....................................... 39 The Preacher's Courage ............................................ 44 The Preacher's Compassion....................................... 48 Part Three--PREPARING THE MATERIAL ...................... 55 Hermeneutic Tools For Preaching............................. 57

1. Colors in The Bible ........................................... 57 2. Places in The Bible ........................................... 66 3. Plants in The Bible ........................................... 74 4. Names in The Bible .......................................... 77 5. Objects And Things in The Bible....................... 85 Part Four--PRESENTING THE MATERIAL.................... 115 A. Sample Expository Outline Series ........................... 117 Paul Presenting His Letter to the Church at Colosse.................................. 117 Paul's Praying in His Letter for the Church at Colosse ................................ 118 Paul's Praising in His Letter to the Church at Colosse.................................. 119 Paul's Pastoring Through His Letter to the Church at Colosse.................................. 120 Paul's Preaching Through His Letter to the Church at Colosse.................................. 122 --A Message of Encouragement......................... 122 --A Message of Enlightenment.......................... 123 --A Message of Edification................................ 124 Paul's Postscript In His Letter

to the Church at Colosse.................................. 126 B. Sample Sermons in Manuscript Form..................... 127 The Great Presence of God ................................. 128 The Great Providence of God ............................. 131 The Great Peace of God...................................... 134 The Great Provocation to Love ........................... 137 The Great Prerequisite For Service ..................... 140 The Great Peril of the Last Days ......................... 144 The Great Problem of Fornication ...................... 147 Index of Scripture Listings.............................................. 155

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my dear friend, Evangelist C.L. Roach who has been such a blessing and also an encouragement to me.

FOREWORD

This book has been written as a practical study guide for the preacher. It is my hope that this study will stimulate and inspire new and different a venues of study from the precious, never changing "Word of God."

In my ministry, I use only the King James Version with great admiration, trust, and love for it. I am indebted to so many wonderful people who assisted in getting this recent book to the publishers. It would be difficult to name them all. I might also leave some deserving and helpful person out if I attempted to list them. May the Lord bless you richly in your studies. February, 1988 W. Max Alderman 151 Northside Drive Statesboro, Georgia 30458

INTRODUCTION

The most awesome responsibility that God has ever bestowed upon mortal man is the handling of His inspired Word from the pulpit. The preacher is accountable to the listener who sits hungry to hear the truths of God as they fall from the lips of the Man of God. Truly greater is his accountability to God for the verity and Biblical

accuracy of the message which he delivers to his people. A man of God who realizes the gravity of his task would never step into the pulpit except he first prepare every fiber of his being to carry out this great office. In the following pages, you will read words penned from the heart of a veteran pastor about this process of preparation and forethought. This volume is not simply a cold formula of homeletical precision but a strategy to be used in preparing to speak the truth of God to hungry hearts. Pastor W. Max Alderman has proven himself a student of the Word through his pulpit ministry. In this volume you will read the heartbeat of a man who truly loves both preaching and preachers. Truly, your ministry will be enriched as you learn THE STRATEGY OF PREACHING. Bro. Mike Eastridge Associate Pastor Bible Baptist Church Statesboro, Georgia

Part I

Preparing The Message

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Part I

PREPARING THE MESSAGE THE VALUE OF PREACHING

The world may not recognize the value of the preacher and his preaching, yet God's Word says in Romans 10:15, "How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!" What a privilege and honor it is to preach the glad tidings of good things, regardless of the notion of some. The man that has that heavenly, holy, and high calling would almost rather preach than eat. Yet the desire, the joy, and the call alone is not enough; there must be the prepared heart! Having some neatly prepared homiletical gem does not in itself constitute the vehicle for true preaching power. The preacher

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