Too often, while preaching, I straight away tell my listeners what the meaning of a passage is without even referring to the passage details itself. Perhaps it due to time constraints, or nervousness, but i tend to skip the process of how i got the meaning to my listeners. As a result, many of them often think that my preaching has deviated from the text of are simply lost in a maze.
Three simple questions (thanks Bryan Chapell) help me to overcome these,
1. What does the text mean
2. How do I know what the text means
3. What caused the text to be written?
The second question is important because it forces preachers to identity siginificant landmarks that others will be able to follow your thought process. And of course, they learning how to interpret scripture biblically for themselves.
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