So You Wanna Preach

So you want to be a preacha!

Preaching is = a proclamation of divine truth with the express purpose of causing a change in a person’s behavior

# 1 goal in preaching is to persuade

I. Art of persuasion

• It is believed that there are 3 ways in which one could persuade with rhetoric (words)

1. Ethos = character – we the listener believe good men more fully and readily than others

• There are three things that inspire confidence to believe the speaker

A. Good sense= intellect B. Good moral character= testimony C. Goodwill = intention

• Credibility is the key in public speaking; credibility is gained through good character!!

2. Pathos = emotions of the audience

• Persuasion may come through the hearers when the speech stirs their emotions.

• People do what they do out of emotions. If the audience is not emotionally connected, seldom will they ever really be persuaded

o Note: some people may not be emotionally ready! (parable: good seed bad seed)

• Setting the right emotions is helped by worship, illustration, drama video….ect.

3. Logos = the word (its where we get logic)

• Persuasion is affected by the speech itself when we have proved a truth

• Persuasion occurs with good reasoning or good proof, but both are best!!

Summary: A good speaker is someone of good character, in touch with the audience and able to effectively communicate biblical truth to produce change in listener! (

II. Discovering Truth

• To discover truth you must study the bible (2 tim)

• To “study the bible” = find the plain meaning of the passage

• This is done with PROPER HERMENTICS = discover what the original author meant and how the original audience understood that passage

How do we find the true meaning of the passage?

1. Do an OVERVIEW

a. Read the whole book

b. Identify repeated words or phrases (ex. Romans)

c. Write a summary of what you discovered (important for later:intro)

2. Do an in depth study of a selected passage

• Select a verse that speaks to...