Sermon Formation Paper

The process of sermon formation takes on a different character for each preacher, a character as unique as the preacher themselves. The best approaches to preaching put the text first and allow the Holy Spirit through the text determine the best way to preach a particular passage. My personal approach to sermon formation has evolved over time as I have grown in my Christian walk, as my knowledge of the Bible and as I gain more experience as a preacher. My approach has especially evolved after having the opportunity to apply many of the concepts that were studied in the course of this semester. Currently I remain one of three people in our church pursing ordination as an elder in the Church of the Nazarene all being mentored by our senior pastor. …show more content…
I try to spend a good amount of time to read the passage aloud several times. I might make a dynamic translation of the passage based on my first impressions from reading it aloud. After this, free from outside sources I begin to ask questions of the passage. I follow the process outlined by Dan Boone in his book Preaching the Story that Shapes Us. I make a sensing page, inquisition page, a diagram or outline of the problem or “trouble” in the passage, and an image page. In addition to Boone's process I might also make a page of further questions and areas for research for the next part of the process in sermon …show more content…
It is at this point that I have determined the literary genre of the passage and come to some conclusion about how I might like to approach delivering the message. I come to this conclusion thinking about how best to present the good news of how I am delivering the message based the particular genre of the passage and the context in which I will be speaking. I begin to answer the questions I have remaining that I have on my further questions and areas for research page to help better confirm my observations and further my understanding of the passage before finalizing my