Psalm 27 Sermon Prep

Observation Step 1: Initial Observations and Questions Biblical Text: Initial Observations Initial Questions (Red Unanswered Blue answered)

Observation Step 2: Hermeneutics Follow these steps:

Repetition of words:

Contrasts:

David is secure in God but his enemies will stumble and fall

Comparisons:

Lists: None

Cause and Effect:

The lord is my light and my salvation

Whom shall I fear?

The Lord is the stronghold of my life

Of whom shall I be afraid?

Figures of speech:

Simile:

Metaphor:

Personification:

Paradox:

Understatement:

Metonymy:

Apostrophe:

Hyperbole:

Synecdoche:

Irony:

Pun:

Euphemism:

Epigram:

Oxymoron:

Antithesis:

Litotes:

Alliteration:

Onomatopoeia

Circumlocution:

Pleonasm:

Conjunctions (and what they are connecting):

Verbs (indicate if active or passive) (indicate the subject performing the action as well) (indicate whether it is past or present or future tense):

Pronouns (verses and who they refer to):

Questions and answers:

Dialogue (indicate who is speaking and to whom they are speaking to):

Means (by which something is done) :

Purpose/result statements:

General to specific and specific to general:

Conditional clauses:

Actions/ roles of God:

Actions of people:

Emotional Terms:

Tone of the passage:

Connections to other: paragraphs and episodes:

Shifts in the story/pivots:

Interchange:

Chiasm:

Inclusio: Word Study The word- and then the definition from the ancient language Example: Anxious- (Strong’s 3309)- (merimnate) to be anxious Interpretation Step 1: Context and Linguistic Content Historical context (key aspects of culture, geography, biblical or extra-biblical history): Literary context (type of genre; immediate preceding context): Theological context (correlation with OT/NT themes): The Interpretive Journey Step 1: Grasping the Text in Their Town Step 2: Measuring the Width of the River to Cross Step 3: Crossing the Principlizing Bridge Step 4: Consult the Biblical Map Step 5: Grasping the Text in Our Town

Personal Application

Notes from Commentaries

Interpretation Step 2: Exegetical Outline & Proposition Cut and paste your outline here Outline Proposition (single-sentence summary of the passage):

Theological Proposition Proposition (stated in “timeless” language): Answers to the Three Developmental Questions What Will I need to explain? What will I need to prove or validate? How does this apply? What will I need to explain? What will I need to prove or validate? How does this apply?

Homiletical Proposition and Outline Proposition (stated in “timely” language): Homiletical Outline (please include transitional statements). Intro and Conclusion can be in bullet-point format. INTRO Attention: Need: Orient to subject/text: BIG IDEA (if deductive) Main point: Explanation: Illustration: Application: Main point: CONCLUSION: BIG IDEA (if inductive, or restatement if deductive) Call to action:

Finished Sermon Outline Mark 4:35-41

Outline

Sermon Manuscript Mark 4:35-41