Gospel Fluency

https://youtu.be/-vtTkahgcSo Playlist for Gospel fluency http://sjiold.summitrdu.com/gender-roles-the-equip-forum/ Gender roles in the church HOW TO START A MESSAGE 1. START WITH A STORY Why? · Captivates people · Create connections between the listeners and the speaker · Memorable · We are hard-wired to learn through stories. 2. USE QUESTIONS TO CREATE KNOWLEDGE GAPS Why? · Creates curiosity because people are hard-wired with a desire to fill knowledge gaps. “What’s the number one reason that most people fail to advance in their careers, working harder and longer, yet never achieving their dreams?” Make sure you pause after your question · Allows you to create a connection with the audience. 3. QUOTABLE QUOTES ● Shorter is sweeter ● Make sure it’s relevant ● Check the source! Check the source’s credibility. ● Quote a well-known authority ● Choose a quote that hasn’t been overused. 4. INTERESTING/STARTLING STATEMENT Intriguing statements create a mystery. ENDING YOUR MESSAGE The recency effect. Because of the recency effect, the ending of your speech is just as important as the beginning. SIGNAL THAT YOU’RE CLOSING Studies show that when presenters use the words, “in conclusion,” people become more alert. SUMMARIZE YOUR MAIN POINTS PROVIDE HOPE FOR A BETTER FUTURE CALL TO ACTION SELL THE BENEFITS Messages that try change people only after they hear the message “The ‘informational’ view of preaching conceives of preaching as changing people’s lives after the sermon. They listen to the sermon, take notes, and then apply the Biblical principles during the week. But this assumes that our main problem is a lack of compliance to Biblical principles, when … all our problems are actually due to a lack of joy and belief in the gospel. Our real problem is that Jesus’ salvation is not as real to our hearts as the significance and security our idols promise us. If that’s our real problem, then the purpose of preaching is to make Christ so real to the heart that in the sermon people have an experience of his grace, and the false saviors that drive us lose their power and grip on us on the spot. That’s the ‘experiential’ view of preaching (Jonathan Edwards).” There is a difference between a sermon that says ‘I love Jesus,’ and a sermon that says ‘Jesus loves me.’ One is talking about you, the other is talking about Jesus. There is a difference between, ‘Give your life to Jesus,’ and ‘Jesus gave His life for you. The Gospel is all about what Jesus does for you. A sermon about what you do for Jesus isn’t the Gospel. Another way to determine whether a sermon is Christ-centered or not is to answer this question: How does a Christ-centered / gospel-centered sermon address man’s problem with idolatry? If idolatry is man’s foundational problem, then our preaching should address it. So, how might a gospel-centered sermon address man’s problem of idolatry in contrast to a non-gospel-centered sermon?