Sermon Manuscript100806
Running head: SERMON WORKSHEET & MANUSCRIPT
Sermon Worksheet & Manuscript
Robert L. Hutcherson, Jr.
Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church
Sermon Preparation/Delivery
Psalm 26
“Examine Me”
The Rev. Karla J. Cooper, Pastor
October 8, 2006
Sermon Worksheet & Manuscript
AUTHOR
1. Who wrote (or is credited with writing) the text?
2. From what perspective does the author write?
3. What are the historical and social contexts?
TEXT
" 1Judge me, O Lord; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the Lord; therefore I shall not slide. 2Examine me, O Lord, and prove me; try my reins and my heart. 3For thy lovingkindness is before mine eyes: and I have walked in thy truth. 4I have not sat with vain persons, neither will I go in with dissemblers. 5I have hated the congregation of evil doers; and will not sit with the wicked. 6I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord: 7That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. 8Lord, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. 9Gather not my soul with sinners, nor my life with bloody men: 10In whose hands is mischief, and their right hand is full of bribes. 11But as for me, I will walk in mine integrity: redeem me, and be merciful unto me. 12My foot standeth in an even place: in the congregations will I bless the Lord." (Psalms 26:1-12 KJV)
I. What does this passage say? (exegesis)
2. What does the passage mean? (hermeneutic)
A. To the original audience?
B. To the contemporary context?
READER
3. What does this passage say to the larger community? (homiletic)
What is the "Bad News" in the text? What is the "good News" for our
time?
What is the "Good News" in the text? What is the "Good News" for
our time?
How can the conflict between the Bad News and the Good News be
reconciled?
7. Specific Purpose/Central Idea.
(In one clear sentence say what the sermon is about and why you are
preaching it).
I propose to show ______________________________________________
To the end that the hearers will
8. What will the listener/audience celebrate as a result of hearing this
sermon? (Celebration happens in preaching when the Gospel becomes
Good News for the listener). Just as the sermon must have a specific
aim, the celebration must be specific as well.
9. How will I conclude the sermon?
10. Where will I make sermonic moves and transitions? List specific
transitional sentences.
11. What biblical translation and/or paraphrased version are consistent
with what I want to say in the sermon? What cross-references and/or
literary sources will I use?
BODY
CHILDREN’S LESSON
Order of Worship
Sunday October 8th, 2006
11:00 A.M.
Opening Hymn…………………
Doxology………………………………………All
Call to Worship……………………………….Bro. Robert Hutcherson
Hymn………………………………………
Prayer…………………………………………..Bro. Robert Hutcherson
Prayer Response……………………………….Give Us This Day”
Scripture Reading……………………………..Bro. Robert Hutcherson
Decalogue………………………………………Bro. Robert Hutcherson
Gloria Patri……………………………………..Congregation
Sermon…………………………………………Bro. Robert Hutcherson
Invitation to Christian Discipleship………...””I Can Hear My Savior Calling”, Hymn 235
Altar Call/Offertory……………………………All
Offertory Response……………………………”All Things Come Of Thee”
Affirmation of Faith……………………………Congregation
Benediction……………………………………..Bro. Robert Hutcherson