abstraction, 69, 107–8, 223–25
acrostic, 92
active verbs, 145
activism, 2
actors, 164
Adams, Jay, 113
additional revelation, 62–63
adjectives and adverbs, 144–45
Adler, Mortimer J., 58
affective domain, 73
allegorical interpretation, 59
Allen, Ronald J., 96
Alter, Robert, 44
Anderson, Lynn, 109–10
application, 10–12, 57–66, 84–85
Arliss, George, 151
articulation, 160
attitude, 74
audio recording, of sermon, 164
authorities, quotations of, 103–5
author’s intent, 60
Bacon, Francis, 135
Baillie, D. M., 104
Baird, A. Craig, 17
Barnhouse, Donald Grey, 55–56
Bartholomew, Gilbert L., 96
Baumann, J. Daniel, 62
Bible
authority of, 113
inspiration of, 6
as literature, 43
misusing of, 32
as practical book, 58
purpose of, 73
reading of, 126–27
world of, 47
biblical illiteracy, 111
biblical illustrations, 111, 113
bibliographies, 38–39
bifocal preaching, 184
big idea, 17–21, 26, 189–93, 208, 214, 219
focus on, 184
formation of, 21–25
as grammatically complete sentence, 94
structure of, 25
breathing, 159–60
Bright, John, 59–60
Brooks, Phillips, 8
Brown, Charles R., 152
Bryant, Donald, 142
Buttry, Daniel, 96
Byron, Lord, 145
capturing attention, 120–22, 127, 183
care of souls, 48
Carson, D. A., 38
Chappell, Clovis G., 98
children, in illustrations, 113, 114
choosing a passage, 29–33
clothing, 153–54
cognitive domain, 73
Cohen, Arthur R., 122
commentaries, 37–38
barriers to, 141
and clear transitions, 138
flexibility in, 92
imagination in, 107
as “meeting of meanings,” 7
comparison and contrast, 100
complement, 21–23, 26, 35, 41, 179, 185–87
computer study aids, 39
concept, 20
conclusion, 92, 80–82, 119, 128–32, 133
brings sermon to focus, 184, 219–21
inconclusive, 217–19
new material in, 132
confidence, violation of, 115
confrontive statement, 121
Conrad, Joseph, 136
content, motivates movement, 155
context, 32, 33–35, 43, 60, 193
contractions, 143
conversation, inductive sermon as, 89
Coolidge, Calvin, 16
curiosity, 124
Dale, A. W., 71
deductive sermons, 78–85, 95, 208
definite gestures, 157
delivery, 149–65
developmental questions, 49–66, 67–69, 77, 194–97
diagramming the passage, 41, 43
dialogue, in sermon, 106
diet, 153
direct address, 142–43
directions, in conclusion, 130
discovery, in listeners, 88
doctrines, preaching of, 11
doubt, 54
dress, 153–54
Eckhart, Meister, 178–79, 182–83, 184
effectiveness, of sermon, 203
eloquence, 136
empathy, 156
English translation, 34–35
exegetical idea, 39, 69–70, 77, 179, 189–90, 191
exegeting the congregation, 10–11
exercise, 153
explanation, 50–53, 66, 80–82, 99–101, 116, 182
Expositor’s Bible Commentary, 38
eye contact, 158–59
faith and facts, 64
“Fallen Condition Factor,” 65n15
falsehoods, in personal illustrations, 113
Fee, Gordon, 44
feedback, 164–65
feeding of multitude, preaching as, 167–69
felt needs, 32, 122, 213–14, 216–17
Flaubert, Gustave, 144
Flesch, Rudolph, 140
Forsyth, P. T., 8
fragmentation, 16
Freud, Sigmund, 151
Glover, T. R., 104
Glynn, John, 38
Goldsworthy, Graeme, 14
Gossip, A. J., 169
grammars, 36–37
grammatical analysis, 6
Green, Michael, 117
Greidanus, Sidney, 14
grooming, 153–54
Hall, Edward T., 151
Hamilton, J. Wallace, 56–57
Haselden, Kyle, 1–2
Hegel, Georg, 107
Heller, Joseph, 120–21
heralds, preachers as, 3
Hercus, John, 106
Holy Spirit, work in preaching, 169
homiletical idea, 69–70, 76, 77, 179
Howe, Reuel L., 16
Hughes, R. Kent, 117
human factor, 65
human interest stories, 111
Hunt, Leigh, 136
idea. See big idea; exegetical idea
idea explained (deductive sermon form), 78–82, 91, 95
illustration file, 115–16
illustrations, 100, 107–16, 147, 183
books on, 117
in conclusion, 128–29
indifferent and hostile audiences, 88
induction-deduction (semi-inductive sermon form), 78, 87, 182
inductive sermons, 78, 87–95, 208
insight, 74
intensity, 162
interlinear Bibles, 34
International Critical Commentary, 37
internet, 39
introduction, 29, 92, 119–27, 133, 183, 216
orients listeners to body of sermon, 125–26, 183
as personal, 125–26
to sermon on idea to be explained, 80–82
as short, 126
significance of, 119
“is it true?” question, 53–57, 68, 124, 229
IVP New Testament Commentaries, 38
jargon, 141
Jesus Christ
centrality in text, 13
as storyteller, 90
temptation of, 11
Johnson, Samuel, 77
Jowett, J. H., 18
Kaiser, Walter, 14
Keats, John, 136
Key, William Bryan, 21
key word, 86
Kidner, Derek, 31
Kierkegaard, Søren, 107
Kipling, Rudyard, 163
knowledge, 74
Kubrick, Stanley, 90
ladder of abstraction, 107–8, 201–2
learned experience, 111–12
Lewis, Ralph and Greg, 95
Lewis, Sinclair, 141
“life situation” preaching, 87
Lincoln, Abraham, 142
literary forms, 41
literary unity, 30
Litfin, Duane, 221–22
Longman, Tremper, 38
Lord’s Prayer, 142
Lowry, Eugene, 96
Macdonald, George, 152
Maclaren, Alexander, 80–82, 145
major transitions, 138
mannerisms, 152
Martin, Abe, 151
Maslow, Abraham H., 123–24
mass media, 2
Mathewson, Steve, 44
Maughan, W. Somerset, 141
Mayhue, Richard, 12
measurable results, 75
Mehrabian, Albert, 150
melodramatic speakers, 163
Melville, Herman, 120
memorable sentence, 69. See also homiletical idea
memorization of sermon, 164
Message, The (Peterson), 34
metaphors, 146
Meyer, F. B., 12
Miller, Alexander, 64
Miller, Donald G., 17–18
Minnick, Wayne, 143
minor transitions, 138
modern theology, 2
modern world, 47–48, 58–59, 65
modesty, in illustrations, 114
monopitch, 162
monotone, 161
Montgomery, R. H., 5
movement, 154–55
Muggeridge, Malcolm, 136
Napoleon, 52
narration, within sermon, 105–7, 117, 183
narrative literature, 30, 41–42, 44, 61, 90
narrative preaching, 89–91
natural theology, 54
needs, uncovering of, 122–24, 213–14
nervousness, 127
New American Standard Bible, 34
New International Version, 34
New King James Version, 34
nonverbal communication, 149–51
nouns and verbs, 144–45
O’Neil, Paul, 122
opera, 15
opinion, disguised as fact, 101
Origen, 59
original audience, 61
clarity of, 139–40
of inductive sermon, 88–89
as skeletons, 97
value of, 92
Owen, John, 126
Palmer, Earl F., 99–100
paradox, 121
paragraph division, in text, 30
parallelism, of Hebrew poetry, 49
paraphrasing the passage, 43, 44
particulars, and generalizations, 107
particular world, 48
passage, governs sermon, 5–6
passive verbs, 145
Paul, on Mars Hill, 54
pause, 163
Perry, Lloyd M., 86n3
personal experience, 111–12, 114–15
Peter, Pentecost sermon, 88
Peterson, Eugene, 34
Phillips, J. B., 34
phonation, 160
physiological needs, 123–24
pitch, 161
poetry, in sermon, 129
Poincaré, 139
Pope, Alexander, 154
prayer, in conclusion, 130
preacher, personality and experience of, 8–9
preaching
devaluation of, 1–2
in New Testament, 2–3
as work of Holy Spirit, 165
principle applied (deductive sermon form), 84–85, 95
progress, 162–63
proposition proved (deductive sermon form), 82–84, 95
Proverbs, 30–31
pulpit, 159–60
punch, 162
purpose, of sermon, 71–76
purpose statement, 73, 203, 205–6
Quayle, William A., 8
questions, 94
in conclusion, 130
quotations, 102–5, 129, 182–84
rate, variety of, 162
reading, and illustrations, 115
reasoning, in sermon, 53–57
rehearsal, of sermon, 164
relaxing the throat, 127
Rembrandt, 136
repetitious behavior, 152
resonation, 160
respiration, 160
restatement, 49–50, 66, 98–99, 182
Reu, J. M., 48
rhetorical questions, 121
Rose, James, 70
round numbers, 102
Rowell, Ed, 117
Ruskin, John, 2
Ryken, Leland, 44
Sangster, William E., 108–9, 132
Schaeffer, Francis A., 6–7
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 140–41
Scripture. See Bible
semi-inductive sermons, 78, 85–87
senses, 143–44
sermon length, 32–33
sermon manuscript, 137, 138, 140, 164
sermon preparation, 26
Shaddix, Jim, 13
shepherds, know flocks, 48
short sentences, 140
show-and-tell, 88
silence, 163
similes, 146
simple sentence structure, 140–41
simple words, 141–42
skepticism, 54
skill, 74
slang, 143
slogans, 69
Smith, David, 75
social action, 2
social-dependency needs, 123–24
“so what?” question, 57–59, 65, 66, 68, 84, 128, 192
specific words, 223–25
speech clinics, 161
split infinitives, 143
spontaneous gestures, 157
Spurgeon, Charles H., 145
Stedman, Ray C., 100
Steinbeck, John, 103
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 141
Stibbs, Alan M., 18
story told (inductive sermon form), 89–91, 95
Stott, John, 13
Stuart, Douglas, 44
studying of passage, 33–39
subject, 21–23, 26, 35, 40–41, 179, 185–87
subject completed (semi-inductive sermon form), 85–86, 95
summary (conclusion), 128
Sunday, Billy, 142
supporting material, 41, 68, 92, 97–98, 182, 211–13. See also illustrations
Sweazey, George, 72
Swindoll, Charles R., 122–23, 215
synonyms, 100
systematic theology, 5
Talleyrand, 139
Tan, Amy, 120
television, 89–90
television dramas, 120
tension, 125
text
authority of, 7–8
governs sermon, 5–6
thinking, 27–28
Thonssen, Lester, 17
Thoreau, Henry David, 7
thought units, 29–31
timing, of gestures, 157
Tizard, Leslie J., 123
Tolstoy, Leo, 120
topical Bible, 31
topical exposition, 31–32
Tozer, A. W., 71
in inductive sermons, 87
as introduction, 125–26
as questions, 94
in sermon manuscript, 138
significance of, 94–95
truth
and life, 72
trivialized in illustrations, 113
Twain, Mark, 136
Tyndale Old Testament Commentary, 38
varied gestures, 157
verse-by-verse preaching, 96
video recording, of sermon, 164
Vines, Jerry, 13
vision of God, in text, 64–65
visualization, 131–32
vividness, of style, 143–46, 224
vocabulary, 141
vocal delivery, 159–63
volume, of delivery, 162
Wallace, Karl, 142
Waltke, Bruce, 44
Watterson, Bill, 109
Wesley, Charles, 132
“what does this mean?” question, 50–53, 68, 124
whisper, intensity of, 162
White, E. B., 144
Whitehead, Alfred North, 145
Whiteman, Paul, 128
Whitesell, Faris D., 86n3
Whitman, Walt, 7
Williams, George G., 141
Willimon, William, 12
Woolf, Leonard, 103
Word Biblical Commentary, 37
word-study books, 37
writing, conventions of, 143
writing sermons, 135–37
Yancey, Philip, 136
“yes–yes” approach, 88
zigzag thinking, 140
Zuck, Roy B., 73