ARCHITECT OR MUDDLER?

This morning I picked up again the book “Your preaching …… a force or a farce?” by John Deane. Chapter four is called “Architect or muddler?”

To remember what we are going to preach and hear – sermons – is so important, not only for the preacher, but especially for the hearer, the listener.

Sermons preached by an ARCHITECT – who has an effective arrangement – are easy to remember.

Sermons preached by a MUDDLER – who is quoting Bible verses from Genesis (first book of the Bible) to Revelation (last book of the Bible), if he is given enough time – are difficult to remember.

Muddlers need to read books on preaching, or even better, attend a Bible College, where they teach homiletics, the art of preaching or writing sermons.

“All photographs are there to remind us of what we forget. In this – as in other ways – they are the opposite of paintings. Paintings record what the painter remembers. Because each one of us forgets different things, a photo more than a painting may change its meaning according to who is looking at it.” – John Berger

Sermon outline:

Hebrews 12:1-3

WINNERS NEVER QUIT AND QUITTERS NEVER WIN

Intr.: Therefore,………. a great cloud of witnesses,….

A. let us throw off

— everything that hinders and

— the sin that so easily entangles, and

B. lET US RUN WITH PERSEVERANCE

— the RACE marked out for us.

First Corinthians 9:24; Galatians 2:2; Galatians 5:7;  Philippians 2:16; Philippians 3:14; Second Timothy 4:7,8

C. Let us fix our eyes on JESUS,

( the author of our faith– the perfecter of our faith,)

— who for the joy set before him

endured the cross,

scorning the shame of the cross, and

— sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

— Consider him  who endured such opposition from sinful men,

End:

— so that you will not grow weary

— so that you will not lose heart.

The dictionary: retire

to give up or to cause (a person)  to give up his work, esp. on reaching pensionable age.

There is NO pensionable  age for the people of the Lord, and therefore NO giving up of work!

“The camera is a wonderful tool, but nine-tenths of people using it are simply button pushers, who let off their cameras as one lets off a firework.” – D A Spencer

(I am just a button pusher!)

CAPE REINGA is the North of New Zealand and the distance from Cape Reinga to London is 18 029 km!

Luke 24:5

“IN THEIR FRIGHT THE WOMEN BOWED DOWN WITH THEIR FACES TO THE GROUND, BUT THE MEN SAID TO THEM,’WHY DO YOU LOOK FOR THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD?'”