1PointPreacher Ep. 17 - Preaching Your 1st Book, pt. 1

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1 Point Preacher
Episode 17

Show Notes:

This is a very special episode of 1 Point Preacher.
We discuss an experience that only happens once in a preacher's lifetime: preaching through your first whole book of the Bible.

Now is the rare opportunity to talk about this experience while it's still fresh.
I sit down with Joshua Bagas, pastor of Dumaguete Mission Church, who has just finished preaching through Paul's Letter to the Romans.
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What was it like to preach through Romans? What did you like and dislike?

First chapters: liked it. But at that pace, it would take 2-3 years to finish the book.

The temptation to go to shorter books.

After finishing: fulfilling and satisfying-1 year. Loved it.

Halfway through the book, there was a change of pace and a change of method.

What changes occurred in sermon preparation and delivery?

Sermon Prep:
Like to listen to sermons of John MacArthur and Steve Lawson. So that slow rate of fewer verses was "the right way of preaching."

Learned that more verses is better; by content.

In the beginning: preaching standards multiple-point sermons.
Relying on many cross-references.

Now: 1-point sermons, with very few cross-references.

The people can follow more easily.

Most common feedback: they can understand the text as a whole.
It's easier to remember that way.

Changes around Romans 9.

Unity is very important. There was no unity in the sermons when few verses were preached.

Preaching smaller texts got repetitive. "We get it."

There was a tendency to preach the previous text, shortening the time for the current sermon text.

This was also the first time preachings sequentially week after week.

What were the challenges?
Cannot avoid difficult texts.
No choice but to study more. Look for more resources. Ask for help from people you know.

The challenge of application. Before, just explaining without applying. Preaching without application is not preaching at all.

The thought how how long the whole book would take.
This book is too long. The texts are hard. There was the temptation to change books.

There was a challenge of method.
Before, there was no feedback. The sermons were all explanation. Someone said, "this is not teaching class."

Transitioning from lecturing to preaching: there was positive feedback—conviction. It was to the heart.

"How to make your preaching interesting." It's just a lecture, so add jokes.
Now: no jokes, no fillers.

A common caricature of expository preaching: verse-by-verse, or word-by-word, running commentary. But that's just a lecture, not preaching.

Changing to larger text: the challenge was the exegetical point.

The units of thought are not just small texts.
Somewhere between the whole book and the tiny texts are units to preach.

The challenge of applying the sermon: can the congregation relate?

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