The Big Idea of the Sermon

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How do you start planning your message? Do you focus on the conclusion first? The opening? Do you look draw inspiration from a story or illustration? Of all the places you could start there is one place you should start. Every message should begin with a big idea. Call it the central theme, call it the main point, call it whatever you like — but this big idea is not a statement you decide, but rather it is poignant summary of the passage your preaching and the point from which your entire message is developed. In this episode we unpack why the big idea matters, what your sermon main point should include, the process to discover your big idea, and using your big idea to influence your message and the delivery of your central theme.
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Chapters

1. The Big Idea of the Sermon (00:00:00)

2. The Pastors' Circle (00:01:36)

3. The Big Idea / Central Idea of Your Sermon (00:02:44)

4. Start with the text using the aide of commentaries (00:04:42)

5. Big idea example from 1st Kings (00:06:02)

6. Big idea examples from The Emotions of Jesus Sermon Series (00:07:52)

7. Contextualizing big ideas to your congregation from other sermon outlines (00:10:55)

8. Questions or prompts for coming up with a big idea (00:11:28)

9. Episode summary (00:12:12)

10. Ministry Pass with Sermonary Bonus (00:15:07)