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    How To Create A Sermon Outline

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    The document discusses how to create a sermon outline in three parts: introduction, body, and conclusion. It recommends first creating the outline by developing a main point or topic from the source text, then finding an angle through "how" or other questions. The outline structure should have three features - the main point, a hinge word to link subpoints, and subpoints that expand on the main point in a coherent flow. An example outline is given on devoting life to God from Romans 12:1-2, with ways as the hinge word and subpoints on giving to God, putting aside the world, and changing thinking. Content, illustrations, introduction and conclusion are then added to complete the sermon.

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    The document discusses how to create a sermon outline in three parts: introduction, body, and conclusion. It recommends first creating the outline by developing a main point or topic from the source text, then finding an angle through "how" or other questions. The outline structure should have three features - the main point, a hinge word to link subpoints, and subpoints that expand on the main point in a coherent flow. An example outline is given on devoting life to God from Romans 12:1-2, with ways as the hinge word and subpoints on giving to God, putting aside the world, and changing thinking. Content, illustrations, introduction and conclusion are then added to complete the sermon.

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    The document discusses how to create a sermon outline in three parts: introduction, body, and conclusion. It recommends first creating the outline by developing a main point or topic from the source text, then finding an angle through "how" or other questions. The outline structure should have three features - the main point, a hinge word to link subpoints, and subpoints that expand on the main point in a coherent flow. An example outline is given on devoting life to God from Romans 12:1-2, with ways as the hinge word and subpoints on giving to God, putting aside the world, and changing thinking. Content, illustrations, introduction and conclusion are then added to complete the sermon.

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    How To Create A Sermon Outline

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    The document discusses how to create a sermon outline in three parts: introduction, body, and conclusion. It recommends first creating the outline by developing a main point or topic from the source text, then finding an angle through "how" or other questions. The outline structure should have three features - the main point, a hinge word to link subpoints, and subpoints that expand on the main point in a coherent flow. An example outline is given on devoting life to God from Romans 12:1-2, with ways as the hinge word and subpoints on giving to God, putting aside the world, and changing thinking. Content, illustrations, introduction and conclusion are then added to complete the sermon.

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    How To Create A Sermon Outline

    Generally, a sermon has three parts - the sermon


    introduction, the sermon body or content and the
    sermon conclusion. It is important to note that
    the sermon outline is the sermon body - the
    message you are going to preach.

    I usually create the sermon outline first and then


    add content to the sermon outline. Once I finish
    creating the sermon outline and writing content
    to sermon outline, I usually write the sermon
    introduction and conclusion.

    There are several ways to create a sermon outline. You can create a deductive sermon outline, an
    inductive sermon outline or a bit of both. However, I will be showing you how to write a deductive
    sermon outline.

    I usually create sermon outlines by developing a topic or main preaching point for the sermon
    outline. For example, I developed the topic Devoting Our Lives To God from Romans 12:1-2.

    Once I have a topic or main preaching point, I usually look for an angle or perspective to the topic
    or main preaching point. I do this by asking the how, when, where, what or why questions.

    With this topic from Romans 12:1-2, I asked the how question. How to devote our lives to God. In
    other words, we devote our lives to God by giving ourselves totally to God (12:1), by putting aside
    the things of this world (12:2a) and by allowing God to change our thinking (12:2b).

    Sermon Outline Structure


    When I structure a sermon outline, I always keep
    three structural features in mind.

    These three important features help me maintain


    cohesion and sequence in the presentation of the
    sermon.

    In other words, the sermon outline allows the


    message to flow in a natural progression.

    1. The Topic or Main Preaching Point

    The topic or main preaching point is the subject or the big idea of your sermon. I take my time to
    get this absolutely right.

    The topic or main preaching point should be the source of everything you talk about in your
    sermon.

    With the topic above, the sermon outline is going to explain and expand how to devote our lives to
    God.
    2. The Hinge Word or Key Word

    To expand and explain the topic or main preaching point, I usually look for a hinge word or key
    word to swing all the subpoints from the topic or main preaching point. The hinge word or key
    word must be a plural noun.

    With the topic above, I used the hinge word ways. There are three ways to devote our lives to
    God. The first way involves... the second way involves... and the third way involves....

    When I get up to preach, the congregation know what I am going to preach on and they know what
    I am going to say about what I am preaching on. There is no confusion here.

    3. The Subpoints and Incidental Points

    The subpoints expand and explain the main preaching point. This structure allows your sermon
    outline to have cohesion and sequence. The subpoints flow from and interact with your main
    preaching point.

    If you have incidental points, they should expand and explain your subpoints. In other words, they
    should flow from and interact with your subpoints.

    Here is a sermon outline of Romans 12:1-2. As I said before, there are several ways to create
    sermon outlines. However, this is one way that I find easy and enjoyable for me.

    There are three ways to devote our lives to God. They are:

    1. Give Yourself Totally To God (12:1)

    A. This is the right and reasonable response


    B. This is the basis for spiritual worship

    2. Put Aside The Things of The World (12:2a)


    3. Allow God To Change Your Thinking (12:2b)

    A. God wants us to see life as He sees life


    B. God wants us to know His will for our lives

    Once I have created the sermon outline, I spend time writing content to the sermon outline and
    adding appropriate illustrations where necessary. When this is finished, I write an introduction and
    a conclusion to the sermon outline.
    To preach this sermon outline with introduction and conclusion would take about forty (40)
    minutes.

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