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XI

I thought of some items that make for a good sermon or a good piece of writing about biblical topics that I want to use as guidelines moving forward:

1. The message must flow from a personal experience with the topic in question (whether I mention it or not), so I can share it with conviction and enthusiasm.

2. The message must contain personable, practical lessons about matters of living that most people can relate to.

3. Stories, whether from the Bible or elsewhere, are to be the primary conduit for sharing the message. Proof texts should be kept to minimum and, so far as possible, not interrupt the narrative.

4. The message must contain some related lesson about God’s character of love, particularly and preferably as it was manifested in the sacrifice of His Son.