“An effective introduction should accomplish three objectives. It gets attention, it surfaces a need, and it orients the audience to the body of the sermon. I tried to do that. (You can judge whether I was successful.)” — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“An essay looks at ideas, but a sermon looks at people.”2 A purpose differs from the sermon idea, therefore, in the same way that a target differs from the arrow; as taking a trip differs from studying a map; as… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“Poorly prepared conclusions that wander about looking for an exit line leave a congregation looking toward the exit.” — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“So what? What difference does it make?” How should this concept be applied? Is the biblical writer applying his idea? Where does he develop… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
You will invest your life in something, or you will throw it away on nothing. — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“A series of different questions must be raised when trying to understand a story. A sampling of those questions might be the following: Who… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“bland composite” of the congregation’s “congenial, ever helpful, ever ready to help boy scout; as the darling of the old ladies and as sufficiently… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“Here is another thing that used to puzzle me. Is it not frightfully unfair that this new life should be confined to people who… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“If you start into a sentence without pinning down what you want to emphasize, you may end up stressing insignificant details. If you add… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“Remember that you’re looking for the author’s ideas. Begin by stating in rough fashion what you think the writer is talking about—that is, his… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“What does this mean?” What has to be explained so that my listeners will understand the passage? Does the biblical writer explain his statements… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
“More thought is demanded but more accomplished if we set them up: “Written boldly into the Bible is this phrase . . .” “Paul… — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
Ministers must read. We are required to read not as a luxury but as a necessity. — Haddon W. Robinson Copy Share Image
