Goals Quote by Haddon W. Robinson

“the primary purpose of sermon introductions is to produce imbalance for the sake of engagement.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“What we feel and how we feel is far more important than what we think and how we think. Feeling is the stuff of…

— Mark Galli

The introduction is the first and best chance to win the attention of people who otherwise would not care. The first thing you have…

— Martyn Lloyd-Jones

“If you are trying to get information across to someone, your ability to create a compelling introduction may be the most important single factor…

— John Medina

“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together…

— George Burns

“Why not conceive every sermon as narrative—whether or not a parable or other story is involved?”

— Eugene L. Lowry

“So it is that much homiletical advice tends to function in reverse—that is, it works reasonably well in evaluating a sermon already formed, but…

— Eugene L. Lowry

“Sometimes a sermon idea seemed to emerge on its own, possessed of its own power, and required a developmental process more akin to pruning…

— Eugene L. Lowry

My aim is that every sermon series I preach is prepared as though I were teaching a college-level course.

— Adam Hamilton

Every sermon must have a solid rest in Scripture, and the pointedness which comes of a clear subject, and the conviction which belongs to…

— Phillips Brooks

“The term plot is key both to sermon preparation and to sermon presentation.”

— Eugene L. Lowry

It works well for me to go ahead and prepare the sermon with a chapter in mind. What that does is to force me…

— Max Lucado