Sermon Thesis Outline Worksheet
Sermon Thesis Outline Worksheet
Sermon Thesis Outline Worksheet
W. Shannon Potter
Thank God regularly for the Christians you know because of what God has done
for them and is doing through them. (1 Thessalonians 1:2-10)
Win respect for yourself both by the way you live and the way you teach. (1
Timothy 4:12-16)
You are not the person you used to be; therefore, dont handle life as used to
handle it. (Romans 6:1-14)
The shortest distance between two points may be a zigzag. (Exodus 13:17,18)
When the effect of the gospel is all-important in the church, the force of the
gospel is unstoppable in the world. (Romans 12:1-17)
If you use the law as a ladder to heaven, you will be left standing in hell. (Romans
2:1-19)
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PR2313 Homiletics
W. Shannon Potter
Text Thesis Statement (the biblical writers thesis from Biblical Exegesis
Worksheet):
Text Outline (the biblical writers outline from Biblical Exegesis Worksheet):
My Sermons Thesis Statement in a full sentence (the text thesis worded for my
audience):
My Sermons Outline (basic points in full sentences supporting your sermons
thesis):
Note: In narrative or visionary sermons, the outline may proceed scene by scene as
opposed to point by point; in an inductive or pragmatic sermon, the outline may proceed
clue by clue. Let the flow of your Biblical passage and your chosen Sermon shape guide
you.
PR2313 Homiletics
W. Shannon Potter
1. What work is this sermon going to do? How do you see this sermon engaging and
impacting your audience? In this sermon are you accomplish your sermons purpose
by:
a. Using a deductive approach - making an argument, explaining an idea,
applying a principle, proving a proposition OR
b. Using an inductive approach - solving a mystery, telling a story, painting a
picture, singing a song (see Anderson)?
Why will you choose this approach for your sermon text?
2. Will this sermon take a cognitive (appeal to the mind) or affective (appeal to the
heart) direction?
Why?
3. What form will this sermon take (think of Andersons five categories of sermon form
- declarative, pragmatic, narrative, visionary, or integrative)?
Why will you choose this form to accomplish your sermons purpose?
PR2313 Homiletics
W. Shannon Potter
PR2313 Homiletics
W. Shannon Potter