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Written by: Dorsey ClarkMusic by: Deborah Capece Copyright: 10/02/1998 Copyrighted material: Permission to copy the script may be obtained via this websiteFor music and scores, contact Deb Capece at http://www.debcapece.com Cast: Homeless Group
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…….I Remember……. Written by Dorsey Clark Original music by Deborah A. Capece From an article published in the “Good News Publishers” several years ago. Author of article unknown. According to Good News Publishers, no author or copyright has ever been found and due to the age of the original article it is considered public domain.
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Broadus has a lot to say about public worship. First he summarizes the elements: first is adoration praise and confession, then comes illumination, and finally dedication. The planning of the service must be unified, orderly, progressive and proportionate. With regard to the sermon, in some churches it is subsidiary to the worship and others it
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Broadus gives us numerous examples of contemporary sermonizing. All of these have limited usefulness because they should not be used in a way that interferes with the proclamation of the Word. As Paul says in Romans 10:17, Consequently, faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ. The
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Broadus says, that classically, this includes expression, posture, and gestures. Pantomimes use this with extreme exaggeration. However, as we have noted before, gestures should be a natural expression of our feelings. It must be spontaneous, but avoid particular faults. Some of us have facial expressions that are very powerful. I remember someone at a church
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I knew many engineering students in college. They were required to take a course in public speaking, and, having worked with many engineers through my years in the ministry, I can say they did need it. I had to take a course in public speaking in Seminary, and that was helpful. Some colleges require all
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Miller emphasizes the use of good language. This was my biggest challenge in dealing with interns. Some of them simply lacked the educational background for good vocabulary. Others were just careless in their preparation and simply wanted to say things the easy way instead of the best way. Wide use of language is essential to
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Systematic planning is the first concern. This can include consecutive exposition of the Scripture as in book studies. It may also include a plan that emphasizes congregational needs such as special seasons of prayer, Bible reading, stewardship, etc. In a small mission church the Pastor may often emphasize outreach. When I was a stated supply
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Preparation should be done in seclusion. It should involve constant study. This requires an AM-PM organization. What did I do? I had a study at home and did almost all of my work before 12:00 PM so that I was free to visit and help in the afternoon. Visits were mostly with the disabled and
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Of course imagination is closely related to illustration. The point is that illustrationAlso requires imagination. Broadus carefully separates the imagination from reason. He identifies imagination first, as a new organization of the elements, and suggests that the preacher is, in this effort, an artist, a poet, and an architect with language. It enables us to
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Broadus suggests that the advantages of writing out the sermon are as follows: concentration on the subject, thorough preparation, better style, the option to revise, and publication. Frankly I have a hard time understanding how preachers who do not write out their thoughts can possibly accomplish the refining and revisions that should be done. A
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Your style should project that you are in the highest calling that it is possible for a man to experience. Your style should reveal that you understand that you are in the hardest work on earth. You deal with sin, sickness, sorrow, and brokenness. You should be understanding and sympathetic. Your style should also reveal
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Broadus says illustrations explain, or prove, or arouse attention, or motivate and they are easy to remember. Just a note on that! There were occasions when I used illustrations and somebody came up afterwards and said that was tremendous, but upon investigation they missed the point although they remembered and loved the story. The illustration
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According to Broadus application usually comes at the end of the message and this is especially true if the message is unified as it ought to be, however applications may appear elsewhere in the sermon and ought to dominate the whole process. The first step is focus which is determined by the aim. And I
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Broadus leaves no doubt that preaching is argumentative in the classical sense, as we have observed, of being a reasoned presentation. The incentive is that we are speaking the Word of God, and it deserves to have us support it in every way possible. This may be done by testimony, but the testimony is to
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