Table of Contents
Foreword: Craig Brian Larson ix
Part 1 Preparing Your Heart and Honing Your Skills
1 Five Hammer Strokes for Creating Expository Sermon Outlines Jeffrey Arthurs 3
2 How Prayer Transforms Prep Michael Lawrence 23
3 The Spiritual Importance of Being an Emotionally Healthy Preacher Peter Scazzero 31
4 Simply Profound Duane Litfin 41
5 If You Dislike Sermon Prep Bill Hybels 49
6 Confessions of a Manuscript Preacher Mark Mitchell 57
7 A Week in the Life of an Extemporaneous Preacher Dave McClellan 65
8 How Teamwork Enriches a Sermon Dave Stone 75
9 Four Ways to Get Out of a "One Pitch" Preaching Rut Matt Woodley 83
10 How to Plan and Package a Year of Sermon Series David Daniels 93
11 Psyched to Preach Lee Eclov 99
12 Liking the Lectionary Timothy J. Peck 107
13 Writing a Good Message in a Bad Week Scott Wenig 113
14 Facebook™ Sermon Prep Bill White 119
15 Preparing More than One Sermon per Week Steve Mathewson 123
Part 2 How I Prepare a Sermon: Interviews
16 Timothy Keller 129
17 Steve Mathewson 133
18 Mark Driscoll 137
19 Justin Buzzard 143
20 Ligon Duncan 151
21 Matt Chandler 157
22 Lee Eclov 159
23 Mark Buchanan 163
24 Bryan Wilkerson 167
25 Dave Stone 171
26 Kevin Miller 173
27 Bryan Loritts 175
28 Leith Anderson 177
29 Mark Mitchell 179
30 Bill White 181
