Table of Contents
Introduction vii
Chapter 1 From Clutter to Clarity: The Power of the One Point Sermon 1
Chapter 2 From InterestED to InteresrING: Delightful Exegesis 11
Chapter 3 The Pastoral Sherlock Holmes: Preaching and the Sacred Act of Noticing 23
Chapter 4 Keep Me Awake, Please: A Sermon Adventure, Not a Sermon Outline 37
Chapter 5 Play It by Ear: The Power of Wordsmithing 55
Chapter 6 Who Shot J. R.? Thinking and Preaching Serially 69
Chapter 7 Special Delivery: Preaching without Notes 83
Chapter 8 An Overlooked Opportunity: Preaching Funerals and Memorials 93
Chapter 9 Simply Irresistible: Preaching Christ and Him Resurrected 109