1 Point Preacher Episode 18 Show Notes: Continuing the discussion of preaching through a book of the Bible for the first time, with Joshua Bagas, pastor of Dumaguete Mission Church, who has just finished preaching through Paul's Letter to the Romans. . . . Q. What did you learn preaching an entire book of the Bible? What did you learn from Romans itself? Romans was a good book to preach first. It's a complete package. All the basics are there. It begins with judgment. Before, looking for topical texts, good for the ears. But preaching through Romans, people are changed. Romans has preeminence in the Bible for laying out the Gospel, with application. Q. What did you learn about yourself and preaching? What did you learn by experience? Romans can be preached in less than a year. Preaching more text is better. The more books we preach, the better it is for us and the congregation. Sometimes, applications are there in the text. Keep reading. Q. About yourself as a preacher, and your personal process of sermon preparation? How quickly did you learn you can't preach Romans as well as you thought? Wanted to quit about halfway through the book. What changed was confidence. Confidence increased. How helpful it was to outline the whole book and arrange a preaching calendar, ahead of time. Time is better managed. Sermon texts are already set. Time can be spent on the sermon text. And you can see the light at the end! Before, going immediately to commentaries. Now, repeatedly reading the text. And reading multiple translations. The translation preached from actually changed, from English Standard Version (ESV) to Legacy Standard Bible (LSB). https://read.lsbible.org/ Get the apps: (Apple) https://apps.apple.com/us/app/legacy-standard-bible/id1555478906 (Android) https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.accordancebible.lsb&hl=en_US&gl=US Using a physical Bible is helpful. LSB is a more literal translation. It's an excellent choice for study and preaching, because it's the most word-for-word translation, preserving the grammar of the original text. Q. What did you learn about the difference between topical preaching and sequential expository preaching? Texts that are uncommon, is an advantage. Challenging texts that are usually avoided. There's more quality to preaching a whole book. You can appreciate the whole book, and each text within it—how it all connects. Congregations that are only fed topical sermons are going to miss the bigger picture, and not understand whole books of the Bible. Most of the congregation now brings their Bible. They read along and see the connection. They see that what is preached comes from the page of Scripture. Sequential expository preaching trains them how to read and study the Bible for themselves. They appreciate the Bible more. They are not just listening for a motivational speech. They look in the Bible to see if what is preached is true. The best way to learn sermon preparation: sermon critiques. It is okay for the congregation to criticize the pastor. That's how you learn. You will know what people think of your preaching. Positive or negative, it's helpful. That's why the shift from topical to expository—feedback. You could have all the preaching experience in the world, but if it's not evaluated—what's working, what's not working, what's proper preaching, that wasn't good for preaching, whether the people are understanding or knowing how the word applies to them—you have no idea whether you are hitting the mark or not. Are you preaching for yourself? Or are you preaching, first, so that God is glorified, and secondly, so that your people are benefited by it—understanding the Bible and being changed. Please FOLLOW this channel and LIKE / SHARE / REPOST COMMENT / DISCUSS Visit us: Facebook.com/WorldviewDiscipleship DiscipleshipPhilippines.org Bumper Music: ???? Murder On The Bayou Written by Bryan Teoh https://freepd.com/music/Murder%20On%20The%20Bayou.mp3

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