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Delivery, begin with non-verbal and how the heart can’t betrayed the lips, our emotions must first be stirred by God before we can stir others. Devotion, prayer, and Bible study, in that order as we prepare. Lots on neurobiology and what I talked with Collin about today. Then really practical practices on words, tone, emphasis, and preaching without notes, the bane of my existence. Maybe I can try the one page…

This chapter is on the power of story, and the best parts are the examples. I was hoping to hear Timothy Tennent. A few skilled were mentioned, such as indirection (David and Nathan), apostrophe (speaking to imaginary foe), retell Bible stories (Exodus), through examples from Tim Keller (ironically about a pill he takes at 11 or he will die to describe the necessity of prayer), Tony Evans. It really helps!

On style, Arthurs reminded me of tools I used but did not know it and things I could use but didn’t choose to. The idea of direct sensory experience - memory - imagination as a way to reach the affections, often for me happens at the introduction. Using concrete words, painting pictures with words, and explaining abstract words, verbs and nouns, repetition. Lots of great samples like Evans and Carter.

Lord’s remembrancers, stirring remembrance is as old as Moses, the Prophets, and Epistles preaching. Stir means the heart, through analogy of the known to awaken the unknown. This chapter is loaded with good contents it may need to be read again to fully absorb this. The importance of logics and reason, teaching, persuasions, applications all combine for
A memorable time travel back for the present!

Chapter 4 is so good on how forgetting is a sin of denying God’s goodness and love, and how we in the information social media world are wired to distraction and short attention span, how the brain works as it builds and filters information according to relevance, and having unfiltered memory isn’t a blessing either. We must forget three things: the world, forgiven sins, and so-called-accomplishments.

The preacher derives more from his devotion to prayer than his dedication to oratory, he must become a man of prayer before becoming a man of words. — original source On Christian Teaching, Augustine