Bede on Shepherds

Bede, Homilies on the Gospels 1.7 in Arthur A. Just, ed., Luke, Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2005), 42:

The shepherds did not keep silent about the hidden mysteries that they had come to know by divine influence. They told whomever they could. Spiritual shepherds in the church are appointed especially for this, that they may proclaim the mysteries of the Word of God and that they may show to their listeners that the marvels which they have learned in the Scriptures are to be marveled at.

Islay Burns on Revivals and Preaching

2) “The people must be plied from day to day with plain, faithful, Scriptural preaching *to* them, and not merely *before* them.” (202)

3) This preaching is characterized by "simple, practical truth forcibly presented, illustrated, and applied.” (204)

— Brad Mills (@bradmillsa) October 6, 2020

Four Categories of Christ Centered Sermons

In Christ-Centered Preaching, Bryan Chapell identifies the four themes that Christ-Centered Sermons often address (301–302):

1. Grace despite our sin

2. Grace cancelling the guilt of sin

3. Grace defeating the power of sin

4. Grace compelling holiness

5 Questions for Preaching

Chip Scanlan suggests five questions for writing stories:

1. Why does it matter?
2. What's the point?
3. Why is this story being told?
4. What does it say about life, about the world, about the times we live in?
​5. What is my story really about? In one word.

Could we modify them for preaching?

1. Why does it matter?
2. What's the point?
3. Why is this story sermon being told preached?
4. What does it say about life, about the world, about the times we live in, about Christ?
​5. What is my story sermon really about? In one word.