Shaping the Claim: Moving from Text to Sermon

by Marvin A. McMickle

Shaping the Claim helps the preacher discover the core of the message to be preached - the sermonic "claim." In order to be effective, says McMickle, a sermon needs to address the hearers at three distinct levels; the head or the intellect, the heart or passion and conviction, and the hand or an expected and desired response. In order to discover the biblical "claim" that a sermon should make upon a particular congregation at a particular time, McMickle...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800604296
• ISBN13: 9780800604295
• Release Date: September 2008
• Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.3" x 8.5"