Does Your Sermon Outline Need to Follow the Text?
There’s a question you need to answer every time you prepare a sermon: Does the sermon text govern only what I say, or does it also govern how I say it? If you’re committed to biblical exposition I doubt you’ll have any hesitation answering the first part of the...
Does Your Sermon Outline Need to Follow the Text?
There’s a question you need to answer every time you prepare a sermon: Does the sermon text govern...
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