This Lenten season, we are in a sermon series about Good Grief. Each week we are going to highlight some cliches and things people say to each other when someone is suffering or grieving. We’ll try to highlight what’s not helpful, what is helpful, and how we can create a good gri...
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namely an introduction, the main idea, and a concluding message. In the introduction the preacher endeavors to gain the attention of the audience by speaking about commonalities, common feelings and experiences, for instance:
6 For this reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is within you through the laying on of my hands; 7 for God did not give us a spirit of cowardice, but rather a spirit of power and of love and of self-discipline. 8 Do not be ashamed, then, of the testimony about...