Preaching Expository Sermons Begins with Sentences

The variation is in the fact that you must approach these words properly according to the parts of speech. A noun cannot be approached as a verb, and an adjective cannot be approached as a preposition, etc.

1. Noun-

A noun names a person, place, or thing.

2. Pronoun-

A pronoun takes the place of a noun.

3. Verb-

Verbs express action, occurrence, or state of being. Tense, mood, and active or passive form change the meaning conveyed by verbs.

4. Adjective-

Adjectives describe or limit nouns, pronouns, or groups of words that function as nouns.

5. Adverb-

Adverbs describe, or limit, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, or even entire sentences.

6. Preposition-

Prepositions indicate relationships in time or space.

7. Conjunction-

Conjunctions connect words, phrases, or clauses.

8. Interjection-

Interjections are words that convey strong emotion.

2. Discuss briefly, but specifically, concerning the qualities for sentences that produce "good" writing. Include length, type, word order, etc.

Single words only make designation. To express the meaning of experiences in being, action, and relationship, requires the combination of words into a sentence. To make even the simplest sentence requires both a subject and a verb. The subject acts, is described, or is acted upon. The verb reveals how the subject acts, is described, or is acted upon. In short, only the sentence conveys meaning.

Sentences must vary greatly to express variations of thought. Sentences are simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. The sentence structure expresses the thought pattern. Simple sentences make simple statements or ask simple questions. Compound sentences indicate connected patterns of thought. Complex sentences indicate conditioning elements. Compound-complex sentences indicate the presence of both combinations and conditions to the statement or questions.

To communicate meaning effectively requires that an exact and correct choice of words be combined in appropriate sentences and presented in oral or written form.

3. Defend the form of statement you will use for your propositions.

The form will be that of a summary. The entire exposition will be summarized using a subject and a verb (complement). All divisions of the exposition will relate to or grow out of this statement. It's simply the author's purpose for the passage.

4. State briefly how you will outline the body of the exposition.

One must outline the body of the exposition by expanding the proposition to achieve the purpose. Now, think of this, an outline has one subject, and within that subject, there are major divisions, we call them Roman Numerals; each major division is a clear proposition that relates to the main subject. Now, under that clear proposition are sub-divisions. In most cases, these sub-divisions are ways by which that declarative statement, Roman Numeral one, is divided or explained or argued about or illustrated. Now, I would determine if these main statements need to be reinforced, and I would also ask if I wanted to add illustrations or applications So, that when I have outlined the Scripture, I have really gotten my message. Now, I may want to enrich it or change the order of it, but basically I've gotten a message because my task is to preach what the Bible says. My goal is to make each one of these sub-points, Roman Numerals, and others in parallel form, all relate to the proposition.