Comments on vinceantonucci.com: Preaching: Mark Antony Style (4 of 5)

Haha touche'

2008-02-01T15:54:00.000-05:00

Haha touche'

mr. anonymous - you mean I can't just do a series ...

2008-02-01T08:43:00.000-05:00

mr. anonymous - you mean I can't just do a series once and expect that will fix everything? I thought preaching solves all problems.

Series on crazy stuff are great but you have to re...

2008-02-01T06:01:00.000-05:00

Series on crazy stuff are great but you have to remember that cynical skeptic is in the audience every Sunday not just when you are doing the series so you have to address the cynical skeptic weekly

this series is goodWe try to communicate on this l...

2008-01-31T18:08:00.000-05:00

this series is good
We try to communicate on this level but sometimes we revert into church talk mode
we did a series called I Doubt It too just to address crazy stuff like Easter

we really didn't land on the moon though it was al...

2008-01-31T13:24:00.000-05:00

we really didn't land on the moon though it was all a conspiracy like Wag The Dog

This may be a little off topic, but I think it is ...

2008-01-31T12:01:00.000-05:00

This may be a little off topic, but I think it is related.

For me, I've found that 4 questions drive my messages (I heard it from Andy Stanley, and it's really amp'd up my preaching):

1. What does God want us to know? (This is the big idea).
2. Why do we need to know it? (This is where the "Now, I know it sounds crazy..." stuff usually shows up).
3. What does God want us to do? (The application)
4. Why do we need to do it?

I've found that it's not enough to tell them the big idea--the audience needs to know why they need to know it. They don't just need to know what to do with what they know. They need the reasons for why they need to do it.