James Braga · Revised edition · PDF
How to Prepare Bible Messages is the classic step-by-step manual on sermon preparation. It shows you how to find the main idea of a passage, build a solid outline and deliver a message your listeners will understand, remember and put into practice.
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Sound familiar?
If you recognized yourself, take heart. Sermon preparation is a skill, and like every skill it can be learned with a good method and a little practice.
“So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the reading.”
Nehemiah 8:8 (KJV)
Read the text, explain its meaning and help people understand it. Faithful preachers have always worked this way. James Braga shows you how to do it every week, one step at a time.
The book
A homiletics classic by James Braga, first published in 1969 and since revised. It has trained generations of pastors, Bible school students and lay preachers, and it has been translated into several languages, including French and Spanish.
Braga takes the guesswork out of sermon preparation. He breaks the work into clear steps, explains each step in simple language and shows it in action with sample outlines from Scripture.
Inside the book
First you learn the three ways to build a Bible message. Then you master, one by one, the eight parts of every sermon.
Part one
Your main points come from a subject, with support from the whole Bible.
Your main points come from a short text of one or two verses.
You explain a longer passage around one central idea, and the text itself gives you the outline.
Part two
A short title that makes people want to listen.
Win attention in the first minutes and lead into your subject.
Your whole message stated in one clear sentence.
Main points that are clear, balanced and in the right order.
Develop each point with the substance of the passage.
Stories and examples that help people see the truth.
Show what the passage asks of your listeners today.
Bring it all together and call for a response.
Chapters include examples from Scripture and exercises, so you can practice each step as you read.
Who it's for
Who want every message to be clear, faithful and well built.
Who need to explain the Scriptures simply and with conviction.
Who want a reliable homiletics textbook to keep for life.
Who are called to bring the Word at services and meetings.
Who prepare a teaching every week.
Preparing their very first messages and looking for a method from day one.
Please note: this book won't hand you sermons to copy. It teaches you to prepare your own messages, faithful to the text and in your own voice.
Your copy
Everything you need to start preparing better messages this week.
How to Prepare Bible Messages
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Yes. Braga explains each step simply and gives examples. Beginners get a clear method from the start, and experienced preachers sharpen what they already do.
Yes, this is the English edition. If you prefer French, the French edition, Comment préparer un message biblique, is also available in our store.
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“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
2 Timothy 2:15 (KJV)
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