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The thoughts and ideas that are being placed on the minds of the hearers are well-ordered.
The parts of the sermon are not a senseless ordering of random, disconnected thoughts.

B. It has unity.

The sermon is ordered in support of a centralized theme for the purpose of communicating a
main idea or key concept. It is not a collection of multiple unrelated thoughts.

C. It has coherence.

The sermon is thorough and systematic, logical in its approach, and consistent in its
explanations, illustrations, and applications. It does not contradict itself.

D. It has progression.

The sermon has movement from the beginning through to the end. It takes the audience on a
journey to an intended destination.

VI. A sermon is an oral address to the popular mind upon religious truth contained in the Scriptures
and elaborately treated with a view to persuasion.

A. It convinces others that God’s thoughts and ideas are true.

The sermon is delivered with confidence, passion, and conviction.

B. It stimulates others to act upon what God has said.

The sermon calls for some measure of response. It calls the audience to do something.

Good preaching is not dependent upon the volume of the preacher’s voice nor does it require a
superficial stirring of one’s emotions. Good preaching takes place when God’s Word is communicated
thoroughly and accurately so that those who hear are persuaded to act upon it because they are
convinced by God’s Spirit that it is true and relevant to their current situation in life.

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Peter’s Sermon from Acts 2:14-36

“Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my
words. For these people are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day.
But this is what was uttered through the prophet Joel: ‘And in the last days it shall be, God
declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall
prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams; even on
my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my Spirit, and they shall
prophesy. And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood,

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