Shaping the Claim helps the preacherdiscover the core of the message to bepreached - the sermonic "claim."In order to be effective, says McMickle,a sermon needs to address the hearersat three distinct levels; the head orthe intellect, the heart or passionand conviction, and the hand or anexpected and desired response. In orderto discover the biblical "claim" that asermon should make upon a particularcongregation at a particular time,McMickle presents a helpful three-step process: (1) What? (2) So What? and (3)Now What?
Shaping the Claim helps the preacherdiscover the core of the message to bepreached - the sermonic "claim."In order to be effective, says McMickle,a sermon needs to address the hearersat three distinct levels; the head orthe intellect, the heart or passionand conviction, and the hand or anexpected and desired response. In orderto discover the biblical "claim" that asermon should make upon a particularcongregation at a particular time,McMickle presents a helpful three-step process: (1) What? (2) So What? and (3)Now What?
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