6 Effective Ways to Start your Sermon | Effective Sermon Prep | SAGU

The sermon introduction is more important now than historically it has ever been. In the past, uninterested listeners had little to do when sitting through a sermon they didn’t care to listen to. Today, however, with the proliferation of smartphones, tablets, and other portable devices, an unengaged listener can happily surf the web, be on social media, play video games, get caught up on their reading, and a thousand other things, all while the preacher delivers the sermon just a few feet away. What can we do to help ensure that their sermons are, in the words of Duane Litfin, “the most interesting thing going on in the room?” Want to Learn More about your favorite topics such as ministry, history, business or science? Visit our blog at http://www.sagu.edu/thoughthub. SAGU is a private Christian university offering more than 70 Christ-centered academic programs - associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctorate degrees in liberal arts and bible and church ministries. Apply Today and join our community of Spirit-Empowered Leaders. www.sagu.edu/apply ---------------------------------------------- Contents: 0:00 Intro 1:31 1. An attention-getting question 1:56 2. An attention-getting statement 2:12 3. Startling facts and statistics 2:38 4. Use humor 3:22 5: Go directly to a passage of scripture 3:49 6. An interesting story 4:18 Conclusion