{"id":430,"date":"2009-02-11T00:55:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-11T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=430"},"modified":"2013-06-25T13:35:11","modified_gmt":"2013-06-25T17:35:11","slug":"a-sermon-listener%e2%80%99s-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=430","title":{"rendered":"A Sermon Listener&#8217;s Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Smith at <a href=\"http:\/\/ericcsmith.wordpress.com\/\">Shepherd of the Sheep<\/a> has <a href=\"http:\/\/ericcsmith.wordpress.com\/2009\/02\/09\/a-sermon-listeners-guide\">recently posted a Sermon Listener&#8217;s Guide<\/a> he prepared for his people. I think this is a very valuable tool so I have pasted in his questions here. I encourage you to read his full post on how he has been talking to his people about the place of preaching in the life of a Christian. He also has a link to this guide in form ready for printing.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to make use of this guide with my family.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>A Sermon Listener&#8217;s Guide<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What was the biblical text of the sermon?<\/p>\n<p>Do I better understand this passage now than I did before?<\/p>\n<p>What was the main point or main points of the sermon?<\/p>\n<p>How did this message teach me about Christ and the Gospel?<\/p>\n<p>What truths do I need to believe because of this sermon?<\/p>\n<p>What application points were made in this sermon?<\/p>\n<p>What further personal application can I make for myself?<\/p>\n<p>What actions am I called to take this week because of this sermon?<\/p>\n<p>How did this sermon rebuke me or convict me of sin?<\/p>\n<p>How did this sermon bring me joy and hope?<\/p>\n<p>What questions do I still have about the biblical text or the sermon?<\/p>\n<p>How will this message impact my praying this week?<\/p>\n<p>Was I able to receive this word with gladness and a clear conscience, or is there some sin or distraction in my life that robbed me of the joy of hearing God speak to me?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eric Smith at Shepherd of the Sheep has recently posted a Sermon Listener&#8217;s Guide he prepared for his people. I think this is a very valuable tool so I have pasted in his questions here. I encourage you to read his full post on how he has been talking to his people about the place &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/?p=430\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading &lsquo;A Sermon Listener&#8217;s Guide&rsquo; &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51,127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=430"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3182,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430\/revisions\/3182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rayvanneste.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}