Great preachers know where they are going before they start. They know what they want their audience to remember when the sermon is finished. Preparation is the preacher s friend. Often the sermon title will be remembered long after the text has been forgotten. So give good thought to your sermon title.
Great preachers realize that a sermon is like a surgery .
The preacher plays a dual role of anesthetist who keeps the patient alive during the operation, and the doctor who performs the surgery. The anesthetist is actually more important than the surgeon. Without him it could be said that the operation was a success but the patient died. The preacher must be both. Keeping their eyes on the patient so they don t die, while they perform the operation that will make them well.