Naming the Text Idea Worksheet And Bridging Text to Sermon Worksheet

Work from your structural diagram and observations

· Aim to define the idea precisely in your own mind.

· Make sure the idea reflects what the writer said.

· Use wording for text and sermon ideas.

· Word text idea as a subject plus modifier.

· Avoid nontheological wording.

List all theological themes from the text:

Examine the context and the writer’s progression of thought and list possible subject themes:

Analyze the expressions of the writer’s intention and list possibilities here:

List possible themes indicated by figurative language in the text:

Look for the “plain and obvious” meaning and list those themes:

Look at the rhetorical functions and grammar of phrases in the text for dominant themes:

From the possibilities above, choose your subject and modifier for the text idea:

Subject:

Modifier:

Title: