HOMI 500
12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching / Wayne McDill / 2006 / B&H Used by Permission
Immediate Observations
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Immediate Observations
Text:
Philippians 1:1-30
King James Version
Work from your
structural diagram.
Note your
observations verse by
verse.
Focus on what you see
in the text words.
Do not ask research questions at this point.
Work at it like a brainstorming session.
Highlight the most fruitful observations.
Relationship of Text Ideas
Watch for
Comparisons
Contrasts
Conditional Statements
Correlative Structure
Reasons
Purpose
Results
1) Paul wrote the text of Philippians on behalf of himself
and Timothy.
2) The letter was intended for the Church of Phillipi,
including bishops and deacons.
