Good morning. It's nice to be with you again and let's begin our time together where we always need to begin which is with our Lord. Let's pray together. Father, we thank you for your mercy toward each one of us for the profound way that you are patient each day, persevering, preserving, meeting with us in dark and joyful places. We give you praise and thanksgiving for the strong love that you demonstrate for us, for the powerful holiness, for the abiding grace. We give you praise Lord and thank you. We do ask that you would continue to open our hearts and minds to what you would teach us throughout each of our classes and through the day and we ask Lord right now that you would continue to help us to grow in the skill of communicating your word well. We depend upon you for that and thank you for the provision of your spirit in Jesus name. Amen. Dr. Chappell's traveling today and encourage you if you think of it, say a prayer for him and ask the Lord to give him strength and wisdom and protect him on his travels. Our focus this morning is to look at the outlines that you were to work on for today. Proposition in main points that you'll be turning in at the end of class today. So you still have a little time if you need it and our goal together will be simply to practice today. We're going to look at several sample outlines and walk through them together. You're going to tell me what's wrong with them and what's right with them and then you'll have an opportunity to share your outline with the neighbor and they'll look through it. You also have the opportunity to look at your outline again and actually make some changes with your pen and in all this we're just trying to practice today. The goal is this by the time you turn your outline in today it is as best as you can get it. It's nearly right if it isn't right and that's our goal. So where we want to begin is just by looking at a series of sample outlines and what I'd like for you to do is to point out to me what you see that's right and what you see that's wrong. Three primary questions we're going to ask one is this outline the conditional or a consequential outline conditional or consequential. Consequential usually is labeled by because we must because something we must. It's a cause and an effect. A conditional outline normally is a sense or an if statement. It's not a referring to a logical connection because in other words because this happens it logically follows that this next thing must happen but a conditional outline usually is referring to some kind of condition and in light of that condition or situation what must a believer do before the Lord. So we'll ask that question the second question will ask is is this an application or a principal consistent outline and then we'll ask what's the nature of this outlines progression and then we'll just look at all of the components and see if they're all where they need to be. Okay so you should have a handout. Does anyone not have a handout for today? Are there any extra handouts anywhere? Okay would someone mind grabbing those handouts and just passing them this way or that way wherever they're needed and we'll send them down through. Great. Okay our first first outline you see there is taken from first desolonians 4 13 through 18 because Jesus broke the power of death we must live as people of hope and you see each main point there because Jesus broke the power of death we must not grieve as people without hope because Jesus broke the power of death we must rejoice as people with hope because Jesus broke the power of death we must encourage others with the hope. So this first question is this a conditional or a consequential outline. I hear several consequentials is that is that what we think consequential good yeah it is consequential outline because Jesus broke the power of death we must live as a people of hope but necessarily follows that because death has been broken by him hope is what originates with his people. Is this an application or a principle consistent outline? Anyone want to say application? Anyone want to say application consistent? Are you sure? Way to go it's principle consistent good job. Way to hold your ground hold your conviction steady steady you know way to do it and what is there a good progression happening here no what's the nature of the progression yeah okay we need to take out the knots somebody said that that's that's very good so at first sentence there we must not grieve as people with hope you know we're working on right now taking out those knots and what else you see there that could use some strengthening. So point number one and point number two it's suggested that they're saying the same thing twice does anybody know what that what that's called? What's that? Yeah being coexistent yeah it looks like it's very likely that point number one and point number two are coexistent. Can you tell me why? Yes rejoice you know not grieve as people without hope is the same thing as saying rejoice as people with hope. It's it's possible that as you develop it you could take those points a different direction but it would take some skill to do that and at this point as we look at it it looks like we're on a road to coexistence. One other one other thing going on in the passage at least that we'll want to look at in this outline yes the proposition overlaps with the main points as well. Are you referring to the first clause that's underlined? Yeah and that's actually if I'm understanding you correctly it's actually good the way it's written right here yes oh I see what you're saying. It's it's possible that if we say live as a people of hope rejoicing as a people of hope is intended to be one aspect of living. It's intended to be one aspect of living but depending on how you explained it it could it could overlap and be co extensive I see what you're saying yes yes yeah yeah we could we could find a way to maintain the parallel language of people running down through there. Do you notice the verses verse 13 verse 13 verse 18 we probably need to take a look and make sure we're covering the passage too right because it looks like we're supposed to cover verses 13 through 18 but so far we're only highlighting two of those verses we'll want to cover a cover make sure we're covering the whole passage at this point and what the passage is saying. So somewhere along the line we need to have verses 14 and 15 and 16 and 17 covered all right let's move to our next next passage 2nd Corinthians 6 14 through 7 1 because we are believers in Christ we must avoid partnerships with unbelievers and then you see the main points there is this conditional or consequential yes it would be a consequential relationship by the way Dr. Chappell always reminds us not to be too concerned about getting your the terms just so here is this consequential or conditional and then you just stress out and you have to take aspirin and stuff like that don't don't worry about that as the way he'll say it is this go with what your ear thinks is best whichever sounds best to you in terms of its connection is probably what's going to be best for the hearer but at any rate we are asking this morning if we can tell the difference and you're right this is a consequential connection um second question is this application consistent or principal consistent yeah application consistent and uh that's right because we see the application being rained down we must avoid partnerships we must avoid partnerships we must avoid partnerships so the what is consistent is application throughout what what else do you see now as you look you look at this outline what needs work what needs strengthening okay um two propositions out of one verse perhaps you're referring to uh possibly co extensive yes okay great oh that's good so possibly co extensive when we look at God's temple and God's people that's a good good point uh the clue for us is we see verse 16 twice doesn't necessarily mean anything but it causes us to look at it again and make sure it's very possible that saying that we're God's temple and we're God's people is saying the same thing uh depending on what we mean by those statements good point what else do you see yeah
yeah i mean you know it doesn't show up on here but it secretly shows up on your paper and uh that's true chapter 6 verse 189 whoo that's there's a lot more to cover because we only got you know we're missing a lot of verses there that's right good point what else do you see yeah go ahead yeah okay and number three we have because we are his sons and daughters anybody know what that term is called what we have happening here branching branching it's this is called branching and uh branching is when it's you know like a tree the branches coming out and uh it's when you have two ideas now uh in the in the west this is for western heroes because if you say we're accustomed to um a kind of progression in an outline which leads us to say this if we if we say because we are his sons and daughters the ear assumes two thing oh he just introduced two things sons and daughters and so the ear is expecting two things so it's not it's not uh necessarily wrong it's just that if you if you branch if you have a statement that has two branches on it then you need to follow through so your your sub points here would have to be sons and daughters or if in your if if this was your proposition and uh you have two statements we are to be faithful and just and that's in your proposition well your two main points have to be faithful and just okay so it's not necessarily wrong but it does get us into problems if we don't follow through what else do you see in this this outline notice um notice that point number two and point number three might be co extensive does he might seeing that to say that we are his people and then to say we are his sons and daughters depending on how you take that right it could be that you're saying the same thing with two points and so we want to look at that what else do you see yes yes that's right what's underlined is not the magnet clause now um doctor chapel will say that he's not requiring underlining at this point but the people do underlined and that's right uh the magnet clause is being underlined do you do you see um look at pronouns yeah point number one because we are God's temple we must avoid partnership well who's the we so most likely you would need to say something like this because Christians are God's temple we must avoid partnership or it would be because believers are God's temple we must avoid partnership or it would be because we are God's temple believers must avoid partnership or because we are God's temple Christians must avoid partnership you see the we has no reference and so we need to supply that reference does that make sense also notice that the verses this is um technical at this point but important for later the verses are in each main point need to be moved to the end see what it says verse chapter 6 verse 16 underneath main point one and they've put those that verse in parentheses immediately following the phrase because we are God's temple need to move the verse references out to the end of the sentence of each main point yeah that's correct that's correct yeah there's you you wouldn't have a verse reference necessarily in the proposition because ideally the proposition is covering the whole text it's the main idea the big idea from the whole text it is certainly possible that in your as you're doing your preparation that you're wanting to anchor you're you're writing down for yourself key verses and such but you're right in terms of the outline you won't have a specific verse right there in the middle of your proposition good question the question is if if if it seems like the passage could go either way in terms of an outline what what makes you what factors help you choose which kind of outline that you go with application consistent outline or principal consistent outline we would generally say pastoral prudence if the text itself doesn't emphasize one aspect over another then you're simply prayerfully considering who your audience is who are the people you're speaking to in a pastoral setting or a chaplaincy or a campus ministry setting you know you're going to know people and you'll know you'll have a sense from each individual passage what they most need to hear at this point in time and so pastoral prudence be yes yes yeah that's that's a very good point this particular outline as doesn't seem to have much progression is that terms sound familiar to you a progression in the outline so that each point is building on the other so that by the time you get to main point three it is built on what's already been said and then your conclusion and in this particular case you don't see that happening how do you build progression in an outline it depends on each individual outline but in essence you're either moving from you're moving from a specific to a general conclusion you're moving from general to specific you're moving from or you may see building block steps this point leads to this point which leads to this point yes yes well sometimes the text give us clues to help us do that certainly and sometimes in the text itself there is a progression of thought which will help us in our outlines yeah all right let's look at our next one from first us only in four 13 through 18 because Christ defeated death and rose victoriously we must look to the future with complete assurance of our resurrection what do you see there in the here yeah yes yes absolutely we would say it this way the 3 a.m. test is that sound familiar to you 3 a.m. test wake up three in the morning someone said okay what are you speaking on and you could give it to them very quickly well we probably have need some work here we're still a little wordy that's a good point we also have some branching right you see that in your first in the proposition because Christ defeated death and rose victoriously we must look to the future with complete assurance of our resurrection well a western ear at least will hear that proposition and assume the two main points are Christ defeated death and Christ rose victoriously and so if you have that branching in that proposition you have to follow through those would be your those would have to be your main points and since those aren't the two main points we need to find a way to say that he defeated death and rose victoriously frankly you could simply say because Christ rose victoriously why could you why could you just say that because if he rose he had to have died that's right so it implies that yes yes although that's right well what what you're saying is that it doesn't seem in this particular case that the branching impacts the outline because he maintains the branching as his principle consistent posture that's right but a western ear when you say the proposition you'll throw them off a bit because they're expecting a particular that particular aspect but you make a good point it would be less of a hindrance with in this case but still we want to we want to try to root that out if we can yes will there still be if there's a principle consistent outline will there be explanation of the principle at some point in the sermon yes yes where that explanation will come is it's the it's the introduction bonding to the text moving into the proposition and then at times right after the proposition or just before it you may have a brief amount of explanation but it's it's the your introductory part of the sermon which is anchoring a principle consistent consistency or an application consistency and the rest of the sermon fleshes out the opposite one yes so you're saying that's a good thing or no okay okay so what you're suggesting is perhaps this was with this would be better as a two-point outline because the third point seems to have already been covered by okay yeah that may be the case that you could do this as a two-point outline what what gives you a clue that this could perhaps be a two-point outline a two-point outline normally has to have at least for westerners has to have some type of tension between them some type of tension between them it's possible that this would have that because the first point has to do with our deceased loved ones those who have died the second point has to do with those who are alive so there's some type of comparison contrast going on there yeah that's that's possible yes oh rouse yeah yeah we need to check spelling there don't we so again see mysteriously mysteriously on the projector here we see it has been changed R-A-I-S-E-D but on the paper tell you there's something strange going on in the homiletics department we'll have to get right on that find out what's going on yes yes yeah it's very wordy here and this could go either way at two or a three-point sermon it'd be pastoral prudence on your part and and as you approach the text with who you're speaking to okay let's look at our next one second Timothy four one through five ready or not here he comes so the proposition we must prepare for for Christ we'll return then you see the three main points is this conditional or consequential conditional or consequential yeah this is tough this is tough to tell because the proposition is in trouble right the the the proposition first of all is we must prepare for Christ will return so we're we're missing the you know because because Christ will return we must prepare or since Christ is coming back we must prepare something like this right and then notice that the the terms are switched around
and the like the the terms used are different so for example we must prepare for Christ will return after we've changed that proposition and brought it into the form that we're practicing you notice that we ought to use the same term in each main point let the same turn rain down and so if we use the word return let's use the word return in the first three main points you see how he's switched the terms between return and coming back so just choose one of those and stay consistent with that term throughout so right now we have parallelism is reversed and the proposition is not fully developed the where we need to be what else do you see here is this an application or a principal consistent outline it's principal consistent isn't it you remember when we when we look at a proposition we have two main elements right one is what is true once the second second part
what to do what is true and what to do the what is true is the principal what to do is the application so in this case the what is true statement is the one raining down and held consistent so it's a principal consistent outline what do you what do you notice about progression here is there what's the nature of the progression here in the outline how how is the progression yeah we can't really see a progression can we we're not we're not sure as we look at it that there is a an apparent progression taking place and notice notice that the verses are missing did you notice that so we're not sure where from the text he's gotten his main point so want to make sure we have our verses there reminding us telling us pointing us to where we get our passage yes you're asking about the pronouns and which pronouns we must prepare by having God's view the word yes yeah there's a difficulty there there's a difficulty there because we has no reference it goes back to the proposition we must prepare for Christ will return because Christ will return you you're right you probably needs to say believers or the church or Christians must prepare otherwise we have no stated reference for we yeah good yes yes the question is is the is okay here in this anchor clause and it's likely that it is okay the reason is because it is a what is true statement and what's being fleshed out is the application consistency so in so our auditory mode our imperatives come and what's being fleshed out I think it's possible we still could consider though if there's another way to say that okay let's look at one more first this is yes yes okay yes good thank you the previous which one right here I think so a question has to do with previous outline from secantivity 4 1 through 5 that it looks like there could be potential progression there yet we critiqued it as not having progression I think what I said was an apparent progression just by looking at it it's not clear for us we want to strengthen that clarity so it might be there progression might be there it's just not as apparent to us as we might hope at this stage the second question has to do with can are we trying to seek and have an outline in such a way that a person could pick up our outline and they could and they could have a good indication about what we're speaking about yeah I think that is a point that is a goal of ours that we're we're able to be that clear now remember at this point we are working on particular skills and setting them under a microscope so that we can give ourselves to learning those skills and make the way you've probably heard this described as we're learning scales right now on a piano right and we're going to move on to blues and jazz later on in the curriculum so right now we're we're being a little picky but it is so that we can learn to practice these skills and then as you go along in each homiletics class these skills become more and more like tools that you use but for prep and dal and for elementary homiletics it is much like a box that we're placing you in and forcing us to look at particular skills and to try to practice them as best we can and then as you go along in the curriculum it'll gradually that that tightness will gradually loosen and you'll have much more freedom yes I'd give it some thought and see if there's another way to say it and but if you can't find another way to say it just put just put what you have yeah we are yeah and see what see what kind of feedback you get that the basic rule is that our guide I should say the guide is that we're trying to avoid knots and bees so we're really referring to it's kind of fun play on words isn't it knots and bees knots so the word not a negative and we're trying to avoid if we can in an imperative statement especially the bee a bee verb yes in a in a in the what is true statement the principal statement a bee a bee in verb is much more allowable there and so that's why I said see if there's another way to say it if you can't come up with it just just go with what you have there we still want to avoid a negative statement even in a principal even in the principal see if we can state it in the positive
okay let's take a look at this last one for this section first that's only in 413 through 18
conditional or consequential so might say both yeah it's hard to tell isn't it it can go either way because there is the a a condition of having a particular kind of hope which leads us to grief but it also seems consequential in that it is a logical step that eternal hope leads us to grieve differently what do you see in the proposition it needs to be strengthened yes yes so so we we have a knot there right let's not grieve like others what how could you say that positively how can do we phrase that yeah let's grieve with something right or let's let's we grieve differently than others we can grieve differently than others yes right we we don't have a reference for others they're doing leaves it vague yes yes good point so different different folks are going to look at that passage and and in light of their circumstance and skill they're going to see different emphases in the passage yes I can appreciate that different different pastors are going to have a different take on individual passage yes yes that's right it's the same point about others there we don't we we we we're lacking a reference so since we have the eternal hope let's not grieve like others who is the we so you would need to say what since believers have eternal hope or since Christians have eternal hope or since the church has eternal hope oh is it all right to have a contraction it's not ideal it's not ideal let's not grieve but it depending on your audience right it's going to be okay yes yes yeah yep you could say that's right yeah in light of what the text would lead us we would find another way to say not grieve right yes yeah thank you yeah uses the word sense in the proposition but then it uses the word because in each of the others three points that's right we've already noted that the the verses are missing and do you do you see in verse in point number three this branching because in that day we shall be caught up with them and live forever with the Lord well being caught up with him and living forever with him oh those are two huge points that he's placed there now that can be okay but he's he must follow through now so the sub points have to be have to to concern what he's described in point number three yes yeah it seems like the points are co-existent doesn't point number one the dead will rise again as Jesus did point number two Jesus will come again from heaven to raise the dead in him seems to be saying the same thing so it's likely we have coexistence there that's right yes yeah point number three that same issue that started in the proposition has has rained down through it's infiltrated the whole outline which says that we don't have a referent we don't know who the we are mm-hmm sure I was just I wouldn't want to limit our audience I was just giving an example so if you were speaking in your context that you have in mind what how might you say it because Jesus is coming back there you go people yeah yeah no that's a good point we don't want to limit that it's just giving examples of trying to put a referent yeah yeah the question is if you use the word because in the proposition it's a good question if you use the word because in the proposition and it is an application consistent outline do you still need to use the word because in each main point the answer is yes at this point you do yeah the question is we have two outlines from the same passage on on your handout the first one is the one we just looked at where he's saying let's not grieve as others do and then the up in the first first when we looked at there is the we must not grieve and the question is is one of those better than the other we must not grieve or let's not grieve and the answer would be pastoral prudence it would be pasturally who are you speaking to what's their context and what what is appropriate for that or that here yes not at this point your sub points will be like that you will ask let me step back to question is could you and instead of raining down the application statement let's not grieve like others could you instead ask a question and then three main points answer that question not at this point what you're doing is you're asking a question of the proposition and each main point flashes out what the proposition means and so if you say
if let's say we don't grieve like others then and you're going to have a principle consistent outline which means you're going to explain grieving differently because we have Christ okay then you're going to then your sermon is going to flesh out or explain that phrase so you will ask a question we don't grieve like others you know why how where when what does it mean but the question asked leads to a main point statement and the main point statement still needs to be a parallel parallel phrasing connected to the proposition as we've been looking at so the instinct to ask questions is a good one we're going to work on that but the questions lead us from one point to another we interrogate the proposition which leads us to our main points in answering those questions about the proposition yes it was not his question but your question is can the proposition ever be a question no not at this point yeah you'll ask questions particularly you'll learn a scripture introduction and you'll probably ask a question at that point in the sermon but the proposition won't be a question at this point it'll be a statement yes yes that's right yeah that's not what we're doing what we what you what you will say is you might have a question which leads to your proposition so the question might be you know you've bonded to the text in light of a fallen condition focus then you say so how do how do we deal with death there's there's a question and proposition answers well because Jesus broke the power of death we can grieve with hope well we haven't we do have an intention away we're we're working and so you will ask questions questions will fill in all around these these statements yeah questions will lead you from one statement to the next but we are maintaining parallel language from one point to the other yes yes the question is what's the relationship between the fallen condition focus and the proposition fallen condition focus will be hinted at in the scripture introduction and it will be exposed in the introduction which will bond you to the text which probably leads you to ask a question about that fallen condition and you answer that question by stating your proposition yeah yeah yes not it not at this point I mean in general sure but at this point stay with because or since what I'd like you to do now is take the opportunity to look at your outline that you're going to turn in in a few minutes and take your pen and change anything you need to it doesn't have to be neat it can be messy it's all right take your pen and change anything you need to I'll give you a couple of minutes to do that and then we'll look at some more examples okay okay you'll get one more shot at it so let's look at some more examples okay proposition here is because of Jesus's resurrection we should not worry about the spiritual welfare of our eternal home before his second coming okay so 3 a.m. test is lacking here so that 3 a.m. test will strengthen this little wordy and all of us know what this is like trying to trying to dwell down our proposition let's look at the main points because of first point because of Jesus's resurrection our salvation in Christ is sealed completely second main point because of Jesus's resurrection the salvation of the dead in Christ is sealed completely do you notice there there are no what to do statements know what to do statements so the main point one it gets a what is true because of Jesus's resurrection our salvation in Christ is sealed completely and on all the way down through the the phrase that's being rained down is a principle right salvation in Christ is sealed completely that's the what is true statement that he's raining down so he's trying to do a principle consistent outline which means that the main points should be should refer to what to do in light of that and you notice that the application isn't there that makes sense he's trying to have a what is true a principle consistent outline and his application statements are missing proposition because God promised to live and walk among us and to be our God we must purify ourselves and seek holiness what's happening there in the proposition branching yeah again what's the guide about branching what would you tell me about break yeah it's okay but if you if you put yourself in that spot you you have to flesh out what you've said we must purify ourselves and and seek holiness proposition because we have righteousness in Christ we should also be holy as he is holy point number one because we are God's temple we should be holy as he is holy point number two because we are God's children we should be holy as he is holy what's happening here what's that proposition is like a main point because we have righteousness in Christ we should be holy as he is holy yeah we can't we can't it's not apparent yet how being God's temple God's children and having God's promises
directly explain our righteousness in Christ it's not readily apparent also notice that in your application clauses remember what we said in the principal clauses you're gonna have a being verb we'll see if we can say another way but if we can't that's all right but in our in our application statement we should be holy as he is holy is that being verb we should be holy we're gonna we're gonna try to say that a different way yes what he has there are the words of the Bible it's not necessarily the same as saying what those words say in the Bible so at this point at this point I understand your question and I feel your tension but at this point we're gonna try to say that in a different way yeah yes yeah that's a good question that's a pastoral prudence question in a lot of your situation how would people hear that word should or must some people hear the word should and it is a command to them so it's a it's a good good question one other yes yeah it's a good point that you're making the the be holy as he is holy isn't from this passage he's pulled it in from somewhere else it's a it's a dangerous thing to do I should say we have to be very careful if we do that to make sure we're not reading in to the passage we're supposedly preaching from yes right it sounds like what he's trying to do is to say because the Lord has made us holy he's given us his righteousness they weren't to live in accordance with that sounds like the way he's trying to do but you're right it's a bit confusing because of of pulling in a verse from another spot and we should also be holy makes it sound like there's something extra going on I do I do we do understand the tension about well but this is a Bible verse but quoting the words of that text does not necessarily tell us what second Corinthians 6 is trying to say that's why at this point we're working on we're working on avoiding the b verbs if we can in our application statements proposition we are charged by God to preach his word because it is necessary for our lives point one we are charged by God to preach his word because it is necessary to correct our lives point two we are charged by God to preach his word because it is necessary to contradict false teaching point three we are charged by God to preach his word because it is necessary to complete our ministries. Applications statements are using the being verbs, right? We are charged by God to preach his word. I think that's his what is true statement because it is necessary to correct our lives. We need a auditory statement there for the what is to do. I think what to do is supposed to be that we're meant to be corrected. But he has the being verb there. It is necessary. Anything else you see going on there? Yes. Yeah, where is that? Oh, in the proposition we are charged by God to preach his word because it is necessary for our lives, right? We don't know who the we and the hour are. Yeah, it is necessary. It won't work for us at this point. What we're going to seek to do is put the what to do statement in hortatory mode, which means to an exhortation. It is necessary, puts it in a passive sort of mode. Yes. Yeah, that is always something we have to be careful at. It is a good point. If we try to use a iteration, one of the difficulties is we can use a word and sort of force it to fit. And we have to be careful about that. That is right. Better to use a different word and not have the alliteration at that point than to force a word to fit. Yes. The question is how would you condense all this? Well, it would take a few minutes, I think, to give some thought to that. At this point, you would have to say because it would be something about because God charges his people. You know, something along this line, we must preach the word. It would be something in there. That is not where it needs to be yet, but it would be something like that. So what is true to statement? He is saying we are charged by God to preach his word. So you would say because God has charged believers, you know, or because God has commanded believers something along these lines. And then following statement, we must preach the word. At this point, necessary for our lives, I am not sure yet, I would have to give some thought to that. If you wanted to rein that down, I am not sure yet how you would strengthen that at this point. Well, I think you are getting the idea. Remember, we are right now learning, if you will, skills, learning piano, or we are shooting free throws, practicing skills, and therefore we are setting them under a microscope and forcing us to try to really work at it, and see if we can get some of these things together. So you have about six or seven minutes. What I would like you to do is to hand your outline to the person next to you, and that person next to you can point out to you anything else that you might want to change, and when you are ready, you can just bring it forward and turn it in and then you are free to go. Okay.