OK, this is our last class of the evening, Expository Preaching. And as was previously announced, wasn't it, that you're going to give your introductions tonight? And we're going to do it in each area. But before we do, I want to go over a few things, some opening comments here. Lord willing, you'll be getting your first expository message drafts back this week. I've been looking at them already. I'm just about a few hours away from completing them. So, Lord willing, you'll be getting them back. Something I've already noticed, though, I am already noticing, is needed improvements in your outlines. Let me just share a few things I've noticed. First of all, your capitalization or lack thereof. When you have an A, for example, here, let's have an A, Then you put, and every word should be, the first letter should be capitalized, and the main words you can all cap. The reason, for example, for, now if you want to do a for or the, I understand small case, but otherwise it should be the reason for the season is Christ, let's say. or maybe what you want to do is the reason for the season and maybe just the capital on the ass. But really, your A should be that way, and then your ones can just be small case, and then it should be A, one, and small A. is how you should do it. So your capitalizations, your numbering, some of them haven't been numbered well, and it could be you're working with a computer preset that's giving you, instead of a 1 and an A, is giving you a dash or something like that. But here's the way I really prefer you to outline. Some of you also have a lecture format versus a preaching. You need to look again at your outline and say, is this lecture or preaching? Now, how do you do that again? How do you move it from lecture to preaching? Using we, us, our, you, God. Again, the Corinthians had spiritual gifts. Now, God has given you a spiritual gift. You just move from lecture to more of a preaching format. Now, some passages are easier than others to do that in. Some you can't get away from. but in others you can't. If you notice closely, yesterday my handout said something about the purpose and passion of the Apostle Paul. The purpose of Paul was that Christ would be magnified. His passion was for me to live as Christ. Now I couldn't say that was yours, so I couldn't use you in it, because that may not have been true. I could have said, God wants your purpose to be and your passion to be. I could say that. Wants, that's true, right? I could have got away with that. But what I did was I put it in Paul, this was his, and then I made the transition to you on the next one. So what you want to do is you take all my handouts and look them over. Those of you who haven't, you can get them online and look at how I outline and look at how I use the capitalization and look at those kind of things. It'll improve. Frankly, I think when I get a handout and it's all in lowercase, it looks rinky-dink. And it not only looks rinky-dink, it looks like it's weak right off the bat. It looks like you're a poor student in some ways. Either that or you're trying to be real hip. and you've got a problem with the system or something. Also, you need to state and support your central idea and purpose of your section as stated in your propositional statement. In other words, your outline should be based upon your propositional statement, then following the text, and that should clearly support that statement. Not something else. It should be interacting with the text that's there so that each of the points support the main point, the propositional statement. And that's why when you're done with your handout, pull back and say, now here's my propositional statement. Do all of these things relate to that? Does my A, B, and C relate to that? Do my one, two, and three support my A? Do my one, two, and three support my B? Do my one, two, and three support my C? That's how it should fit and tie together. And if it's not, you're missing the boat. So those are just some comments on your outlines. We'll give you more comments on your introductions tonight. Before you practice your introductions tonight, though, in front of your peers, this is true in Milwaukee, true in Minneapolis, with needed and appropriate feedback from them, they're going to give you feedback tonight, okay? We're not going to devour one another like Galatians says, okay? We're not going to do that. Let's review the main truths about introductions. Let me just remind you, and then I'm going to actually have these up there, so after it's over, we'll ask these very questions. But let's go back to introductions and just walk through quickly. Why is a good introduction necessary? Again, your audience comes to the message cold or distracted. So it's crucial. During your introduction, the audience is asking themselves, who is this person? What is his point? Why do I need this? The model of a good introduction is well begun, half done. It's very important. In fact, if it fails, your whole message might. Now, what was my introduction yesterday, do you remember? Remember my, well, Philip wasn't here. Now, Poochy remembers because he's heard that one before. What was it? They had heard that man was made in the image of God, so they came to earth looking, because they wanted to know about God. First of all, they landed again in this place where they had to walk over a drunk. And then they went over here, and there's two gangs fighting. And then they went over here, and there was the bar scene. What I should have added, and then they went to a church, and they were more confused. That's what I should have added. That's what I should have added. But that wasn't, I was taking Major Ian Thomas' and I gave him credit for that. But did you notice my conclusion? I went right back to that issue as well. So, if the aliens came to your house, would they understand what God is like? Well, they will if you've had a desire that God would be magnified and if you could say honestly and have been living for me to live as Christ and to die as gain. Because Christ is the very image of God. So I did the full circle, my conclusion here. Purposes again. A good introduction captures attention and interest. We'll be watching you for that. Concisely states the main point. We'll be looking for that. It requires that you do have a main point, by the way. Number three, it communicates your attitude and direction. Be prepared, be convinced, be prayerful. Fourth, it causes them to begin to focus on God's Word. So at some point you'd say, In light of this, the answers we will find are we want to turn now to such and such a passage. Again, what are some of the requisites, what characterizes, what's types? Different ways you can do this. I'm just going to skip ahead here. I really don't need this here. We've gone over all these different ways you could do an introduction. Questions, does it fit the occasion? Does it actually introduce my subject? Do you deliver the message, what you promised in the introduction? Does it leave your audience still asking, so what? Is my introduction simple yet striking? Do I focus them on God's Word? So keep these facts about good introductions, are not too abrupt, not too long, have variety, are simple, prepared, appropriate, interesting, capture attention, state the main point, communicate your attitude, and direct causes them to begin to focus on God's Word. So these are the things we're going to evaluate when we listen to you today. these very things, those questions. When you're done giving your introduction, I'm going to get up and I'm going to say, let's walk through these and let's see, yay, nay, how could they improve? And remember, we're your friends. We're not here to devour one another. You know, one of the things I tell, again, the GIBBS students when they're called on to preach and I sit, and sometimes I sit in the audience, but a lot of times I don't because it freaks them out. to see me sitting there with my red pen making notes. I sit in my office just so they don't have to deal with looking at me. And I just tell them, listen, I'm your friend. I'm going to give you feedback when it's done. I'm on your side. Once you leave here, if you ever pass or somewhere, when people give you feedback, it's when they've left the church. So this is the chance to listen. So listen to what I have to say, and you'll be benefited by it. Okay? So at this point, Matt, we're going to break from here at this point. And as far as Milwaukee and Minneapolis, you go ahead and go one by one and give feedback to each the other. And whenever you're done, you can have a word of prayer and the night is over for you. And we'll do the same here. Lord willing, we'll see you in a couple weeks. Okay?