In this lesson, we get to the heart of it, the actual process of sermon development and preparation. In Lesson 7, Rev. Ingersoll will give his own weekly development process as an example of how this process might play out over the course of a week. For now, he covers the stages conceptually. Whether you develop these steps over the course of several weeks or in an emergency in a day, this is how to build an actual sermon.

This lesson aims to equip you to:

1. Describe the concrete process of developing an actual sermon.
2. Appreciate the cost in time and effort it takes to prepare a sermon.