How Do You Handle the Word of God

Ed Stetzer has a great blog post titled, How Do You Handle the Word of God. It's rather lengthy, but nonetheless helpful. At the end of the post, he presented some application points that can help those of us who preach to grow in our skills of how we handle God's Word.

1. Listen to one of your recent sermons and assess how you handled the Bible (start by listening for how your sermon addressed the four points in this article).
2. Have someone you trust (maybe from outside your church) listen to a different one of your sermons and do the same assessment.
3. Read some books on preaching, like Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chappel or The Divine Mentor by Wayne Cordiero, to help your personal approach to God's Word.
4. Create a list of clear and measurable goals to strengthen the biblical content of your preaching.

Whether you apply Ed's specific steps or not, the main thing is that you seek to grow in your preaching skills.