Preaching at International Restaurants Fellowships

Darius Thomson, GICF

What’s your favourite cuisine?

A. ChineseB. FrenchC. PeruvianD. ScottishE. All of the Above

Sermon types and content

Cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific culture or region. ... A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade. Religious food laws, such as Islamic dietary laws and Jewish dietary laws, can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine. (Sounds like preaching!)

TYPES OF SERMON1. Expository Sermon - Bible exposition; often a whole paragraph, chapter, or book.

• Takes subject, main divisions & subdivisions from the text; an exposition of the given passage & that only.Advantages• Apostles’ mode of preaching.• Protects the preacher from being accused of preaching to individuals• Promotes solid exegesis and solid Biblical foundation because the message is within the given passage.

2. Topical Sermon – topic or topic within a text.

3. Bible Story Sermon telling Bible stories and from Bible story, the preacher creates his sermon.

Condensed from http://thedisciplers.com/lesson-7-different-kinds-of-sermons-the-content-of-preaching/

Advantages Dangers

•Wide subject choice•Can help the preacher to be more creative•Good for preachers who do not preach frequently, but not too helpful for regular preachers since it is more difficult to think of more topics rather than allow the word of God speak to us.

•Content is at the mercy of the preacher instead of what the Scripture is saying.•Often too general in scope.•Preacher can abuse exegetical rules in order to fit it in his sermon•Can be too secular in form. (motivational speaking vs. preaching) •Preacher can be presenting his own personal views and prejudices rather than what was the Bible really says.

What’s your favourite course?

A. StarterB. Main courseC. Dessert D. All of the Above

Sermon organisation

A. Starter – mouthwatering motivation & connectionB. Main course – discussion of main contentC. Dessert - feel good or application & extension D. All of the Above

Who’s your favourite chef?

A. Mr. McDonaldB. School dinner ladyC. Mum or WifeD. Other

Sermon DeliveryPreaching styles – what words would you like to be

used of your sermons?• Dry, teaching• Fiery, charismatic• Solid, Biblical • Genuine, relevant• Preachy, holier-than-thou• Humorous, entertaining• Appropriate, direct• Inclusive, diverse

What’s your (& diners’) favourite ingredient?

• (Tear jerking) stories• Poems or song lyrics• Personal testimony• Object lesson• Questions• Theological debate• Word studies, Use of Hebrew, Greek, Aramaic, etc• Motivational messages, social gospel, prosperity ‘gospel’, Ear Tickling, • Expository preaching and Topical preaching• Humour• All of the Above

Staple Ingredients1. Biblical Foundation2. Give them Jesus3. (Daily item for connection)

Eating In or To Go?Application

& Extension

You’re the Chef!

Application – You’re the Chef 1. Guard your testimony – Walk worthy2. Guard your heart & your reward

Prov. 4:232 John 1:8 Watch yourselves, that you do not lose what we have accomplished, but

that you may receive a full reward. NASB

3. Guard your spiritual tummy. Eat your daily mannaJohn 6: 49 Your fathers ate manna in the wilderness, and are dead. … 51 I am the

living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever:

Deuteronomy 8:3 Yes, he humbled you by letting you go hungry and then feeding you with manna, a food previously unknown to you and your ancestors. He did it to teach you that people need more than bread for their life; real life comes by feeding on every word of the LORD. –NLT

4. Guard your cooking - Give them Jesus … desire the sincere milk of the word, that you may grow thereby: I Pet 2:2

IV. ConclusionSelahMal 3:14-18 16 Then they that feared the

LORD spoke often one to another: and the LORD listened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.

Heb 6:10 God rewards; He never forgets