Where Do I Start?
This is the first step of outlining a passage.
What is Content?
This step reduces your initial observations into grouped sections.
What are Divisions?
This step results in one sentence summarizing the entire passage.
What is the Subject Sentence?
This step focuses on what the passage teaches, rather than just the facts.
What is the Aim?
This step connects biblical truth to everyday life.
What are Applications?
The range of items that should be listed when doing this step.
What is 10-20 items?
You should have this range of grouped sections.
What is two to four?
The ideal length of this sentence is this number of words or less.
What is 10 to 15 words?
The teaching in this fourth step is the truth this person is conveying to the reader.
Who is the author?
The fifth step must be written in this format.
What is question form?
Each person's homiletics may have their own abbreviations, phrases, sentences, or symbols.
What is using your own style?
Each summary sentence must include these two grammatical elements.
What is a subject and a verb?
Starting with this sort of sentence and then refining it is a helpful strategy.
What is a longer sentence?
The teaching in this step must meet this standard: it agrees with all Scripture.
What is doctrinally correct?
You should have at least this many per grouped section.
What is one question?
The main events, topics, or conversations summarized here are considered to be this type of information.
What is factual information?
These sentences should reflect this–but not your interpretation.
What is the passage content?
OR
What are facts?
This sentence must reflect this and not interpretation or lessons.
What is the content of the passage?
OR
What are the facts?
Every statement in this step begins with this phrase.
What is "Cause the audience to learn..." (CATL)?
The ultimate goal of this step is this kind of transormation.
What is heart change (or heart transformation)?
DAILY DOUBLE:
This practice helps you stay within the 20-item limit when a passage is long.
What is grouping verses together?
These Bible features can help identify natural groupings.
What are paragraphs or headings?
DAILY DOUBLE:
As strong version of this sentence is usually this specific enough to do this.
What is locate the content in Scripture?
This step often expresses truths about these subjects: God, man, or this category.
What is doctrine (or doctrinal truth)?
DAILY DOUBLE:
A healthy set of these includes these three elements.
What are evaluation, challenge, and encouragement questions?