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Using 2 Samuel as an example, Borden talks about preaching the idea of the story rather than the story. The first part of the sermon should cause people to feel the disease, then the idea can be presented as the cure. Borden should how to look for clues that reveal the idea of the text.

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Paul Borden is executive minister of Growing Healthy Churches and author of Direct Hit.

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