Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 Getting Ready to Build -- 1 Discovering the Architect's Intentions -- Design -- Construction -- Exercises -- 2 Being at Home in the Bible -- The Heart of Scripture -- Humming the Rhythms of Scripture -- Exercises: Based on Deuteronomy 6:4-9 -- 3 Pausing at the Porch -- Praying to Our Father -- Praying with Others -- Praying for Our Church Family -- Praying with Dependence on Our Father -- Exercises -- 4 Clarifying the Architect's Intentions -- The Big Idea -- The Theme and Aim -- The Focus and Function -- These Three Approaches in Practice -- Exercises -- Part 2 The Zones of the House -- 5 The Door -- Starting a Sermon -- First Impressions -- How Do We Start a Sermon? -- Exercises -- 6 The Rooms -- Following Scripture's Floorplan -- Thinking about the Homiletic Theory - Points, Moves, Steps, Pages, and Scenes -- Exercises -- 7 The Connectors -- Example: Connectors in Genesis -- Example: Connectors in Mark's Gospel -- Hallways -- Doorways -- Stairs -- Wi-Fi -- Exercises -- 8 The Openings: Pictures, Windows and Mirrors -- Pictures -- Windows -- Mirrors -- Exercises: Mark 5:1-20 -- 9 The Exit Door -- Gospel Endings -- Exit Ideas -- Don't Stop - Finish! -- Exercises -- Part 3 Four Vital Considerations -- 10 Ambience and Atmosphere -- Lights -- Welcoming Jesus the Host -- More than Words -- Exercises -- 11 Appropriate Proportions -- Pacing the Sermon -- Varying the Content -- Exercises -- 12 Embodied Preaching -- Ear-Gate -- Eye-Gate -- Taste-Gate, Touch-Gate and Aroma-Gate -- Exercise -- 13 Preaching Jesus from All the Scriptures -- Preaching Christ from the Old Testament -- Mark's Gospel -- Developing the Instinct -- The Jesus Seminar -- Exercises -- 14 Afterword -- Bless This House -- Praise -- Prayer -- Part 4 Sample Sermons -- 15 Introduction -- Exercises -- 16 Home: Finding Your Place.