The point of application

Christ the Truth has posted a helpful look at "applied preaching." Here's the opening:

State, Explain, Illustrate, Apply. That’s apparently the blueprint for the young preacher. Find three points in the text (regardless of the genre of the passage, regardless of how many ‘points’ the Scripture might be making). For each of the points (it’s best if they all begin with ‘P’): state it, explain it, illustrate it and - in a discrete section of the sermon - apply it.

This almost inevitably means turning each point into a law to be enjoined on the congregation.

Preachers, I recommend reading the whole article.