Expository preaching
1 PART 2 EXPOSITORY STUDY QUESTIONS III. Course Texts ● Evans, Tony. The Power of Preaching: Crafting a Creative Expository Sermon. Chicago: Moody, 2019. ● Fasol, Al. A Complete Guide to Sermon Delivery. Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1996. ● Guthrie, Tony. Crossing the Homiletical Bridge: A Journey from Accurate Exegesis to Meaningful Exposition. Cummings: Heartworks Publications, 2010. ● Vines, Jerry and Jim Shaddix. Power in the Pulpit: How to Prepare and Deliver Expository Sermons. Rev. ed. Chicago: Moody, 2017. _________Progress in the Pulpit: How to Grow in Your Preaching. Chicago: Moody, 2017. ● Vines, Jerry and Adam B. Dooley. Passion in the Pulpit: How to Exegete the Emotion of Scripture. Chicago: Moody, 2018. ● King James Version of the Bible N.B. The answers are still too short. Please make those answers a bit longer so each answer looks like a real paragraph with at least four or five sentences. Thank you. 2 Lecture 13 The Responsibility of Motivation Required Reading: Passion in the Pulpit, p. 49 – 60 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 13 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. What is the issue at hand with the motivation of the text? 2. Persuasion is more than suggestion because ________________________________________. 3. Define biblical persuasion. 4. When is appealing to the emotions of the audience acceptable? 3 Lecture 14 Designing the Emotive Design of the Text, Part I Required Reading: Passion in the Pulpit, p. 63 – 97 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 14 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. True or False. Scripture divisions do not have overlapping rules. 2. List the eight literary genres in the Bible. 3. What is the window in the heart of a text? 4. Define “the world behind the text.” 4 Lecture 15 Designing the Emotive Design of the Text, Part II Required Reading: Passion in the Pulpit, p. 98 – 133 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 15 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. What is the “world in front of the text”? 2. Why is it important to identify the emotions of a text in the past before bringing it into the present? 3. Why is important to distinguish between competing and corresponding tones in a text? 4. What can we learn from the way that God reacts to individuals in scripture? 5 Lecture 16 The Interpretation Process: Part 1 Studying the Text and Genre Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 140 – 169 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 16 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. What is the best way to select passages for preaching? 2. How do you determine the limits of a text? 3. List the key areas to consider when determining the background of a text. 4. State the best way to interpret scripture. 6 Lecture 17 The Interpretation Process: Part 2 Studying the Text and the Homiletical Bridge Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 168, 169 ; Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 61 66 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 17 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. When, in the sermon process, should biblical commentaries be used? 2. List some ways to prepare listeners to benefit from expository preaching. 3. What is the purpose of the homiletical bridge? 4. State the goals of the homiletical bridge? 7 Lecture 18 The Interpretation Process: Part 3 The Homiletical Bridge: Context Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 136 – 171 ; Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 61 76 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 18 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. How do you determine book context? 2. What is the big focus of book context? 3. Explain the intention of prior context? 4. Why is the major objective of the text (M.O.T.) usually Christian life? 8 Lecture 19 The Interpretation Process: Part 4 The Homiletical Bridge: The Central Idea of the Text and the Thesis Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 171 – 179 ; Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 77 90 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 19 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. What is the significance of the central idea of the text (CIT)? 2. In trying to expose the C.I.T. what are some areas that you should consider? 3. Define the thesis of a sermon. 4. Explain the relationship between the CIT and the Thesis. 9 Lecture 20 The Interpretation Process: Part 5 The Homiletical Bridge: Proposition, Probing Question, Unifying Word, Transitional Sentence, and the Outline Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit p. 181 – 188 ; Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 91 127 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 20 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. Define the proposition. 2. Explain the relationship between the probing question and the unifying word. 3. Discuss how the answers to the unifying word are found in the outline. 4. List the benefits of a clear proposition. 10 Lecture 21 The Interpretation Process: Part 6 The Homiletical Bridge: Outline and Sermon Document Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 193 – 242; Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 111130, The Power of Preaching, p. 95 – 125 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 21 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. Explain how biblical/ theological support makes sermon points/ moves more impactful in the minds of the audience. 2. Where does the preacher get the sermon points/ moves? 3. What impact can the “Fallacy of Irrelevance” divert the intent of a story or illustration? 4. Describe the role of the unifying word or plural outline modifier in the homiletical bridge. 11 Lecture 22 The Interpretation Process: Part 7 The Homiletical Bridge: Conclusion, Celebration, and Invitation Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 243 – 247 ; Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 146 148; Progress in the Pulpit, p. 155 – 166 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 22 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. According to H.B. Charles, Jr, what ought the preacher do at the end of the sermon? 2. Explain the purpose of celebration in sermon. 3. True or False. The conclusion of the sermon be planned. 4. Discuss your position on sermon invitations (explain purpose, provide biblical support, and the method that you find best accomplishes the biblical intention). 12 Lecture 23 The Homiletical Bridge in Action Required Reading: APPENDIX 1, Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 273, 274 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 23 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. In the sermon “Tricky Business” how is the probing question answered with the unifying word? 2. In the sermon “The Impact of Trusting God” how is the central idea of the text similar to the thesis? 3. In the sermon “I Just Want to Be Holy” explain the relationship of the title to Psalm 101? 4. In the sermon “Growing and Changing Together As One” how does the book context and the immediate context connect with the proposition? 13 Lecture 24 The Development of Preaching Style, Part 1 Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 252; Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 178, 179 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 24 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. How has preaching style changed over the centuries? 2. Why is it important for the God-given personality of the preacher to be shared clearly with the audience? 3. What is the “engagement of the heart of the preacher” and why is it the secret of sermon style? 4. List some common elements of poor sermon style. 14 Lecture 25 The Development of Preaching Style, Part 2 Required Reading: Progress in the Pulpit, p. 130 – 147; Crossing the Homiletical Bridge, p. 178 – 189 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 25 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. What suggestions does J. Alfred Smith suggest to improve preaching style? 2. Why is important to prepare your message to be heard rather than to be read? 3. Explain what Guthrie meant by visualizing success. 4. Discuss the importance of the preacher being a good storyteller. 15 Lecture 26 The Development of Preaching Style, Part 3 Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 255 – 262; Progress in the Pulpit, p. 132 – 135 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 26 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. Where can a preacher find some possible sources for word pictures? 2. State the key qualities of a written sermon. 3. What are the general parts of a partial sermon manuscript? 4. Explain why the preacher should be a wordsmith. 16 Lecture 27 The Development of Preaching Style, Part 4 Required Reading: Power in the Pulpit, p. 262 – 274; Progress in the Pulpit, p. 137 – 145 After reading this material, the student must listen to Lecture 27 carefully, taking notes along with the Outline provided in the ATS Distance Education Lecture Outlines. 1. Discuss what Vines and Shaddix mean by simple language. 2. One of the intangibles with regards to using force is “respect for your listeners.” What is relationship of this idea to the amount of force displayed in your sermon. 3. What is the “sanctified imagination” ? 4. Why is is important for the preacher to show that they are connected to real life?
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