DESCRIPTION:

This seminar is designed to deepen the theological insights and sharpen the homiletical skills of students who have already shown a special aptitude for preaching. Enrollment will not exceed ten students and will require the instructor's permission.

The spoken word remains an essential means of communicating the gospel of Jesus Christ. Students who have evidenced a special aptitude for preaching will be challenged to become more effective in the essential element in the ministry of the Church.

The seminar will meet four hours a week for instruction, preaching, assessment, and discussion. Video recordings will be extensively used.

Bailey, Raymond, ed. Hermeneutics for Preaching. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1993.

Craddock, Fred B. Preaching. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985.

Freedman, Samuel G. Upon This Rock. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.

Van Horn, Roger E. Pew Rights. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1993.

Buechner, Frederick. Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale. Harper & Row, 1977.

Calloway-Thomas, Carolyn and John Lucaites, eds. Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Sermonic Power of Public Discourse. The University of Alabama Press, 1993.

Farmer, H. H. Servant of the Word. Nisbett & Co., 1942.

Lischer, Richard. A Theology for Preaching. Abingdon, 1981.

Lunden, Thiselton, Walhout, eds. The Responsibility of Hermeneutics. Eerdmans/Pater Noster, 1985.

Robinson, Haddon W. Biblical Preaching. Baker, 1980.

Stewart, James S. Heralds of God. Baker, 1977.

Three sermons will be preached, videotaped and assessed. A manuscript or an extensive outline will be submitted when the sermon is preached along with a "sermon brief" for each student. Written responses to each sermon will be given. There will also be annotation of the required reading.

PR500, PR511, and permission of the instructor.

Meets M. Div. core requirement in Preaching and Communication (MIN 2).

None.