Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Define and explain a “big idea” and discuss the importance of preaching with one

• Gain proficiency in developing big ideas

• Describe the differences between the exegetical, homiletical, and preaching ideas

• Discuss the role of the Holy Spirit in preaching

• Identify the advantages of preaching from an outline

• Describe each element of an outline for a sermon on an epistolary text

• Summarize the importance of non-verbal communication in a sermon

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: How to Create a Sermon

• Overview: Kent’s Story

• The Power of an Idea

• Two Parts of Preaching

• Gathering Tools for the Exegetical Task

• The Anatomy of an Idea

• Practicing a Big Idea

• A Metaphor for Finding the Big Idea

• Creating a Customized Layout for Sermon Preparation

• Practicing on Your Own

• Creating a Devotional Schedule and Recording Notes

• The Ladder of Abstraction

• Practicing the Ladder of Abstraction

• More Practice: The Lazy in Proverbs 24

• More Practice: The Gospel of Luke

• More Practice: A Good Name in Proverbs 22

• More Practice: Miscellaneous Proverbs

• Analyzing the Structure of Hebrew Poetry

• More Practice: Business in James

• More Practice: A Fresh Look at John 3:16

• Using the Timeline to See a Passage’s Historical Context

• More Practice: God’s Care in Psalm 121

• Finding Old Testament Quotations or Allusions in New Testament Passages

Unit 2: How to Preach a Sermon

• The Approach of the Biblical Writers

• An Example: Paul’s Communication

• Researching New Testament Topics in Extrabiblical Literature

• The Big Idea and Your Audience

• Bringing Biblical Ideas to the 21st Century

• Turning One Big Idea into Three Ideas

• The Three Ideas in Deuteronomy 22:8

• The Three Ideas in 1 Peter 1:3–6

• Practice, Practice, Practice

Unit 3: The Role of the Holy Spirit

• The Third Component of Preaching

• The Explosive Growth of the Early Church

• Finding Every Reference to the Holy Spirit in Acts

• The Apostolic Secret to Preaching

• Human Limitations

• Exegesis and Illumination

• Five “Closet” Questions

• Finding Time for the “Closet”

Unit 4: The Homiletics of a Sermon

• An Overview of the Rules

• The Structure of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount

• Making an Outline

• Creating Sermon Outlines in Logos

• Outlining an Epistle (Rom 5:1–5)

• Transitions

• Organizing Your Material: A-B-C-A

• A: Restate the Point

• B: Image the Truth

• C: Deal with Objections

• Imaging the Truth: Videos and Illustrations

• Imaging the Truth: Metaphors

• Metaphor Illustrated

• Finding Metaphors

• Conclusions

• Introductions

• Applications, Part 1

• Applications, Part 2

• Presentation and Delivery, Part 1

• Presentation and Delivery, Part 2

Conclusion

• Fanning the Flame

• Creating Your Own Searchable Sermon Library

Details

• Title: CM103 Invitation to Biblical Preaching II: Preaching Biblical Sermons

• Instructor: J. Kent Edwards

• Publisher: Lexham Press

• Publication Date: 2014

• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education

• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources

• Courses: 1

• Video Hours: 8