Schedule
Mon-Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (8/5/2024 - 8/9/2024) Location: MAIN LIBR 381
Fri, 1:00 PM - 6:00 PM (8/9/2024 - 8/9/2024) Location: MAIN LIBR 381
Tue-Wed-Thu-Fri, 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM (8/13/2024 - 8/16/2024) Location: MAIN LIBR 381
Tue-Wed, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM (8/13/2024 - 8/14/2024) Location: MAIN LIBR 381
Description
This course lays the foundation for the practice of preaching the Word of God for the ongoing reformation, reconstitution, upbuilding, and witness of the church of Jesus Christ. It will strengthen the students’ development of homiletical methods that include selecting and exegeting biblical texts for preaching, identifying biblical claims that will "preach," reflecting on theological metaphors and themes, understanding and appreciating the complexities of the preaching context, and developing and delivering sermons that communicate scriptural truth, Christian faith, and pragmatic vision both orally and aurally. Students will share sermon ideas in brief forms, preach in class, and respond to colleagues’ sermons with a view toward building skills in pastoral sensitivity and critical listening.