APPL 699/DMPM 999 - THE DRAMA OF PREACHING
WITH JOHN SHOUSE
INTENSIVE DATES: JUNE 10-14, 2019
TERM DATES: JUNE 10 - Aug 30, 2019
3 CREDIT HOURS
Course Description
This core course will combine lecture, discussion and workshop experiences in order to encourage advanced students in the honing of their skills as practitioners of the art and ministry of Christian preaching. Basic principles in the theology and theory of homiletics will be reviewed but special attention will be given to the enhancement of communication skills and sermon delivery. In workshop experiences the relationship between substance and style, content and delivery will be explored. This course will concentrate on developing and deepening skills in adult learners, many of whom can be expected to have significant preaching experience. Emphasis will placed on expanding, advancing and sharpening whatever skills participants bring to the course. The class will be dedicated to deepening participants’ abilities to craft and deliver sermons for God to use as vessels in His gracious activity of carrying men and women into the transforming presence of the Risen Christ
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, students should be better able to
- Design sermons that have an explicit theological grounding and purpose.
- Craft sermons that are responsible both to the teaching resident in a given Biblical text and relevant to the contours and complexities of contemporary life.
- Demonstrate competence in using a variety of communication resources and methods in the service of more effective biblical, pastoral preaching.
- Be more effective proclaimers of and apologists for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
- Utilize illustrations and stories as effective communication strategies to embody the Gospel
- Articulate a theological understanding of the spoken and embodied word in proclaiming the gospel.
- Evidence increased speech communication skills and abilities
Textbooks
- Bryan Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon, Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1994, 2005, 2018
- Tim Keller, Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism, New York: Viking, 2015
- Wayne McDill, The Moment of Truth: A Guide to Effective Sermon Delivery, Nashville: B & H Publishing Group, 1999
- Robert Smith, Doctrine that Dances, Nashville, B & H Academic, 2008
Workshop Schedule
June 10 – A.M. | Housekeeping and Introductions Towards a Theology for Preaching: The Sermon as Gospel Embodiment |
June 10 – P.M. | Review of Homiletical Theory Discussion of Christ Centered Preaching by Bryan Capell Workshop – Public Reading of Scripture |
June 11 – A.M. | Review of Homiletical Theory Extempraneous Exercize |
June 11 – P.M. | Discussion of Preaching by Tim Keller Workshop – Shakespeare Monologues |
June 12 – A.M. | Review of Homiletical Theory Workshop Experience |
June 12 – P.M. | Discussion of Doctrine that Dances Robert Smith Workshop Experience |
June 13 – A.M. | Review of Homiletical Theory Workshop Experience |
June 13 – P.M. | Discussion of The Moment of Truth by Wayne McDill Workshop Experience
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June 14 – A.M. | Review of Homiletical Theory Workshop Experience |
June 14 – P.M. | Discussion of Preaching by Tim Keller Workshop Experience Reflections and Departure |
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COURSE INSTRUCTORS
John Shouse
