PC122-706 - Learn to Preach

  • 1,392 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 6
    Credit Points
  • 0.0625 EFT 
  • 7
    AQF level
  • Category foundational unit
    A
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code RYP55.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

Demonstrate Functional knowledge and understanding of the nature and practice of expository preaching

B. Be able to

1. Discuss the purpose and function of expository preaching
2. Demonstrate Functional skill in the basic competencies of expository preaching
 

C. Be in a position to

Applying perspectives and skills from ‘Learn to Preach’ to contemporary ministry practice as a reflective practitioner.

Content

  1. The Nature, Purpose and Importance of Expository Preaching.
  2. The Essential Competencies of an Expository sermon.
  3. Introduction to Communication Theory
  4. The Delivery of an Expository Sermon

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


Phil Campbell and Gary Millar, Saving Eutychus. Sydney: Matthias Media, 2013.

John Chapman, Setting Hearts on Fire. Sydney: Matthias, 1999.

Jonathan Lamb, Preaching Matters. Nottingham: IVP, 2014.

Tim Keller, Preaching: Communicating Christ in an Age of Skepticism. NY: Viking Books, 2015

Murray Capill, The Heart is the Target, Philipsburg, P&R, 2014.

John Stott, I Believe in Preaching. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1998.

John W. Wright, Telling God's Story: Narrative Preaching for Christian Formation. Leicester: IVP, 2009.