In this course, Dr. Bryan Chapell teaches you how to structure and deliver an expository sermon. Learn how to select a biblical text, form an outline, use illustrations and applications appropriately, and communicate in a way that people will grasp and remember. These methods focus on helping God’s people understand God’s Word and its application to their lives.
Introduction
Introduction
Introducing the Speaker and the Course
3m
Word and Witness
Power of God in His Word: Introduction
5m
Power of God: Inherent in His Word
7m
Power of God: Manifested in the Logos
12m
Power of the Word: Applied in Expository Preaching
8m
Effectiveness of the Word: Promoted by Testimony
9m
Path of the Gospel and Path of the Listener
7m
Ethos Implications
10m
The Big Idea
Sermonic Unity: The Need for It
6m
Sermonic Unity: Its Nature
5m
Sermonic Unity: Identifying a Theme or Subtheme
6m
Sermonic Unity: Stating Its Proposition
3m
Purpose: Introducing the Fallen Condition Focus
7m
Purpose: Identifying the Fallen Condition Focus and Its Implications
7m
Purpose: Explaining the Fallen Condition Focus
4m
Application: Its Necessity
8m
Application: Consequences of Nonapplication
8m
Text Selection and Interpretation
Study Tools
11m
Selecting a Text: Rules
7m
Selecting a Text: Cautions
8m
Selecting a Text: Conditions
13m
Interpreting a Text: Standards
7m
Interpreting a Text: Understanding the Language
4m
Interpreting a Text: Genre, Text Features, and Context
11m
Selecting a Text: Conclusions
6m
The Road from Text to Sermon
Introduction to Moving from Text to Sermon
4m
1. What Does the Text Mean?
7m
2. How Do I Know What the Text Means?
11m
3. What Concerns Caused the Text to Be Written? (Part 1)
8m
3. What Concerns Caused the Text to Be Written? (Part 2)
5m
4. What Do We Share in Common with the Author and Audience?
5m
5. How Should We Respond to the Truths of the Text?
8m
6. Communicating the Content and Application (Part 1)
9m
6. Communicating the Content and Application (Part 2)
5m
Outlining and Arrangement
Introduction to Outlining and Arrangement
12m
Purposes of an Outline
5m
Qualities of Good Homiletical Outlines
9m
Types of Homiletical Outlines
7m
Contents of Good Homiletical Outlines
8m
Developmental Principles for Homiletical Outlines
9m
Pulpit Outlines: Consistent Visual Markers and Cautions
11m
Proposition and Main Points
What Is a Proposition?
10m
Marks of a Good Proposition
7m
Marks of Good “Formal” Main Points
10m
Marks of Good “Conversational” Proposition and Main Points
12m
Propositions and Main Points: Some Helpful Hints
8m
Propositions and Main Points: Harmonizing Them
10m
Propositions and Main Points: More Helpful Hints
7m
Sermon Divisions and Development
Guidelines for Main Point Divisions
4m
Guidelines for Subpoint Divisions (Part 1)
11m
Guidelines for Subpoint Divisions (Part 2)
6m
Three Basic Types of Subpoints
11m
Standard Progression of Explanation within a Main Point
9m
Classification of Messages
Classifications: Introduction
8m
Topical Sermons
9m
Textual Sermons
7m
Expository Sermons: Features and Advantages
11m
Expository Sermons: Potential Problems
9m
Exposition: Components and Proportions
Exposition: Introduction
10m
Exposition: Three Essential Elements
10m
Exposition and Illustrative Material
10m
Application: Instructional and Situational Specificity