This introductory course in preaching leads the Commissioned Ruling Elder (CRE) student through the basic steps of sermon preparation: text selection, exegesis, formation of a sermon sentence, development of a sermon outline and choosing of a form, sermon writing, and delivery.
REQUIRED TEXTS
- Thomas G. Long, The Witness of Preaching, Third Edition (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 1989) ISBN-13: 978-0664261429
- Eliot Young, The Word at Work (Charleston, SC: CreateSpace, 2014) ISBN-13: 978-1500332358
- Teacher: Lyle VanderBroek
- Teacher: Annalee Ward