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Latin American Bible Institute (Sanger Campus)
Fall 2009
“Preaching and Homiletics: Living on the Bridge”
Instructor: Dave Wainscott
davewainscott@sbcglobal.net, 559.974,2508, facebook.com/davewainscott

DESCRIPTION: This ten-session course offers the student an overview of sermon preparation and delivery. Course content will draw largely from the Robinson, Lewis, an

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d Erdman textbooks. Course website: labipreaching.blogspot.com

TEXTBOOKS:

-Bible (TNIV, NIV, NRSV, ESV, or NAS)
(with “The Voice New Testament" strongly recommended for supplementary study)

-"Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages," by Haddon W. Robinson. Buy first edition on website for 50 cents to $3.50

-"Inductive Preaching: Helping People Listen," by Ralph L. Lewis and Gregg Lewis.
Buy on website for 74 cents to $5

-"Countdown to Sunday: A Daily Guide for Those Who Dare to Preach,” by Chris Erdman. Buy on website for 99 cents to $6

EXPECTATIONS:

10%: Attitude/attendance/attention
30%: Textbook response papers
(a 1-3 page summary/review paper for each of the three textbooks: Robinson and Lewis papers due 4th session, Erdman due 6th session
30% Quizzes
(one on classroom content, one on textbook content, one on your personal theology/philosophy/style of preaching)
30% Sermon delivered in class
(22-minute maximum sermon delivered in class during the last two sessions)

Extra credit: a 1-2 page response paper on one of the auxiliary books listed on the website; or a paragraph (each) on seven of the articles linked on the website). Due one week after last class session.