Mobile Ed: CM210 Preaching Biblical Narrative (8 hour course)

by J. Kent Edwards; Logos Mobile Education

Publisher:

Lexham Press

, 2017–2018

Overview

In this course Dr. J. Kent Edwards helps you make the stories of the Bible come alive for your congregation. Most of the Bible is comprised of narrative—of stories about God working in and through people. These stories can be confusing and can be a challenge to communicate to a congregation from the pulpit. This course begins by explaining why it’s important to preach through the biblical narratives. Dr. Edwards then provides guidance in understanding the individual stories by pointing to the big idea of the biblical story, and he walks you through the steps of crafting a narrative sermon.

 

Learning Objectives

Upon successful completion you should be able to:

• Identify several challenges to biblical preaching
• Summarize the theological, historical, pragmatic, and personal reasons for preaching
• Describe the marks of a biblical sermon
• Discuss the differences between topical preaching and preaching through the Bible

Course Outline

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1:Why We Should Preach Biblical Narratives

• Why Preach Narrative Sermons?
• Narrative Sermons Reflect God’s Communication Preference
• Narrative Sermons Reach More People
• Narrative Sermons Help Adults Learn God’s Word
• Narrative Sermons Help Listeners to Remember God’s Word
• Narrative Sermons Help You Lead and Apply God’s Word to Listeners
• Culture Shift: How Our Changing World Touches Our Pulpits
• The Electronic Culture: The Triumph of Television
• Our Electronic Culture and Its Stories
• Challenges of Narrative Preaching

Unit 2:Understanding Biblical Narratives

• Preaching the Stories of Scripture: An Overview
• Elements of a Story: Conflict
• Elements of a Story: Experienced by People
• Elements of a Story: Revealed over Time and Ultimately Resolved
• Elements of a Story: Often with a Backstory
• Biblical Stories Are More than History
• Biblical Stories Have a Point
• Biblical Stories Are Great Literature
• Preaching Biblical Stories Is Often Frustrating but Very Rewarding
• The Anatomy of a Story
• Putting Flesh on the Bones
• The Big Idea
• The Story of the Bible: Introduction
• The Story of the Bible: Summer, Fall Begins, and Characters
• The Backstory of the Bible: Satan’s Fall
• The Backstory of the Bible: Satan’s Revenge
• The Story of the Bible: Fall Continues—Part One
• The Story of the Bible: Fall Continues—Part Two
• The Story of the Bible: Winter—Part One
• The Story of the Bible: Winter—Part Two
• The Story of the Bible: An Unexpected Twist
• The Story of the Bible: Spring and a Second Summer
• The Big Idea of the Bible

Unit 3:Exegeting Biblical Narratives

• Understand the Larger Context
• Examine the Scenes
• Determine Where the Story Begins and Ends
• Trust the Narrator
• Examine the Characters
• Discover the Setting
• Write the Exegetical Idea
• Write the Homiletical Idea and Double-Check Your Big Idea
• Practical Application of the Text
• Exegeting Mark 6:7–13 (Scene One)
• Exegeting Mark 6:14–29 (Scene Two)
• Exegeting Mark 6:30–44 (Scene Three)
• Exegeting Mark 6:7–44 (The Big Idea)
• Exegeting Luke 18:35–43 (A One-Scene Story)
• Exegeting Luke 19:1–10 (The Big Idea)
• Exegeting Jonah: Introduction
• Exegeting Jonah 1:1–5 (Scene One)
• Exegeting Jonah 1:6–16 (Scene Two)
• Exegeting Jonah 1:17–3:2 (Scene Three)
• Exegeting Jonah 3:3–4:3 (Scene Four)
• Exegeting Jonah 4:4–11 (The Big Idea)
• Exegeting Luke 8:40–49 (First Two of Three Scenes)
• Exegeting Luke 8:50–56 (Scene Three and the Big Idea)
• Exegeting the Same Stories in Different Gospels
• Exegeting Stories with Two Mono-Mythic Cycles

Unit 4:Preaching Biblical Narratives

• How the Holy Spirit Can Help Your Narrative Preaching
• What Is a Narrative Sermon?
• Story-Shaping Sermons—Part One: Choosing Similar Conflicts from Life
• Story-Shaping Sermons—Part Two: Build Identification between Protagonist and Listeners
• Story-Shaping Sermons—Part Three: The Protagonist’s Decision
• First-Person Sermons—Part One: Reverse Engineering
• First-Person Sermons—Part Two: Choosing the Principal Characters
• First-Person Sermons—Part Three: Avoiding Plot Errors
• First-Person Sermons—Part Four: Preach without a Manuscript
• First-Person Sermons—Part Five: Introducing the Sermon
• Other Types of Narrative Sermons

Product Details

• Title: CM210 Preaching Biblical Narrative
• Instructor: J. Kent Edwards
• Publisher: Lexham Press
• Publication Date: 2016
• Product Type: Logos Mobile Education
• Resource Type: Courseware, including transcripts, audio, and video resources
• Courses: 1
• Video Hours: 8

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About the Instructor

Dr. J. Kent Edwards' ambition is to change people’s lives with the Word of God and equip others to do the same. Dr. Edwards is known for his passion for preaching, and brings over 30 years of Christian leadership experience, both as a senior pastor and a church planter. He is a popular conference and seminar speaker and regularly lectures nationally and internationally.