Mobile Ed: CM102 Invitation to Biblical Preaching I: Theological, Historical, and Pragmatic Reasons for Preaching (4 hour course)

Introduction

• Introducing the Speaker and the Course

Unit 1: The Challenge of Preaching

• Challenges to Biblical Preaching, Part 1
• Challenges to Biblical Preaching, Part 2

Unit 2: Theological Reasons to Preach

• God Exists and He Is Not Silent
• Finding the “Fear of the Lord” and “Knowledge” with Proximity Searching
• The Nature of God’s Word
• The Value of God’s Word, Part 1
• The Value of God’s Word, Part 2
• Using Cross-References to Find Related Passages
• The Power of God’s Word
• Using the Clause Search to Find Where Scripture Was Fulfilled
• The Examples in Scripture and a Command

Unit 3: Other Reasons to Preach

• Historical Reasons to Preach
• Using the Timeline to Find Historical Reasons to Preach
• Pragmatic Reasons to Preach
• Personal Reasons to Preach
• Using the Bible Sense Lexicon to Find Biblical Predatory Animals

Unit 4: Marks of a Biblical Sermon

• A Biblical Sermon Begins with Attitude
• Researching the Antiochene and Alexandrian Hermeneutical Methods
• The Role of the Human Authors
• Using Wiki.Logos.com to Build Custom Collections
• One Meaning, Many Applications
• Introducing the Preaching the Word Commentary Series
• True to the Bible in Content
• Using Structural Outlines in Logos to Trace a Text’s Development
• True to the Bible in Development and Purpose
• True to the Bible in Form
• Using Genre Coding to Identify the Genre of the Text
• True to the Bible in Balance of Emphasis and Mood

Unit 5: What to Preach

• Two Options for Preaching
• Three Reasons for Preaching through Books
• Four More Reasons for Preaching through Books