Description
Prerequisite: BI 501, BI 502, BI 511 and a BI Elective as well as HC 521, TE 540, TPM 543 and TPM 544 Examination of theologies and methods of preparing sermons from biblical texts. Development of hermeneutical approaches, oral/aural skills, rhetorical strategies, narrative and connective logic. Students are responsible for developing a working theology of the Word, reviewing major homiletic theories, exegetical assignments, skill-building exercises, sermon sketches, and sermon manuscripts. In- class preaching is required.