Course information | 561 Introduction to Preaching (HNS CHC DL) S2 2025

Henderson Campus

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Henderson
Auckland 0650
New Zealand

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Christchurch Campus

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Papanui
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New Zealand

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Distance Learning

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Henderson
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New Zealand

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Laidlaw Website

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Welcome

Week 1 (14-18 July)

Introductions - Please start here

Laidlaw Orientation at all Campuses

Timetables and Textbooks (on the Laidlaw website)

Week 2 (21-25 July)

What does it mean to preach?

1 - What does it mean to preach - PART ONE

Why Preach? (Preaching on Purpose)

Bono - Prayer Breakfast

Martin Luther King Jr - I Have a Dream

Big Issues Addressed in this Course

Stott - I Believe in Preaching - ch1

1 - What does it mean to preach - PART TWO

George Gittoes

John Stott's advice for preachers

Long - Witness of Preaching - ch1, pg 11-43

1 - What does it mean to preach - PART THREE

Scripture, Tradition and History, and Community

Philippians 2:14-16

Windsor's Four Corners Model (Rod Thompson)

Windsor - Four Corners

Barbara Brown Taylor - Eph 1 sermon

1 What does it mean to preach v3

Zoom tutorial recording - 23 July

Week 3 (28 July - 1 Aug)

What is biblical preaching?

2 - What is biblical preaching - PART ONE

What is effective preaching? (Preaching on Purpose)

Good Biblical Preaching

What is Biblical Preaching?

'The Biblical Witness in Preaching' (Tom Long - The Witness of Preaching)

2 - What is biblical preaching - PART TWO

Preaching and the big story of Scripture (Preaching on purpose)

The ‘Acts’ of Scripture

The Drop-Out Technique

2 Kgs 2:23-25.

Ways of Knowing

Keller - Preaching - ch3

2 - What is biblical preaching - PART THREE

Types of Preaching (Preaching on Purpose)

Brad Carr - Uzziah sermon (fast-forward to 35 mins, 55 secs)

Natua Holmes - Hosea sermon

2 What is Biblical Preaching v2

Week 4 (4-8 Aug)

Biblical exegesis for preaching

3 - Biblical Exegesis for Preaching - PART ONE

Exegesis

'Biblical Exegesis for Preaching' (Tom Long - The Witness of Preaching)

Guidelines for Preparing a Sermon

The ‘First Fifteen’

Windsor - First 15

Paul Windsor - 1 Cor 12 sermon

3 - Biblical Exegesis for Preaching - PART TWO

Biblical Exegesis for Preaching (Preaching on Purpose)

3 - Biblical Exegesis for Preaching - PART THREE

Responses to 1 Samuel 4-5

Concluding Comments on 1 Samuel 4:1-7:2

Biblical exegesis for preaching - resources

3 Biblical Exegesis for Preaching

Week 5 (11-15 Aug) - SELF-DIRECTED STUDY - NO ON-SITE CLASS

Lui Ponifasio (Life Church Manurewa)

Priscilla Shirer (speaking at Lakewood Church)

Andy Stanley (Northpoint Church)

Week 6 (18-22 Aug)

Big idea and outline

5 - Big Idea and outline - PART ONE

'The Focus and Function of the Sermon' (ch 4) and 'The Basic form of the Sermon (ch 5) - Tom Long, The Witness of Preaching

The Sermon Itself

The Narrowing Journey

Tim Keller - The Prodigal Son

5 - Big Idea and outline - PART TWO

The Big Idea (Preaching on Purpose)

5 - Big Idea and outline - PART THREE

Structure and Outline (Preaching on Purpose)

Developing Main Points

'Refining the Form' (Tom Long - The Witness of Preaching, ch. 6)

4 Big idea and outline v2

Week 7 (25 Aug - 29 Aug)

Week 8 (1 - 7 Sep)