Loading…

CM101 Basic Elements of Preaching: An Introduction to Homiletics is unavailable, but you can change that!

Gary Carr provides a brief survey of the basic elements of sermon preparation and delivery. The course delineates the basic parts of a sermon, defines the terms involved in preaching, and describes several different types of sermons. Carr discusses other issues related to preaching, like the preacher’s character, humor, logic, mannerisms, and speech.

And the next area of analysis would be the rhetorical analysis. And that is focusing not so much on the audience, not so much on the text, but really on the art of how you are communicating. What strategies are you using to achieve the goal of communicating this biblical truth? Now, there is a sense of an orderliness and a rationale in the message. And so you want to think about if A, then B. Or if there’s a problem that you’re presenting, is the solution clear? If there’s a question that you’re