Covenant Seminary | Christ-Centered Preaching

// February 24th, 2009 // Uncategorized

Christ-Centered Preaching | Dr. Bryan Chapell

Course Podcast

Course Description:

Dr. Bryan Chapell explores the unifying principle of grace that binds all Scripture together. He outlines and demonstrates the principles and practice of sermon crafting and delivery to illuminate the message of grace in each passage, and to submit it to God’s Spirit for the transformation of lives through preaching.

Use the episode guide below to read transcripts and listen to podcasts.

MP3 Audio Lectures & Resources Lecture Transcript Study Guide
Course Syllabus for Christ-Centered Preaching Transcript n/a Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 1: Word and Witness Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 2: What’s the Big Idea? Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 3: Text Selection and Interpretation Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 4: The Road From Text to Sermon Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 5: Outlining and Arrangement Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 6: Propositions and Main Points Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 7: Introductions Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 8: Exposition Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 9: Sermon Divisions and Development Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 10: Conclusions Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 11: Classification of Messages Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 12: Explanation Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 13: Why to Illustrate Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 14A: How to Illustrate–Part 1 Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 14B: How to Illustrate–Part 2 Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 15A: Application–Part 1 Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 15B: Application–Part 2 Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 16: Transitions and Dialogical Method Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 17: Methods of Sermon Presentation Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 18: Voice and Gesture Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 19: Dress and Style Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 20: Old Friends in New Clothes Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 21: Word and Spirit Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 22: A Redemptive Approach to Preaching Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 23: Developing Redemptive Messages Transcript n/a Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 24: Preaching Christ-Centered Application (Sanctification) Transcript n/a Study Guide PDF Download Listen
Lesson 25: Hearing the Application of Redemptive Principles Transcript PDF Study Guide PDF Download Listen

Additional Resources

Related Readings

All of the books specified as related reading for this course are listed below. Books may be ordered from a local Christian bookstore, through a mail order catalog, from the Covenant Seminary Online Store, or from the Covenant Seminary Bookstore on campus (call toll-free at 877-213-3353).

* Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon, 2nd ed. (Baker, 2005), Bryan Chapell
* Holiness by Grace (Crossway, 2001), Bryan Chapell
* Between Two Worlds (Eerdmans, 1982), John Stott
* Preaching&Biblical Theology (Eerdmans, 1961; rpt. Presbyterian & Reformed, n.d.), Edmund Clowney
* Putting the Truth to Work (Presbyterian & Reformed, 2001), Daniel M. Doriani
* Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Literature (Eerdmans, 2000), Graeme Goldsworthy
* A Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons (4th ed), John A. Broadus

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