Dr.BruceW.

Fong
PM252(PM201)ExpositoryPreachingIII(3hrs)
bfong@dts.edu
Fall2015RGCY132
DTS-Houston
Thursday5:00PM7:45PM
TOPICALEXPOSITORYPREACHING
SYLLABUS
I.

COURSEDESCRIPTION
Instructioninpreachingtopicalexpositorysermons.Studentspreachfourtopicalexpositorysermons
andwritearesearchpaper.RequiredofallstudentsintheHomileticsEmphasis.Prerequisite:PM104
ExpositoryPreachingII.Enrollmentislimitedto14students.3hours.

II. COURSEOBJECTIVESANDRATIONALE
A. CognitiveObjectives
1.

Comprehendtheapplicationoftheexpositionalprocesstotopicalpreaching.

2.

Understandbiblicalandtheologicalreasonsforpreachinginthe21stcentury.

B. AffectiveObjectives
1.

Committothedisciplinesofexegesisinvariousgenres,theologicalreflection,andhomiletics.

2.

Embraceabiblicalperspectiveonthepastoralroleandpastoralissueswithinthelocalchurch.

C. BehavioralObjectives
1.

DevelopandpreachtopicalexpositorysermonsthatareTRUEtotheBiblicaltext,
INTERESTINGtolistento,CLEARinorganizationandpresentation,andRELEVANTto
thelisteners'specificneeds.

2.

Writearesearchpaperidentifyingtheologicalfoundationsforpreaching.

D. Rationale
Basedonanintegrationofexegeticalandtheologicalknowledgeandcommunicationskillsthis
coursepreparesstudentstocommunicatetheWordofGodbyapplyingScripturaltruthstolifeand
ministryinatopicalexpositorystyle.
III. COURSETEXTBOOKS
A. Required
Greidanus,Sidney.TheNecessityofPreachingChristfromtheOldTestament,Preaching15:6
(MayJune,2000):2027.(Willbeprovidedonthecoursewebsite.)
Greidanus,Sidney.BiographicalPreachingRevisited,Preaching16:3(NovemberDecember,
2000):5154.(Willbeprovidedonthecoursewebsite.)
Kuruvilla,Abraham.LanguageGames,TextualityandGenres,andApplication,inTextto
Praxis.London:T&TClarkInternational,2009.pp.1152,174190.(Willbeprovidedonthe
coursewebsite.)
Kuruvilla,Abraham.ApplicationasImprovisation,JournaloftheEvangelicalHomiletics
Society9.2(2009):3652.(Willbeprovidedonthecoursewebsite.)

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Peck,Timothy.SalvagingtheOldTestamentBiographicalSermon,Preaching15:6(MayJune,
2000):2830.(Willbeprovidedonthecoursewebsite.)
Richard,RameshP.MethodologicalProposalsforScriptureRelevancePart2:LevelsofBiblical
Meaning,BibliothecaSacra(AprilJune,1986):123133.(Willbeprovidedonthecourseweb
site.)
Richard,RameshP.MethodologicalProposalsforScriptureRelevancePart3:Application
TheoryinRelationtotheNewTestament,BibliothecaSacra(JulySeptember,1986):205217.
(Willbeprovidedonthecoursewebsite.)
Turabian,KateL.AManualforWritersofTermPapers,Theses,andDissertations.Chicago:
TheUniversityofChicagoPress,SeventhEdition,2007.466pp.
B. Supplementary Readings (See the Supplementary Bibliography below.)
IV.

COURSEREQUIREMENTS
A

Reading Assignments
TheonlyrequiredtextforthiscourseisTurabiansAManualforWritersofTermPapers,Theses,
andDissertations.StudentswillstudyandapplyTurabianinwritingtheirresearchpapers.All
otherreadingforcompletingtheresearchpaperwillbedoneatthestudentsdiscretion.
StudentswillalsoreadtheClassNotesandseveralarticlesorchapters,availableonthecourse
website,beforecomingtoclass.Seethecoursescheduleforduedates.

Sermons(85%)
1.

TopicalTheologicalExpositorySermon(20%):Studentswillprepareanddeliver(without
notes)a30minutetopicaltheologicalexpositorymessageaddressingapastoraltheological
issuefromthelistontheSignUppage.Thepastoraltheologicaltopicchosenwill
determinethepreachingorderforthesemester.Studentsmaysuggestanalternativepastoral
theologicalissuefortheprofessorsapproval.

2.

TopicalBiographicalExpositorySermon(20%):Studentswillprepareanddeliver(without
notes)a30minutetopicalbiographicalexpositorymessageonabiographicalcharacterof
theirchoice(withtheapprovaloftheprofessor).Seealistofpotentialbiographicalcharacter
topicsfollowingtheSignUppage.

3.

Two(2)TopicalCurrentIssueExpositorySermon(20%):Studentswillprepareanddeliver
(withoutnotes)a30minutetopicalcurrentissueexpositorymessageonacurrentissueof
theirchoice(withtheapprovaloftheprofessor.)Seealistofpotentialcurrentissuetopics
followingtheSignUppage.

Duringthecourseofthecurrentschoolyear,fourgraduatingmenwillbeselectedfromallofthe
PM252(PM201)andPM202preachingsectionstopreachinChapelduringtheSeniorPreaching
Week.TherecipientoftheH.A.IronsideAwardinExpositoryPreachingwillcomefromthis
groupoffour.Theselectionofthechapelpreacherswillbebasedonsermonsthatrepresent
exemplaryexpositorypreaching,andwillinvolvesuchfactorsasfidelitytothebiblicalmeaning
ofthetext,clarityinflowandpresentation,interestingdelivery,andrelevantapplicationtothe
needsoftheaudience.

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Bynoonofthedaybeforethestudentspeaks,hewillturnintotheprofessorbothatyped
homileticaloutlineofhissermoncarriedtothreelevelsofsubordination(i.e.I.A.1.2.B.II.A.B.
1.2.)ANDaseparate,full,typed,doublespacedmanuscript.Ofcourse,thehomileticaloutline
andthesermonmanuscriptshouldbeconsistent.Adeductionoftwomarks(AtoB;B+toB;
etc.)willoccurforlateness.Ifastudentisnotoncampusthedaybeforehepreaches,ratherthan
makingaseparatetriptocampus,hemayemailtheprofessororcalltheprofessorsvoicemailby
noonthedaybeforehepreachestoconfirmthatthefinaloutlineandmanuscripthavebeen
completed.Studentswillbeexpectedtotalk/thinktheirwaythroughtheirmanuscriptsatleast
FIVETIMESbeforepresentingtheirsermonsinclass.ThegoalisNOTWORDFORWORD
MEMORIZATION,butratherMASTERYOFTHEFLOWofthematerial.
Themanuscriptshouldreflecttothefullestextentwhatthepreacherexpectstosayintheoral
presentation(i.e.,ALLTRANSITIONS,RESTATEMENTS,SCRIPTUREREADINGS,
ILLUSTRATIONS,ETC.SHOULDBEWRITTENOUTFULLY).Themanuscriptshouldbe
writtenasasermontobeheard,notasanarticletoberead.
STUDENTSWILLNOTBEALLOWEDTOSPEAKUNLESSTHEYHAVETURNEDIN
TOTHEPROFESSOR,BYTHETIMETHEYARESCHEDULEDTOPREACH,A
FULL,TYPEDHOMILETICALOUTLINE(CARRIEDTOTHREELEVELSOF
SUBORDINATION)ANDASEPARATE,FULL,TYPEDMANUSCRIPT.FAILURETO
SPEAKATTHEAPPOINTEDTIME,EITHERFORUNEXCUSEDABSENCEOR
INCOMPLETEPREPARATION,WILLRESULTINNOCREDITFORTHATSERMON,
ANDRISKSFAILUREOFTHECOURSE.
Outlinesand/ormanuscriptsthatprovedeficientwillbereturnedtothestudentafterthesermonis
preachedinclasssothatcorrectionscanbemade.Anappropriatepassinggradewillnotbegiven
foranysermonuntilpropercorrectionsaresubmittedtotheprofessor.
*Studentsmustnotexceedthetimelimitsforeachsermon.Adeductionofonemark(AtoB+;B+
toB;etc.)willoccurforeveryTHIRTYSECONDSasermonextendsbeyondthetimeallowed.
AllsermonswillberecordedonaDVDRthatthestudentwillprovide.Therequiredformatis
DVDR(not+R).AfterviewingtheDVDofeachsermon,thestudentwillturnina"Sermon
ViewingReport(copiesavailableonline).
C

ExploringtheTheologicalFoundationsforPreachinginthe21stCentury:AConsideration
andApplicationofChristianSystematicTheologyResearchPaper(15%)
EachstudentwillsubmitaresearchpaperfollowingtheseminaryprescribedTurabianformat
entitled,ExploringtheTheologicalFoundationsforPreachinginthe21stCentury:A
ConsiderationandApplicationofChristianSystematicTheology.Thepaper,basedoncareful
reading,research,andreflection,willbenolessthan5pagesandnomorethan10pages,
includingbibliography.Thepaperwilldeveloptwomainsections.First,thestudent,having
reflectedonthemajorcategoriesofChristianSystematicTheology(TheologyProper,
Trinitarianism,Christology,Pneumatology,Bibliology,etc.,etc.),willsummarizehowthetruthof
Christiandoctrinecontributestotheimperativeofpreachinginthe21stCentury.Second,the
studentwillidentifyanissueinpreachingthatshouldbeinfluencedbyonesbiblical/theological
foundations.Forexample,thestudentmayarguefor/againsttheclaimthat,ThePreachingofthe
WordofGodistheWordofGod(SecondHelveticConfession),orfor/againstvideo
cast/satellitepreaching,orfor/againstconversationalpreaching,ormakeacasefortheroleof
theHolySpiritinthesermonspreparationandpresentation,ormakeacasethatpreachingis
sacramental.
InadditiontolinkingeachofthemajorChristiandoctrinestoanimperativeforpreaching,the
researchpaperwillargueforathesissupportedbytheologicalandlogicalargumentation.
ResearchpaperswillbeevaluatedusingtheRS102ResearchPaperCritiqueformfoundbelow.
Pleaseincludeablankcritiqueformattheendofthepaper.

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COURSEPOLICIES
A. Weight Given To Course Requirements For Grading
20% Topical Theological Expository Sermon (with homiletical outline and separate manuscript)
20%
TopicalBiographicalExpositorySermon(with homiletical outline and separate
manuscript)
40% TwoTopicalCurrentIssueExpositorySermon(with homiletical outline and separate
manuscript)
10% ResearchPaper
10%Reading

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B. GradingStandardsforPM201Sermons
Category
True

Clear

Relevant

Interesting

F
Significant
questionsconcerning
exegeticalaccuracy

foraD
Textsexegetical
meaningsand
structuresareclear

Noclear
propositionheard
duringthemessage

Theological
movesaretruefor
theaudience
Clearproposition
inanyform:
exegeticaland/or
theologicaland/or
homiletical

Noexplicit
indicationof
relevance

Majorvocal
and/orvisual
deliveryproblems

Relevance/
application
suggested(butno
concreteimages)

Minimalvocal
and/orvisual
deliveryproblems

foraC
Compelling
evidencethatthe
sermonssubject
emergesoutofthe
text(s)exegesisand
theology

foraB

foranA

Clearhomiletical
propositionheardas
intended

Evidentunity,
order,progress

Numerousstrong
andconcrete
imagesthroughout

Evidentuseof
thedevelopmental
questions

Atleastone
concretereferenceto
relevanceand
application
Adequatevocal
andvisualdelivery

Fullydeveloped
concreterelevance
andapplication

Compelling
developmentof
need,relevance,
andapplication
Outstanding
delivery
appropriatetothe
preacher

Showsplanningfor
verbalstyle

Goodverbalstyle
indelivery

Allmajorpointsor
movementsheardas
intended
Atleastone
concreteimage

Goodvocaland
visualdelivery

Numerous
examplesofgood
style

Class Participation
Attendanceandclassparticipationarearequirementofthecourseand,moreimportantly,a
ministrytootherstudents,especiallywhentheyarepreaching.Pleaseattendallclassespossible.

A. LateAssignments
Lateassignmentswillnotbeacceptedunlesspriorarrangementsaremade.
B. Absences
Morethanfourabsenceswillresultinapenalty.Eachabsenceabovethefourallowedwillresult
ina4%reductioningrade.
C. Letter/Numerical Grade Scale
A+

99100

B+ 9193

C+ 8385

D+ 7577

9698

8082

7274

9495

B 8687

7879

7071

8890

069

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VI. COURSESUPPLEMENTALINFORMATION

Itisadepartmentalrequirementthatallpapersturnedinmustbetypedandmustincludethefollowing
information:Student'sname,studentfile#,nameofprofessor,titleofassignment,andcourse
withsectionnumber.
DTS does not discriminate on the basis of disability in the operation of any of its programs and
activities. To avoid discrimination the student is responsible for informing the Coordinator of Services
for Students with Disabilities and the course instructor of any disabling condition that will require
modifications.
Studentsmustnotifytheprofessorduringthefirstweekofclassesiftheyplantograduateattheendof
thesemester.
ReceiveWeatherAlertsbyTextMessage
DTSalsowantsyoutobeawareofouremergencytextingservice.Westronglyurgetogoto
http://dts.ssalert.comandsignuptoreceiveemergencytextsrelatedtotheweatherordisasterschool
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Small class: In the event that a class is small in number, the length of the sermon may be increased to
30 minutes each. Or in the case where the enrollment will allow, a fourth sermon many be assigned as
a second sermon prepared and delivered on a Topical Current Issue. VII. COURSELECTURES
ANDASSIGNMENTSCHEDULE
No.
1

Date
8.27
9.3

9.10

LectureTopic

Assignments

IntroductiontotheCourseandResearchPaper

DueDates
ReadtheSyllabus

TopicalExpository

Student

PreachingUsesoftheTextforTopical

Contracts

Preaching,HowTextsWork

Due

ClassNotesPart1
RichardsLevels&
Applications,
Kuruvilla,Textto
Praxis,pp.1152&
174190
ClassNotesPart2
ClassNotesPart3&
Greidanus1;Peck1;
Greidanus2

TopicalTheologicalPreaching

SignUpfor

TopicalTheologicalSermonworkshop

allsermons

ClassNotesPart4&
Kuruvillas
Improvisation

9.17

TopicalTheologicalSermons

Sermons

Preachers12

9.24
10.1

TopicalTheologicalSermons

Sermon
Lecture&

Preachers34

7
8

10.8
10.15

TopicalBiographicalSermon
TopicalBiographicalSermon

10.22

10
11

10.29
11.5
11.12

TopicalCurrentIssueSermon1
TopicalCurrentIssueSermon1

11.19x
11.26x
12.3
12.10

ReadingWeekNOClasses
ThanksgivingRecessNOClasses
TopicalCurrentIssueSermon2
TopicalCurrentIssueSermon2

12
13
14
15
16

TopicalBiographicalPreaching

TopicalCurrentIssuePreaching
TopicalCurrentIssueSermon1workshop

TopicalCurrentIssueSermon2workshop

Discussion
Sermons
Sermons
Lecture,

Preachers12
Preachers34

Discussion&
Presentation
Sermons
Sermons
Discussion&

Preachers12
Preachers34

Presentation

Sermons
Sermons

Preachers12
Preachers34

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PM201SignUp
Name

TheologicalTopicBiographicalTopicCurrentIssueTopic

_________________________

Baptism

__________________________________________

_________________________TheLordsSupper__________________________________________
_________________________

Elders

_________________________Deacons

__________________________________________
__________________________________________

_________________________ChristianMarriage __________________________________________
_________________________Divorce

__________________________________________

_________________________Rewards

__________________________________________

_________________________Suffering

__________________________________________

_________________________Forgiveness__________________________________________
_________________________Hope__________________________________________
_________________________Ordination

__________________________________________

_________________________Discipline

__________________________________________

_________________________TheChurch

__________________________________________

_________________________Stewardship

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PotentialTopics
OTBiographical

NTBiographical

CurrentIssue

Adam

Joseph

Abortion

Noah

Mary

Adoption

Abraham

TheHerods

Alcohol

Jacob

JohntheBaptist

CapitalPunishment

Joseph

Andrew

Ecology

Moses

Philip

Debt

Pharaoh

Peter/Simon

Gambling

Joshua

John

Homosexuality

Caleb

Judas

Welfare:GovernmentorChurch

Rahab

Thomas

RaceRelations

Hannah

Matthew/Levi

JustWar

Eli

Nicodemus

HoardingWealth

Saul

TheBlindMen

AngerManagement

Jonathan

TheCenturion(s)

HandlingEmotions

David

TheTaxCollector(s)

AddictionRecovery

Absalom

MaryandMartha

Loneliness/Isolation

Bathsheba

TheGentileWomen

DeathandDying

Joab

Caiaphas

TheChristianWedding

Solomon

PontiusPilate

TheChristianFuneral

RehoboamandJeroboam

James,Jesusbrother

Pornography

Ahab

Stephen

FamilyAbuse:physical/verbal

Hezekiah

Paul

FamilyAbuse:sexual

Josiah

Timothy

ConflictResolution

Ezra

Barnabas

Immigration

Nehemiah

JohnMark

Capitalism

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Supplementary Bibliography on a Theology of Preaching and Topical Preaching

Adam, Peter. Speaking Gods Words: A Practical Theology of Expository Preaching. Downers
Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1996. 173 pp.
Allen,J.Ronald,BarbaraS.Blaisdell,ScottBlackJohnston.TheologyforPreaching:Authority,
TruthandKnowledgeofGodinaPostmodernEthos.Nashville:AbingdonPress,1997.239pp.
Anderson,KentonC.ChoosingtoPreach.GrandRapids:Zondervan,2006.287pp.
Bartow,CharlesL.GodsHumanSpeech:APracticalTheologyofProclamation.GrandRapids:
EerdmansPublishingCompany,1997.193pp.
Beaudean,JohnWilliam.PaulsTheologyofPreaching.Macon,GA:MercerUniversityPress
1988.216pp.
Berkley,JamesD.LeadershipHandbookofPracticalTheology,VolumeOne:WordandWorship.
GrandRapids:ChristianityTodayandBakerBookHouseCo.,1992.499pp.
Bounds,EdwardMcKendree.PreacherandPrayer.Wilmore,Kentucky:ChristianOutreach,
1981.63pp.
Brooks,Phillips.TheJoyofPreaching.GrandRapids:KregelPublications,1989.237pp.
Carrick,John.TheImperativeofPreaching:ATheologyofSacredRhetoric.Carlisle,PA:Banner
ofTruthTrust,2002.202pp.
Duduit,Michael,Editor.HandbookofContemporaryPreaching.Nashville:BroadmanPress,
1992.607pp.
Edwards,J.Kent.DeepPreaching:CreatingSermonsthatGodBeyondtheSuperficial.
Nashville:B&HPublishing,2009.202pp.
English,Donald.AnEvangelicalTheologyofPreaching.Nashville:AbingdonPress,1996.144
pp.
Grasso,Domenico.ProclaimingGodsMessage:AStudyintheTheologyofPreaching.Notre
Dame:UniversityofNotreDamePress,1968.272pp.
Johnson,DarrellW.TheGloryofPreaching:ParticipatinginGodsTransformationofthe
World.DownersGrove,IL:IVPAcademic,2009.278pp.
Lischer, Richard. A Theology of Preaching: The Dynamics of the Gospel. Nashville: Abington,
1981, revised 2001. 112 pp.
Lose,DavidL.ConfessingJesusChrist:PreachinginaPostmodernWorld.GrandRapids:Wm.
B.EerdmansPublishingCo.,2003.264pp.
Piper, John. The Supremacy of God in Preaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1990. 110 pp.
PittWatson,Ian.Preaching:AKindofFolly.Philadelphia:WestminsterPress,1976.109pp.
Richard, Ramesh. Preparing Evangelistic Sermons. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2005. Chapters 1 and 2.
Rust,EricC.TheWordandWords:TowardsaTheologyofPreaching.Macon,GA:Mercer
UniversityPress,1982.130pp.
Sargent, Tony. The Sacred Anointing: The Preaching of Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones. Wheaton:
Crossway, 1994. 344 pp.
Stott, John R. W. Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century. Grand
Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982. 351 pp.
Willimon, William H. Proclamation and Theology: Horizons in Theology Series. Nashville:
Abingdon Press, 2005. 106 pp.

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Wilson, Paul Scott. Preaching and Homiletical Theory. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2004. 184 pp.

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RESEARCH PAPER CRITIQUE
Interdivisional Research Seminar RS100

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Name
Reader
Grade
Exc.

Poor
I. INTRODUCTION
A. Statement of topic/issue
B. Introduction to papers argument
C. Sufficient attention to relevancy & scope
II.

BODY
A. Survey of differing positions
(both contemporary & historical)
B. Survey of Scriptural sources (including
biblical theology)
C. Presentation, logic and defense
of the students systematized position
D. Presentation and assessment of the evidence
pro and con on major positions
1. Appropriate use of resources
(thorough research, good bibliography)
2. Selectivity of source material (current,
primary, appropriate secondary)
3. Logical argumentation

III.

CONCLUSION
A. Concise review of main points
B. Significance of topic restated
C. Appropriate application(s) to life/ministry

Box

Good Acc.

Min.

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IV. FORMAL CONSIDERATIONS

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A. Adherence to Turabian style

B. Use of English grammar
C. Spelling and proofreading
D. Clarityofexpression

Revised2011January3

PM201"TopicalExpositoryPreaching"
StudentContract

I,
PrintName
File#

I.D.#

havereadtheprecedingPM201"TopicalExpositoryPreaching"Syllabus,
andhaveunderstoodtheresponsibilitiesnecessaryformetofulfillthe
requirementsofthecourse.

Iagreetofulfillallrequirementsontimeandinacompleteandthoughtful
manner(unless,inexceptionalcases,Ihavemadepreviousarrangements
withtheProfessor).

Iagreetoengageinlivelyclassroomdiscussions,debates,andpresentations,
addressingideasratherthanpeople,andthatifIhaveapersonalproblem
withtheProfessor,hisAssistantsand/orGraders,oranyofmyfellow
students,IwillhandlethematterinaGodlyandBiblicalfashion...thatis,
humblyandprivately,(Galatians6:14;Matthew18:1517).

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ImaintaintherighttobetreatedandtaughtrespectfullybymyProfessorand
hisAssistantsandGraders.Iamheretolearnandtobuildvaluablerelation
shipsfor,Godwilling,mypresentandfutureministryoftheGospel.

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