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Sermon Preparation - Dr Carl Fickenscher - DELTO
If your preacher isn't following these steps in sermon prep, you are being short-changed.
Dr. Carl Fickenscher, Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne, explains sermon prep to those preparing to preach. (These are 11 parts of a larger homiletics series.)
Sermon Preparation - Introduction:
Video - Pt 13 (30:22, 132 MB) Transcript - Pt 13
Sermon Preparation - System of Exegesis:
Video - Pt 14 (19:12, 84 MB) Transcript - Pt 14
Sermon Preparation - Biblical Context of a Passage:
Video - Pt 15 (08:39, 37.5 MB) Transcript - Pt 15
Sermon Preparation - Isogogical Importance:
Video - Pt 16 (03:25, 14.5 MB) Transcript - Pt 16
Sermon Preparation - Sources of Isogogical Information:
Video - Pt 17 (06:05, 26.1 MB) Transcript - Pt 17
Sermon Preparation - Breaking Down the Text's Verses:
Video - Pt 18 (04:56, 21 MB) Transcript - Pt 18
Sermon Preparation - Approaching the Language of the Text:
Video - Pt 19 (10:12, 44.4 MB) Transcript - Pt 19
Sermon Preparation - Exegesis with Little or No Greek:
Video - Pt 20 (11:53, 51.7 MB) Transcript - Pt 20
Sermon Preparation - The Writings of Others:
Video - Pt 21 (15:29, 67.7 MB) Transcript - Pt 21
Sermon Preparation - Six Steps of Preparation:
Video - Pt 22 (12:15, 53.3 MB) Transcript - Pt 22
Sermon Preparation - Time Frame of the Six Steps:
Video - Pt 23 (04:16, 18.2 MB) Transcript - Pt 23
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