MI-51002 provides advanced training in expository preaching. Drawing on the WWES textbook The Art and Architecture of Expository Preaching, this course gives practitioners a reliable, step-by-step architecture for converting any passage of Scripture into a proposition-driven, text-governed sermon.
Key Topics Covered:
- The biblical mandate for the pulpit (John 21; Acts 6) and the five structural essentials of expository preaching
- The eight-step method: subject discovery, theme selection, proposition writing, transitional sentence, main points, subpoints, introduction, and conclusion
- The three proposition types (Duty, Ability, Evaluation) and the theology governing their use
- The art of illustration, the architecture of the introduction, and the function of the conclusion
- Diagnostic criteria for distinguishing true exposition from topical, textual, and running commentary approaches
This course balances rigorous homiletical theory with hands-on structural practice, equipping students to preach with consistency under real-world ministry pressure.
Course Materials:
- The Art and Architecture of Expository Preaching. WWES Bible & Theology Series (2026).
2 credit course