As we return to tackle the fourth session in our series and review the big picture of how God chose to communicate with man, we will be reminded again how the Bible came to us, and how we should respond to it.
Pastors’ Seminars
The Expository Preaching Seminar
It is essential we learn to accurately exposit the culture and the Scripture and bring the two together in applicable preaching. This seminar will focus on a number of key ingredients central to the expository process which lead to pertinent steps of implementation in people’s lives.
Eagle Flight
The seminar from which this section of our web site draws its name. Subtitled, “An Inner Journey Flight to Higher Heights,” the Eagle Flight seminar focuses on the crucial role of spiritual disciplines such as prayer, meditation, solitude, and fasting in our lives.
A Pastor’s Seminar
This seminar is designed to be accessible to pastors at the time when those rare moments of uninterrupted availability occur. My prayer is that our Lord will use this seminar to give you deeper insight into your ministry as shepherds, and for the novice, provide a foundation for your ministry.
Restore Me
“What to Do When a Brother Sins Against You” and more teaching on wandering, forgiveness, and restoration
How to Cure or Avoid Burnout
Where does a pastor go when the ministry’s own brand of stresses and emotional overload threaten to send him into that state we’ve dubbed “burnout?” Who can he talk to? Who will understand? Who can point the person who is charged with leading others to a source of help and rest? We hope this section on our site will be helpful to you if you’re in this place.
The School of Discipleship
Upon completion of this course, the participants should be able to:
Design a School of Discipleship for small or large groups, or a one-to-one discipleship ministry that will continue to multiply itself through many spiritual generations
Discover how to personalize their witness
Disciple a new convert and help to establish him/her in the basics of the faith
Develop and grow in their knowlege of God, forgiveness, ministry, and spiritual warfare
Part Three: Illumination, Interpretation
Let me begin by trying to illustrate what happens when we have a lack of Bible study. In two words, people starve!
The vista from the top of Sulphur Mountain, just outside the town of Banff, is one of the most picturesque in the Canadian Rockies. A gondola takes you to the top of the mountain where you stand looking at peak after peak, stretching off into the distance in a virtual sea of mountains. When the sun is shining, and the snow is glistening, it is a breathtaking scene.
Part Two: Transmission, Translation
We all know that God usually works through history to accomplish His will. This is certainly true when it comes to the Bible, which is not only a history of God's action in the world, but God's Book with a history. It is a miraculous history of its own; sometimes violent and controversial.
Part One: The Process Revealed; Inspiration
Today we begin a series on the Book of Books, a series that will in many ways be like the beginning of a tour, a journey. We will not to be able to make all the stops, but every step promises to be exciting and life-changing. As we walk through these lessons, my prayer is that you will go away from our time together with a new love and appreciation for the gift the Lord has given to us.
Sessions Six to Nine: The Process of God’s Communication to Man
Sessions Six to Nine: The Process of God’s Communication to Man (click links on left to access sections).
Session Five: A Potpourri of Expository Questions and Tests
The following are some of the questions that will be asked and answered in this session: How can I do topical studies accurately? How do we respond to finicky spiritual tastes? Should we teach others to evaluate our and others' messages biblically? How long into the future should I plan my preaching?
Session Four: The Principles of Interpretation
To properly exegete a passage, it is necessary that we get in touch with some basic rules of interpretation. These rules are called "the science and art of Hermeneutics." The word comes from the Greek verb that means to "translate," or "interpret." It is a science, because it is guided by principles, or rules, arranged into an orderly system of approach. It is also called an art, because as we will see, it requires skill and sensitivity to complete it.
Session Three: The Personal Touch of Expository Preaching
Several expository styles and approaches will be viewed and compared, e.g., those of Ray Stedman, Charles Swindoll, John Stott, Jerry Cook. Examples of individual sermons, a whole series on a book, and individual topics will be viewed and evaluated. COMING SOON
Session Two: The Preparation and Process of Expository Messages
Expository teaching of the Bible is all about prayer, a hunger to know what Scripture really says, and plenty of study. For adequate preparation, certain tools are necessary.
Session One: The Introduction to Expository Preaching
What happens when we have a lack of expository preaching. In two words: people starve!!!
Some of the preaching coming across our pulpits is only superficially satisfying.