Joshua Talk 1

Just a note for those who came along to the MDiv extra session at Mitchelton... here's the outline for my first talk in the Joshua series we worked on during the day. There have been countless hours working on the series since then. I decided to break up the book around the seven 'rock piles' through the book. Did you spot them? I think they're literary markers as well as geographical monuments! You'll be able to read the full text of the talk (and listen if you like) on www.mpc.org.au.

Remember These Rocks (Part 1)

The Lord of All The Earth 

Joshua 1-4

1. Memorial Monuments

2. Background Briefing

3. Spying out the land ... "God in heaven above and on the earth below" (2:11)

4. Crossing Jordan ... "Lord of all the earth" (3:11,13)

5. Rocks to Remember ... :all people of the earth" (4:24)

Assessment Tasks - both levels

BTh Level
Write a Critical Assessment of Goldsworthy, Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture

MDiv Level
Write a Critical Assessment of Goldsworthy, Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture comparing and contrasting Goldsworthy's Old Testament framework with NT Wright's summary of the Old Testament storyline in 'The Nature of Pauline Theology' (The Climax of the Covenant, ch 14 p258), Stephen's speech in Acts 7,and Matthew's Genealogy in Matthew 1:1-17.  (1800 words)

Preaching New Testament Narrative

This week's lecture notes are here.
A sample sermon from Mark 11 is here.
See you in class - extra points for anyone who matches Leo and brings a printout of the notes in advance!

Delivery Notes

Here are today's notes on how to vary pitch, pace and volume when  you deliver a talk.

Week 2 Preaching Lab

A friend of mine has helpfully offered a short sermon for reworking with our top ten communication tools. We'll be revising the tools in Lecture 2, and reworking the talk in the Lab hour. Please download it here, and print yourself a copy before the lecture.

Week 1 - Finding your Voice

In his book "Fifty Writing Tools" Roy Peter Clark says that aspiring authors need to find their 'writing voice' - the sweet spot in their style that makes the reader feel like they are listening to the author in a natural conversation. That's exactly what we're aiming for when we write a talk! Here are the things he says writers can fine tune to get the right results...

Welcome to Introductory Preaching 2011

Hi and welcome if you're part of the 2011 Introductory Preaching group at QTC. As well as satisfying the course requirements for this semester, we'll be chasing a few other key goals. First, finding your voice as a preacher... your own unique style and manner that puts you in your natural sweet spot as a communicator. Second, developing fluency, so you're not only natural, but a pleasure to listen to. And third, finding ways to control your content, so you'll always know where you're heading, how you're going to get there... and how far to the end. Please join up with this blog, and comment weekly... it's an important part of class participation.

Phil Campbell, Feb 2011