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“The Bible is what God has made. Sermons are what we make with what God has made.” This is the foundation for developing expository messages, according to Ramesh Richard. His method, explained in Preparing Expository Sermons, has been field-tested in training seminars for thousands of preachers around the world.

This course is based on the Ramesh Richard’s field-tested seminar Scripture Sculpture and book Preparing Expository Sermons: A Seven-Step Method for Biblical Preaching.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course you will:

  1. Understand the purpose of preaching and how to prepare for it.
  2. Learn, understand and apply the 7 step Process of the Scripture Sculpture Method.

Course Outline

  1. Session 1: Preparing to Preach
  2. Session 2: Expository Preaching Defined
  3. Session 3: Step 1: Study the Text
  4. Session 4: Step 2: Structure the Text
  5. Session 5: Step 3: The Central Proposition of the Text
  6. Session 6: Step 4: The Purpose Bridge
  7. Session 7: Steps 5 & 6: The Central Proposition of the Sermon & Structure the Sermon
  8. Session 8: Step 7: Preach the Sermon