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| "The Spirit of God maketh the reading, but especially the preaching of the word, an effectual means of convincing and converting sinners, and of building them up in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation." Westminster Shorter Catechism #89 | ||
| This summer's Pastors' Institute will focus on a most important ordinance in Christ's church: the preaching of His holy Word. The Spirit of God does an immediate work upon the soul of man; yet the Spirit of God is pleased to do His work in the context of Godordained means within the church. Join us this August for this intensive study time as the Lord's ordained servants discover what makes for great preaching - and learn ways you can enhance your effectiveness as a preacher. | ||
"Why study other men's sermons? A legitimate, important and timely question. Homiletics professors rightly decry the tendency to copy the exegesis and thrust of others. However, every pastor or pastoral student can gain great profit from the study of other men's sermons if the goal of that study is personal improvement not plagiarism... |
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The techniques of Sermon Analysis gleaned by precept, example and practice are critical. Seminary professors individualize and personalize theory and critical thought, pointing out areas in which you might improve and showing you how to make the necessary changes. But once out in the pastorate, that honing ceases. Personal improvement may suffer. But that long, dry period of wandering in the homiletic wilderness is not necessary. Sermon Analysis is a means whereby every minister of the Word can begin and continue a lifelong process of personal improvement - from seminary until the Lord retires him." |
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| Quoted with permission from the Introduction to Sermon Analysis: A Preacher's Personal Improvement Textbook and Workbook, by Jay E. Adams (Accent Books: Denver, CO, 1986). | ||
| We will study and discuss sermons by Alistair Begg, Joel Beeke, Ted Donnelly, Eric Alexander, Al Moehler, John McArthur, C.J. Maheny, Mark Driscol, Sinclair Ferguson, and John Piper during this week. | ||
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Dr. Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. is President of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and is professor of Homiletics and Systematic Theology there as well. He is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and has more than twenty years experience in the pastorate. | |
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Tuition for the Pastors' Summer Institute
is $225. You may pay
by check, major
credit card,
or register securely online. Please register
by Friday,
July 3
for both the Southern
Presbyterian Theology class and
the
Pastors' Institute.
Students who would like to
take either
course for graduate
level (MDiv) credit
must
register by July 3. Pastors who
take
either course are eligible
for 30 continuing
education
units. A certificate will be
awarded at the end of the
course upon its
completion.
After July 3, a $25 late
registration fee
will be
applied. Take $25 off of
additional
registrations, should
other officers in your
church
register to attend with you.