Expositor’s Class

Introduction to the class:

Section 1 – 

Section 2 – 

Section 3 – 

Section 4 - 

Part 1: Exegesis and Application

Week 1: Introduction to exegesis and the translation tools.

1st Commandment Preaching:

Exegesis:	

Translation Tools:

Bible software  

Interlinear Bible  http://www.scripture4all.org/OnlineInterlinear/Greek_Index.htm

Greek Concordance    

The Greek-Hebrew Key Word Study Bible  
Assignments (due next Tuesday):

* Listen through the first part of the “Homiletics: How to Make a Sermon” lecture on TreasuringGod.com. Go to Resource Library / Sermons / Individual Messages, and then click on “Homiletics: How to Make a Sermon” from 1/6/2006 - http://foodforyoursoul.net/ffys_v2/?page_id=37&series=40 

Listen to the section of Exegesis (roughly the first third of the lecture). Stop when you get to the section on Principalization. Come next week prepared to summarize that portion of the lecture. 

* Translate Col.2:8-10. This should be a very literal translation, to remind you of as much of the Greek as possible when you refer to it.

* Summarize the preceding context leading up to your passage in no more than 25 words.

* Summarize the passage in no more than 18 words (make sure the connection with the context is clear in the summaries)

* State the basic message in the shortest statement possible (ideally no more than 5 or 6 words)

* Pick and attribute or promise from the passage, find a way this week to delight in that, and throughout the week work on writing out a prayer or psalm expressing your delight in or hunger for that attribute/promise. (I do this every day)

* Begin meditating on the passage.

* Write down 20 observations about the passage and 10 questions you don’t know the answer to. Add more questions as they arise, and write down answers as you discover them.