The Damian Jean-Baptiste Caribbean School of Ministry

Module 5 – Homiletics: Preaching & Teaching

The aim of this module is to teach the student how to develop, prepare and deliver biblically
sound, effective and practical sermons and lessons from the Biblical Text based upon principles
of expository preaching.

Kingston, Jamaica (July 15-17, 2016) – Faculty of Law, UWI Mona

Teachers: Douglas Jacoby, Courtney Bailey & Tyrone Marcus

Classes

Friday 7-9 pm
1. Welcome & Introduction
2. “Preach the Word!”: The Preacher’s Role (Courtney Bailey & Tyrone Marcus)
a. The Preacher’s Mandate: The need for and purpose of preaching
b. The View from the Pew: Our common ICOC culture and reactions to
preaching styles in our congregations
3. Philosophy of Preaching (Douglas Jacoby)

Saturday 9 am – 12:30 pm
4. Introduction to Expository Preaching (Courtney Bailey & Tyrone Marcus)
a. Student Responses to Required & Recommended Reading
b. The Case for Expository Preaching
c. What is the Big Idea?
d. Sermon Road Map
5. Biblical Sermon Analysis (Douglas Jacoby)

Saturday 2 – 5:30 pm
6. Thinking the Message Through (Courtney Bailey & Tyrone Marcus)
a. Selecting the Text
b. Determining the Big Idea from the text (including practice exegesis)
c. Determining the Sermon’s Purpose
d. Preparing a Sermon Outline
e. Filling out the sermon (including use of illustrations)
f. Contextualizing the message (sermon application)
7. Preaching & Teaching Styles (Douglas Jacoby)
a. Teaching v. Preaching
b. Sermon Styles
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 i. Inductive & deductive sermons
ii. Topical v. Textual sermons
iii. Sermons on Biblical characters
c. Women speaking to the church

Sunday 2-5:30 pm
8. Preparing & leading effective Bible discussion lessons (Courtney Bailey)
9. Using the Word of God in Miscellaneous Situations – (welcome lessons, communion
lessons, contribution lessons, making announcements, discipling group lessons, Bible
studies and one on one counselling). (Tyrone Marcus)
10. Q&A, Panel Discussion & Conclusion. (Douglas Jacoby, Courtney Bailey & Tyrone
Marcus)

Required Reading (For Full-Track Students)

1. Haddon W. Robinson, Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository
Messages (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, Second Edition, 2001, ISBN: 0801022622)
AND
2. ONE of the following three titles: 
a. John Piper, The Supremacy of God in Preaching (Baker Books, 1990, ISBN: 0801071127) 
b. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, Preaching & Preachers (Trafalgar Square, 2000, ISBN: 0340206624) 
c. John Stott, Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1994,
ISBN: 0802806279)–alternate subtitle: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century
Extra Credit:
1. John Piper, Brothers, We Are Not Professionals: A Plea to Pastors for Radical Ministry (Broadman &
Holman Publishers, 2002, ISBN: 0805426205) 
2. Graeme Goldsworthy, Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans,
2000) 
3. R. S. Reid and L. L. Hogan, The Six Deadly Sins of Preaching (Nashville: Abingdon, 2012)
4. John Stott, The Preacher’s Portrait (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961)
5. James Wilhoit and Leland Ryken, Effective Bible Teaching (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2012, 2nd
edition)
6. Any of the required reading books read in addition to the 2 required.
7. Any 1 of the following audio sermon series from Courtney Bailey:
a. Ecclesiastes
b. Micah & Zephaniah
c. Jonah, Nahum & Obadiah
d. Romans 1-6
e. Matthew 19:13-30 & Matthew 20:1-16

Examination & Assessment (For Full-Track Students)

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Participants must complete the required reading and attend and / or view the video recording
for each of the classes in order to pass the course. Additionally, students will be assessed on the
following basis.

 A fully developed Sermon (including outline) / Bible Discussion Lesson – 40%

 MCQ Test – 60 questions – 60%
 Extra Credit – 2% for each recommended reading text completed during the course
(up to a maximum of 10%)