WAYLAND BAPTIST UNIVERSITY
HAWAII CAMPUS
SCHOOL OF RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Wayland Mission Statement: Wayland Baptist University exists to educate students in an
academically challenging, learning-focused, and distinctively Christian environment for professional
success, and service to God and humankind.
Course Title and Number: RLGN 5319 HI01 Preaching
Term: Spring 2015
Name of Instructor: Dr. Brent Schlittenhart
Office Phone Number and WBU Email Address: Office: 808-488-8570; Home: 808-234-6960;
schlittenhartb@wbu.edu; or schlittenhartb@yahoo.com; Please use the wbu.edu email for primary
correspondence.
Office Hours, Building, and Location: The professor is available by appointment. Office Location is
95-1091 Ainamakua Drive, Mililani, HI 96789
Class Meeting Time and Location: Monday (5:30 PM-9:30 PM) at Mililani
Catalog Description: Research in the nature and importance of preaching along with the fundamentals
of sermon preparation.
Method of Instruction: Lecture/Split level
Prerequisites/Co-requisites: RLGN 4313 or RLGN 5314
Required Textbook(s) and/or Resource Material: The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching edited by
Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larson. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing 2005. The Glory
of Preaching: Participating in God’s Transformation of the World. Darrell Johnson. Downers Grove,
IL: InterVarsity Press, 2009.
Other Books and Periodicals: The professor may provide additional articles and websites for you to
read throughout the course of the term.
Course Outcome Competencies: Students will:
1. Articulate the biblical principles forming a theology of proclamation.
2. Demonstrate the skills involved in sermon preparation including organization exegesis, gathering
sermon materials, developing a contemporary hermeneutic.
3. Demonstrate skills in sermon delivery, effectively communicating the Christian message with
varying audiences and varying sermon objectives.
4. Plan an appropriate program of preaching.
5. Analyze and explain the importance of preaching in partnership with God’s work.
Attendance Requirements—External Campuses
Students enrolled at one of the university’s external campuses should make every effort to attend all
class meetings. All absences must be explained to the instructor, who will then determine whether the
omitted work may be made up. When a student reaches that number of absences considered by the
instructor to be excessive, the instructor will so advise the student and file an unsatisfactory progress
report with the external campus executive director/dean. Any student who misses 25 percent or more of
the regularly scheduled class meetings may receive a grade of F in the course. Additional attendance
policies for each course, as defined by the instructor in the course syllabus, are considered a part of the
university’s attendance policy. A student may petition the Academic Council for exceptions to the above
stated policies by filing a written request for an appeal to the executive vice president/provost.
The student is responsible for turning in all required assignments. If a student misses a class when an
exam is given, arrangements must be made by the student with the professor to take the exam. Tardies
and/or early departures will also count towards an individual’s attendance record.
Disability Statement: In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is the
policy of Wayland Baptist University that no otherwise qualified person with a disability be excluded
from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any
educational program or activity in the university. The Coordinator of Counseling Services serves as
the coordinator of students with a disability and should be contacted concerning accommodation
requests at (806) 291- 3765. Documentation of a disability must accompany any request for
accommodations.”
Course Requirements and Grading Criteria:
1. Each student will read the assigned readings and participate in the classroom experience.
2. Each student will listen to one sermon from sermon links posted on Blackboard and critique and
discuss the sermon in the blackboard discussion forum. Guidelines for the discussion and critique will
be emphasized in class and posted in Blackboard.
3. Each student will write and preach two 15 to 20 minute sermons. We will discuss the guidelines for
the sermon delivery and set a schedule in the first class. One sermon must come from an OT passage
and the other sermon must come from a New Testament passage. The student must also provide and
outline of the sermon highlighting the main points, and exegetical summary of the passages, and a
manuscript of the sermon to the professor.
4. Each student will prepare and write out a six month sermon plan. The sermon plan will include titles,
scripture passages, and an overall objective or purpose of each sermon in the six month plan.
5. Each student will take a final exam covering material from the reading and notes.
6. Each student will write a 5 to 10 page critical book review on The Glory of Preaching. The book
review needs to have a title page, an analysis and evaluation of the book’s contents highlighting the
strengths and weaknesses of the book. Quotations from the book in the review can be referenced
parenthetically with just the page number. The student can use book reviews from journal articles to
assist in the analysis and evaluation of the book as long as they are properly documented and footnoted
and then included in a bibliography page.
7. Each student will present and teach chapters out of The Glory of Preaching. Students will receive
their assigned chapters and teaching schedule at the end of the second class.
Resources:
The student should request many resources through the WBU main campus library and have them
mailed directly to his/her home.
Course Evaluation:
University Grading System
A
90-100
B
80-89
C
70-79
D
60-69
F
BELOW 60
I
INCOMPLETE**
Cr
FOR CREDIT
NCr NO CREDIT
WP WITHDRAWAL PASSING
WF WITHDRAWAL FAILING
W
WITHDRAWAL
** A grade of incomplete is changed if the work required is completed prior to the last day of the next
long (10-15 weeks) term, unless the instructor designates an earlier date for completion. If the work is
not completed by the appropriate date, the I is converted to a grade of F. An incomplete notation cannot
remain on the student’s permanent record and must be replaced by the qualitative grade (A-F) by the
date specified in the official University calendar of the next regular term. An incomplete turned to a
qualitative grade will be indicated by the notation I/grade on the student transcript.
Procedure for computations of final grade
1. Sermon One:
2. Sermon Two:
3. Final Exam:
4. Listening Critique and Discussion Board:
5. Sermon Plan:
6. Critical Book Review
7. Teaching Presentation
20%
20%
20%
10%
10%
10%
10%
Late assignments will not receive full credit and will usually receive a five point minimum
reduction.
Students shall have protection through orderly procedures against prejudices or capricious academic
evaluation. A student who believes that he or she has not been held to realistic academic standards, just
evaluation procedures, or appropriate grading, may appeal the final grade given in the course by using
the student grade appeal process described in the Academic Catalog. Appeals may not be made for
advanced placement examinations or course bypass examinations. Appeals are limited to the final
course grade, which may be upheld, raised, or lowered at any stage of the appeal process. Any
recommendation to lower a course grade must be submitted through the Executive Vice
President/Provost to the Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals Committee for review and approval. The
Faculty Assembly Grade Appeals Committee may instruct that the course grade be upheld, raised, or
lowered to a more proper evaluation.
Tentative Schedule: Course Outline and Calendar
Class 1
02/23/2015
Reading: Article 196
Introduction to the Course
Class 2
03/02/2015
Importance of Preaching and the Spiritual Life of the
Preacher
Reading: Articles 1-16; 18-20; 22-24; 28
Class 3
03/09/2015
Reading: Articles 29-49; 51-54;
03/16/2015
Class 4
03/23/2015
Reading: Articles 59-64; 68-69; 71-81
Importance of Connecting with People
Spring Break No Classes
Importance of Understanding and Applying Scripture
Class 5
03/30/201
Blackboard Assignments and Listening Critiques
Importance of Organization, Style, and Stories
Reading: Articles 87-104; 106; 108-127; 130-145
Class 6
04/06/2015
Reading: Articles 147-165; 166-173
Importance of Preparation and Delivery
Class 7
04/13/2015
Reading: Articles 176-192
Critical Book Review Due
Importance of Special Topics
Class 8
04/20/2015
Importance of Evaluation
Reading: Articles 193-195; 198-199; 201
Sermon One Written Material Due ; Teaching Presentation
Class 9
04/27/2015
Sermon Two Written Material Due
Sermon Deliveries
Class 10
05/04/2015
Sermon Deliveries
Class 11
05/11/2015
Final Exam and Sermon Deliveries
Additional Information:
Academic Honesty (Plagiarism): University students are expected to conduct themselves according to
the highest standards of academic honesty. Academic misconduct for which a student is subject to
penalty includes all forms of cheating, such as illicit possession of examinations or examination
materials, forgery, or plagiarism. (Plagiarism is the presentation of the work of another as one’s own
work.) It is the student’s responsibility to be familiar with penalties associated with plagiarism stated in
the catalog.
Classroom Disruption
Students who disrupt a class will be directed to leave immediately and report to the
external campus executive director/dean or dean of students, who will discuss with the
student the cause of the disruption. The student will return to the class only with
permission of the executive director/campus dean or dean of students and faculty
member involved.