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Epistles
Letters are the dominant literary form in the New Testament. This genre makes up 21 of the 27 New Testament books. Given their prominence, it is not surprising that preaching from the Epistles is a regular part of many churches’ pulpit ministries. Theis prominence of epistles in the New Testament canon and in the life of the contemporary church highlights the importance of approaching them properly. In order to preach the Epistles well, it is essential that we have an and understanding of the genre and its literary conventions and structures. Instructors for the three lessons in this unit are David Helm (Executive Director of the Charles Simeon Trust and Lead Pastor of the Hyde Park congregation of Holy Trinity Church in Chicago, Illinois), Phil Ryken (President of Wheaton College and former Senior Minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), and Mark Dever (Senior Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C.).
5. Finding the Structure in Epistles
Welcome to the Epistles unit. In this first lesson, David Helm (Lead Pastor of the Hyde Park congregation of Holy Trinity Church in Chicago, Illinois) explores the basics of the New Testament letters, particularly how to find the structure of a text.
6. Principles for Preaching the Epistles: Romans 6
In this second lesson, Phil Ryken (President of Wheaton College and former Senior Minister of Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) quickly surveys several tools for studying the Epistles.
7. The Main Theme(s) of Romans
In this third lesson, Mark Dever (Senior Pastor of Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington D.C.) demonstrates how to work through the main theme(s) of an entire book by looking at the Epistle to the Romans.