7/27/2019 Preaching 2 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 1/93 v RE 321 Homiletics and Preaching Notes v A Brief Theology of Preaching v Buttrick Book Notes v Why do preachers preach Ø Our preaching, commissioned by the resurrection is a continuation of the preaching of Jesus Christ § Jesus came preaching, He announced an imminent kingdom of God and urged people to repent and believe the gospel § Jesus constituted a symbolic community, twelve disciples who as fishers of men were to share His declarative ministry § God’s word, spoken, constitutes community, For God’s word always takes flesh § The community was a being saved community § The evident new life they shared confirmed and interpreted the gospel they preached Ø Christ continues to speak to the church, and through the church to the world § Gospel in continuing because the living reality of being saved in the world persists and because mysterious Presence-in Absence still impinges on human consciousnesses § Christian preaching not only reveals it, it continues the work of Christ of calling, liberating and forming a new humanity § Words mediate reality § Bring reality into being
This document is posted to help you gain knowledge. Please leave a comment to let me know what you think about it! Share it to your friends and learn new things together.
Transcript
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 1/93
v RE 321 Homiletics and Preaching Notes
v A Brief Theology of Preaching
v Buttrick Book Notes
v Why do preachers preach
Ø Our preaching, commissioned by the resurrection is a continuation of the
preaching of Jesus Christ
§ Jesus came preaching, He announced an imminent kingdom of God and
urged people to repent and believe the gospel
§ Jesus constituted a symbolic community, twelve disciples who asfishers of men were to share His declarative ministry
§ God’s word, spoken, constitutes community, For God’s word always
takes flesh
§ The community was a being saved community
§ The evident new life they shared confirmed and interpreted the gospel
they preached
Ø Christ continues to speak to the church, and through the church to the world
§ Gospel in continuing because the living reality of being saved in the
world persists and because mysterious Presence-in Absence still impinges on
human consciousnesses
§ Christian preaching not only reveals it, it continues the work of Christ
of calling, liberating and forming a new humanity
§ Words mediate reality
§ Bring reality into being
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 2/93
§ Continues Christ’s own work of revelation and redemption in the world
§ We preach so Christ may use our words in a salvific work, revealing
and redeeming
§ Preaching is a spiritual discipline in which we offer our beat words to
Christ
Ø The purpose of preaching is the purpose of God in Christ, namely the
reconciliation of the world
§ Hope of full community in God
§ Saved: A new social reality in communion with God; a social reality in
which forgiven people are free to live and may live together as a family of God
§ Salvation is the reconciliation in which we are free for love of God and
neighbors
§ The psychological and social structure in which we live are bondage to
sin and estrangement from God
§ An interim activity: between the even of Jesus Christ and the fulfillment
of God’s purpose in Christ
§ A time filled with the activity of God shaping salvation
§ True preaching includes a celebration of God’s promise which is now
happening among us
Ø Preaching evokes response, the response to preaching is a response to Christ,and is, properly, faith and repentance
§ Faith: entrance into a new order of life and a commitment from an old
order (repentance) through Jesus Christ
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 3/93
§ The gospel may be heard as an assault on cherished values on life’s
goals, on political and psychological stabilities
Ø Preaching is the “Word of God” in that it participates in God’s purpose, is
initiated by Christ” and is supported by the Spirit with community in the world
§ Preaching must be understood as a human activity that draw human
understanding and employ human homiletic skills that can be learned
§ Test the Spirit in connection with preaching is the edification and up
building of Christian community
v Lecture notes of 8/29/02 Buttrick's theology of Preaching
Ø Christianity vs. Adventism
§ Christianity 1st Century 12 Apostles
§ Adventism
§ 1844
§ Commandments
§ 2nd coming
Ø Adventism is not an identity but a function in the providence of God
Ø God’s promise………………………………………2nd Coming
v Patriarch Abraham Israel Christ SDA
§ SDA: Church (people) that is fulfilling God’s mission and activity in
salvation history
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 4/93
§ Fulfilling God’s will at the time of our existence when God is doing
something in salvation history
v Buttrick’s Theology of Preaching
§ Personal
§ Relational
§ Christocentric
v Continuation of Christ’s Preaching
Ø Content- Christ Preached Himself
Ø Method- “IN COMMUNITY PREACHING” INCARNATINAL
MINSTRY
Ø He was apart of the community in which he preached
Ø God’s Word within Him preaching
Ø Jesus as preacher critiqued His own community from within
Ø As example of praxis in spiritual principles
Ø Practical theology in relationships and life
Ø More of an attitude
· Ex Jesus weeping in agony of Jerusalem
Ø In Community Preaching EX (Matthew 23:1-3) They sit in Moses seat
Ø He identified with community that He was apart of and built His mission
and life for the people
v Purpose of Reconciliation
§ Reconciliation: Confrontational
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 5/93
§ Judgmental: Condemning and loveless ® Satanic and destroys
v Conclusion: JESUS HAD A RESTRORATIVE MINSTRY FROM
WITHIN
v A Theology of Preaching9/03/02
v The is a paradox of silence and speaking
v Degree of silence in the preaching process
Ø PREACHING DEFINED: PREACHING IS MAKING PRESENT AND
APPROPIATE TO THE HEARERS THE REVELATION OF GOD
Ø Making present and appropriate – recipients are guiding forces in sermon
Ø Revelation…………………Preaching (Extremely important and
interwoven)
Ø The way of God’s word in the world is the way of the sermon in the
world
Ø Understand mode of revelation
Ø Method should be consistent with God’s mode
Ø Method and means important along with ends
Ø Method of preaching should be defined and in harmony with w/ God’sWord
Ø The way you reveal God must be the ay God reveals Himself in Scripture
v Three Phases of Preaching
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 6/93
Ø Proceeding From Silence
Ø Word in Whisper
Ø Heard from Rooftops
v Proceeding From Silence
Ø Silence is a primal reality. An integral part of God’s revelation
§ Cultivating the ability to listen in silence
§ We have preconceived ideas when approaching God. Our ideas must be
silenced so we can hear
§ God’s silence is integral to divine revelation
Ø God’s revelation, the divine Word proceeds out of God’s silence, so the
Minster’s preaching proceeds out of God’s silence
§ Ministers must develop personal comfort with silence- deep, quiet
mediation that taps into the depths of God’s character
Ø Preaching should not proceed from a noisy and distracted mind in themidst of a noisy and distracted world that is uncomfortable with silence
Ø Preaching from silence means being a able to take the minister’s deep
relationship with God (which affects the character) and bring it into each
preaching context rather than being controlled by environmental noise
v 9/05/02
v The Preacher as Person
Ø Spiritual Formation
§ 2 Cor. 4:1-5 Christ…Preacher (bondservant)
Ø Why is it critical for a class in preaching to address issues in spiritual
formation
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 7/93
· God awareness/ consciousness
§ Spirituality
· Being spirit led
· Spirit transformed
· Spirit endowed with power
Ø Suggested answer:
§ 2 Cor. 4:7 But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this allsurpassing power is from God and not from us
§ Phil. 4:13 I can do all things through Him who give me strength
§ 2 Corinthians 12:9 my grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made
perfect in weakness, therefore I will boast more gladly about my weakness, so
that Christ’s power may rest on me
Ø Key Points:
§ We are a “fallen” human being
§ Christ is sufficient
§ We are not; therefore we are!
§ Recognition but without excuse because power is available
v Difficulties in Preaching
§ Nowen identifies two obstacle that make it difficult for people to hear
the Word of God
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 8/93
Ø The Problem of the Message
§ Church audiences lack motivation to listen to the message because
· The message is redundant
¨ Many people have heard the message their entire life and expect nothing
new or MAENIGNFUL
· They fear the truth
¨ Many people are resistant to letting the radical Word of God really come
through and change their lives
Ø The Problem with the Messenger
§ Preachers often create antagonism and resistance to their preaching
because:
· They have the assumption of nonexistent feelings
¨ Many preachers impose feelings, ideas, questions and problems on thetheir hearers that are often completely unknown to the majority-questions about
which the audience could care less
· The are preoccupied with a (psuedo) theological point of view
¨ Many preachers believe that they are the only one in the congregation
with a theology and that this theology is the one to which their listeners must
covert
¨ They don’t take into account the theological reflection of the their
parishioners and as a result preach sermons reflecting their own interests
¨ Thus actually preaching themselves
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 9/93
v The Preacher who can lead to insight
Ø The task of every preach is to assist people in the ongoing struggle of
becoming
Ø The main message is of Jesus who faced His own condition withincreasing awareness and gave Himself so that we can live with that same
awareness
Ø Preachers are called to remove the obstacle that prevent their hearers
from becoming fully human (true humanity restored), that is from maturing in
Christ
v There are two essential ways that preachers can facilitate growth in the
congregation
Ø They must have a capacity for dialogue
§ To relate to people so that they are able to respond to what is said with
their experience
§ Dialogue is not a technique, but an attitude of preacher who are willing
to enter into personal relationship with they congregants
§ Preachers must be will to be
· Influenced
· Personally involved
· Really engaged in the relationship
§ Those who listen will cone to the recognition of who they really aresince the words of the preacher will find a sounding board in their own hearts
and find anchor places in the personal life experience
Ø They must be available to the congregation
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 10/93
§ Availability is the primary condition for every dialogue that is going to
lead to redemptive insight
Ø Preachers must be willing to make available their understanding of their
own faith, joy anxiety, doubt, fear and joy
§ In order to be available to others, one must be available to oneself fist.
This is the spirituality of the minister
§ We tend to be selective in our self understanding and then project to
other only those things that fit our self image
§ Preachers who want to be real leaders must be able to put the full range
of their life experiences at the disposals of the congregation
§ Aware of weakness and aware of God’s power
Ø “Pastoral care does not mean running around nervously trying to redeem
people…offering you own life experience to you brothers and sisters to lay
down your life as a bridge over troubled water”
Ø Being available does not mean telling about yourself
Ø “Being available mean experiencing life to such a depth that your diverse
listeners can touch places within themselves, where their lives really vibrate-
and become free to let the Word of God do it’s redemptive word
Ø Listeners no longer have be afraid to face their own condition because
the one who stands in front of them is a living witness that insight makes us
free
§ Then the Word of God can find fertile ground and be rooted in the
human souls
Ø Key Point: The Word of God can only reach people when it has become
the flesh and blood of those who preach it
§
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 11/93
v 8/10/02
v The preacher as person
Ø Spiritual formation
v Why is it critical for a class in preaching to address issues in spiritual
formation
Ø There is a spiritual necessity
Ø Who you must be in order to preach
Ø Help people adjust their expectation to decrease disappointment
v The Learning Process
Ø How do people learn
§ 4 ways
· Audition (listening)
· Conversation (discussing)
· Observation (watching)
· Participation (discovering)
Ø How does this learning process apply to preaching and spiritual
formation
v Observation
Ø Observation introduces us to a wide range of visual aids, two of which
God Himself designed
§ The preacher or pastor is a visual aid to the congregation
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 12/93
· In all thing show yourself…model of good things Titus 2:7
· Show you an example of those who believe
· “Τυπός”- type or pattern
· A word used in OT character whose example could be either a warning
or an encouragement
Ø Key Point: Preachers can’t expect to communicate verbally from the
pulpit if visually out of it we contradict ourselves
§ Thus the preacher participates in shaping and nurturing of Christian
community through the preaching of Christ in word an deed
Ø Power of influence
§ Preaching all the time through silent proclamation
v God means the congregation to be a visual aid to the world
Ø If we want our gospel to be credible, we must embody it
Ø In it non-verbal mode, the church is communicating al love the time and
much of what it says contradicts its true message
Ø Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ
§ If we are not creating faith, then what are we creating
§ Christ preaching creates hope and faith
v Ministers are Human
Ø Ministers have two important tasks
§ To become a fully functional person
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 13/93
§ To become a fully competent minister
Ø To become a fully functional person ministers must ask
§ Have I met myself (ideal vs. real self)
· Do I really know who I am
· Am I comfortable with myself
§ Do I know what I look like to other
· Do I practice authentic self disclosure or do I practice dramaturgy
§ What do I feel like
· Am I in touch with my feelings, or do I spiritualize or intellectualize
them
§ Do I know what I can and can’t do
· Do I understand my own strengths and weaknesses
· What skills and abilities need to be strengthened
· How can I assess my limits
Ø More importantly, ministers must ask
§ What does God know about me
Ø The importance of God’s questions
§ Where are you Genesis 2:9
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 14/93
§ Where were you Job 38
§ Who do you say I am Mark 9:29
Ø Key points
§ Jesus would not entrust Himself to Me. because He knew what was in
man john 2:24
§ Man looks at the outward appearance but God looks at the heart 1
Samuel 16:6
§ Matthew 6:16-18
· Fasting appearance
· The Father knows all secrets
v 9/12/02
Ø To become a fully competent ministers, ministers must recognize severalformational principles
§ The minister is human
· Ministers are people- physical and spiritual beings created in the image
of God but, limited in all respects
§ The minister is a human symbol
· The minister symbolizes the Christian faith, the gospel, church and value
and goals of the church
· Ministers are more than symbols, they are personal with a personality
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 15/93
· The effective minister is one who can use the strength of his/her
personality and skill to commemorate the symbol of ministry
§ The minister is (ideally) a caring shepherd
· The minister guides, leads, and does all the other ministers which care
for the well being of the flock
Ø What can ministers do to improve her/his capacity to serve and to
symbolize
§ Growth begins on the inside
· The minister must first grow as a person- this means facing internal
blockages to growth (growth mechanisms) and leaving comfort zones
§ Ministry itself is a growth oriented
· The individual is able to grow spiritually by the power of Christ
· As the individual grows, the church will grow
§ Special path to growth
· Ministry is a discovery profession: the minister himself must grow and
must nurture the growth of others
· The Holy Spirit is the guide and power in this process of growth
· Ministers can pursue lifelong growth in a number of way, includingcontinuing education and peer group support
Ø Bill Lenard offers 6 conclusion about the minister and spirituality
§ Recognize that spirituality is a non negotiable quality of the life of a
minister and all Christians
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 16/93
§ Work out you own spirituality wit fear and trembling, don’t hesitate to
experiment and pursue varieties according to you own unique needs and
circumstances
§ Once you establish spiritual disciplines maintain it even at those timeswhen you don’t feel like doing so
§ Strive to maintain balance between personal and corporate spirituality
§ In dependence on God, recognize the dimension of the unpredictable
and surprising in you relationship with Him
· Seek God in the spiritual life not for the sermon material, personal
testimonies, for systematic theology or doctrinal orthodoxy, but for Himself
§ Phil. 2:5-8
§ What you preach and who you are= SAME
v The Life at Study
Ø The responsibility to Study
§ He minister’s office is a study
· Student of God’s Word always
Ø Study is the minister’s responsibility to the church and to the world
§ People have expectation that can only be met through study
§ Speak word at anytime
Ø Study is sustained by disciplined effort
Ø The content of the minister’s study is Jesus Christ and God’s way in the
world
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 17/93
§ See spiritual implications in everything in Jesus Christ
§ Relating everything and all things to Jesus Christ
Ø The study of Jesus is transformative
v What Study Is
Ø Faith and character formation
§ The hours of study bear directly and immediately on who the minister is
and the minister’s influence by word and action
§ Obedience to the 1st commandment
· “…Love the Lord thy God wit all thy mind
§ Worship
· “An hour of study is in the sight of the Holy one as an hour of prayer”
(Ancient Rabbinical Edict)
v What study does
Ø Protects the congregation- study is a corrective
§ Thought study the church is protected from the minister’s opinions,
prejudices and emotions
Ø Creates objectivity
§ The minister and the church needs relief from sustained intimacy,
which tends to smother and distract
· Gives distance from congregation and minister
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 18/93
Ø Creates homiletical confidence
§ Freedom is expressed and created that release all our faculties to their
highest expression when you know your subject
v Hindrances to study
Ø Permission
§ Both the congregation and the conference will begrudge you sufficient
time for study
· They will direct you toward positive activities
· Acts 6:1-4
Ø Personal inclination
§ Your desire will often run toward being with the people instead of with
the Book
§ Often this is based on early school trauma associated with study
v Overcoming Hindrances
Ø Recognizing the communal nature of study
§ Working in the study is being among the flock
Ø Discipline yourself
§ Prioritize and organize/ sort through the countless claims on your
available hours
Ø Value study as a form of experience
§ Study provide understanding and expertise on a wide range of subjects
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 19/93
Ø Explain yours study needs to your church
§ How ministers spend their time is mysterious to the members and they
are suspicious about it
Ø Establish a routine time and place
Ø Learn how to use small units of time
Ø Read good literature (short stories, poems etc)
§ Increases articulation and expression
§ Increases ability to bring thought into words
v 8/17/02
v Preacher As person
Ø Preparation to Preach
v Sermonic Process
Ø “ A process is better than no process”
Ø “ A process create disciplines
v Definition of Expository Preaching
Ø Expository Preaching is the communication of a biblical concept, [The
Truth], derived from and transmitted a historical, grammatical and literary
study of a passage in its context, which the Holy Spirit applies to the
personality an experience of the preacher, then through the preacher, applies to
the hearer
· Explain the message and then apply the meaning to contemporary
hearers
v What is the first step in the sermonic process
Ø Preparation- Listening to the Text
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 20/93
§ Christocentric bias- What is the text going to say about Christ
§ Read texts broadly, using various translation
§ Reflect...consider personal application of the text and apply to your own
condition
v 9/24/02
v The Sermonic Process
Ø Preparation to Preach
Ø 2 Timothy 2:15 “Study…rightly dividing …”
§ Lit. “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a workman
unashamed, cutting a straight course
· “Spoudazo” Lit “the zealous or eager, take pain, make every effort”
· “Orthotomeo” Lit “ cut a path in a straight direction” or “guide the
Word of truth along a straight path” like a road that goes straight to it’s goal
Ø Key Points rigorous study is necessary for proper interpretation of
inspired writings
Ø A believer’s presuppositions and methods of interpretation can lead to
Christ or away from Christ
Ø Truth is not some abstract idea or Platonic idea or form
Ø John’s idea of truth wasn’t ideas or presuppositions but a person
§ All ideas or presuppositions points to Ultimate Reality and Ultimate
Reality is a person
· God made known through Jesus Christ
Ø What is your understanding of the phrase “the spirit of prophecy”
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 21/93
§ Typical answer “the writings of Ellen White
Ø Clarification
§ Preaching require an understanding of the “spirit of prophecy” in thecontext of “prophetic stream”
Ø Definition
§ Biblically what is the spirit of prophecy
· Rev 19:10
¨ The spirit of prophecy is the testimony of Jesus Christ
Ø Key Point
§ The spirit of prophecy is equivalent to the testimony of Jesus or the
testimony concerning Jesus
Ø “Maturia” “μαρυρια” –testimony or witness
§ Lit. To bear witness, to declare
Ø The Role of The Holy Spirit
§ John 15:26.27
· … He will testify about me
§ John 16:13,14
· .. He will guide you to into all truth
Ø Key Point: Role of the Holy Spirit is to bear witness about or concerning
Jesus
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 22/93
§ Preachers have secondary role in the communication of Truth
§ The primary role is fulfilled by the Holy Spirit
Ø Redefinition
§ The Sprit of Prophecy is the Holy Spirit’s proclamation concerning
Jesus throughout salvation history
Ø Fundamental Presupposition
§ The spirit of prophecy points to the person and salvific work of Jesus
Christ
§ John 5:39
· …Testify of me…
Ø Summary
§ Key Points: It is the Holy Spirit prerogative to choose the persons
through whom truth as it is in Christ is communicated
§ The preacher is called to participate in the work the Holy Spirit
Ø God communicates
§ Revelation : special audible or visual intervention by God into human
history
· Two types
¨ General
¨ Specific
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 23/93
· General Revelation
¨ Psalms 19:1-6 The heavens declare the glory of God
Ø Creation
Ø God is revealed in natural world
Ø Because of sin, natural revelation can be distorted: Darwin, naturalism
· Special revelation
Ø Psalm 19:7,8 “The law of the Lord is perfect reviving the soul”
Ø Related to salvation
Ø Canonical revelation: revelation to specific people to communicate
salvation through Jesus Christ; in salvation history
· Inspiration
¨ Inspiration is…usually defined as a supernatural influence exerted on
scared writers by the Spirit of God, by virtue of which their writings are given
divine trustworthiness
¨ 2 Tim 3:16
§ God breathed
§ “ Theopneustos”
¨ Two types of inspiration
§ Verbal
§ Plenary
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 24/93
v Plenary or Thought Inspiration
v 1 SM p.21 The Bible is written by inspired men, but it is not God's mode
of thought and expression. It is that of humanity. God, as a writer, is not
represented. Men will often say such an expression is not like God. But God
has not put Himself in words, in logic, in rhetoric, on trial in the Bible. Thewriters of the Bible were God's penmen, not His pen. Look at the different
writers. It is not the words of the Bible that are inspired, but the men that were
inspired. Inspiration acts not on the man's words or his expressions but on the
man himself, who, under the influence of the Holy Ghost, is imbued with
thoughts. But the words receive the impress of the individual mind. The divine
mind is diffused. The divine mind and will is combined with the human mind
and will; thus the utterances of the man are the word of God. -- Manuscript 24,
1886 (written in Europe in 1886). {1SM 21. 2}
Ø Mystery (coming together of divine and human= Word Of God
Ø 1 Peter 1:21
§ …They were carried along
§ “Phero” “φερω”
· Lit. Moved, be driven
· Fig. Used as a metaphor for inspiration
· Illumination
¨ Illumination means that anyone who read and studies the Scripture needs
the help of the Holy Spirit in order to understand and interpret correctly what
he or she is studying or reading
Ø 1 Cor.2: 12-14
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 25/93
Ø Inspiration (H.S.) Illumination (H.S.)
↓ ↓
Ø Inspired writer →→→→ Word of God→→ Illuminated Reader
§ Recover truth…necessity of exegesis
§ Preach with life…necessity of Holy Spirit
v 9/26/02
v Choosing the passage to be Preached
Ø While all scripture is profitable, not every Scripture possesses equal profit for a congregation at a particular time
Ø Preachers serve as builders of bridges as they endeavor to span the gulf
between the Word of God and the concern of men and women
v Sources for preaching
Ø Prompting of the Holy Spirit while studying the Word
· Holy Spirit reveals person not just meaning in a text
· Points to the Object of the study and not just the study itself.
Ø Needs of the congregation
· Ministers must be familiar with the needs of their churches as they are
with the content of their bible
· Sensitive to the needs, but not defined by them
Ø Societal circumstances (conditions)
Ø Personal experience (s)
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 26/93
· Progressive revelations (experiences influenced your preaching
· Gives authenticity and conviction to preaching
· Without experience we compensate with “fill-in” gimmicks
v The Sermonic Process
Ø Hermeneutics
v Introduction
Ø Q. How can preachers consistently feed God’s people that saving Gospelof Jesus Christ
Ø Suggested Answers
§ Spiritual Commitment-commitment wherein the preacher exposes
himself to the Holy Spirit
§ Discipline
§ A Process
v Sermonic Process
Ø The Sermonic Process is a 5 step procedure which describes the
development of a sermonic from initial preparation to final manuscript
Ø Five steps
§ Preparation
§ Hermeneutics
· Exegesis
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 27/93
· Christocentric Theology
· Significance
· Homiletic Form
§ Goal
¨ Address hermeneutics for sermon preparation
§ Apology
¨ Hermeneutics necessarily technical
§ Application text
· Luke 12:11-32 (Loving Father)
· Hermeneutics
¨ Greek Verb “Hermeneuein ” “To interpret”
¨ Noun “Hermenia ” “interpretation”
Ø Shades of meaning: Explanation, Exposition, Expression, Intelligible
rendition, Translation
v Biblical Hermeneutics
Ø Basic Definition
§ Principles of interpretation, i.e. The rules method, principles or theory
governing the process of interpreting an individual’s author’s meaning
Ø Definition Confusion
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 28/93
§ Sometimes synonymous with Exegesis
Ø Working Definition
§ Hermeneutics encompass both what the text mean and what is means
§ Opposed to the practices of using exegesis for the study of the text’s
meaning, and hermeneutics as it’s significance in the present
§ Hermeneutics is the overall term, white exegesis and significance are
two aspects of the larger task
Ø Critical Assertions
§ All hermeneutics method are informed by the interpreter's pre-
understandings, or presuppositions
· Example: John 20:30
§ Although there is diversity in interpretive presuppositions two basic
world views underlie all approaches to the interpretation of a biblical text
v Closed Universe: Interpretive Assumption
Ø Principle of Correlation
§ Events and text (including the Bible) can only be understood according
to their historical, this worldly context
§ Implication
· There is no possibility of divine intervention or final revelation,
breaking into the natural laws of cause and effect
Ø Principle of Analogy
§ The past is understood t through human experiences in the present
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 29/93
· Implication
¨ Jesus can’t be viewed uniquely, but rather as homogenous with present
human experience
Ø Principle of Criticism
§ Our understanding of the past is never absolute and always open to
revision
· Implication
¨ All knowledge (including Scriptural) is relative and tentative
v 10/01/02
v Ten Assumptions: Biblical interpretation
Ø Beliefs, confessional bias/ presuppositions
§ The Bible is the inspired Word of God
§ God as the “author ” of the Bible, inspired person as it writers
§ The Scripture is an indivisible union of the Divine and human
§ The authority of the Bible is the authority of God
§ The canon of the Bible includes Old Testament and New Testament
§ There is unity of the Old Testament and New Testament
§ The Bible is its own interpreter
§ The Bible contains normative truth
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 30/93
¨ Norms of which all other truths are measured
§ The spiritual interpreter’s pre-understanding can be derived from and
remain under the control of the Bible itself
¨ Openness and Humility
§ The Scripture can only be understood properly based on the abiding
illumination of the Holy Spirit
v Basic Principles and Procedures: Biblical Exegesis
Ø Definition: Exegesis
· Lit: “To pull out”
· The opposite of exegesis, which means “to put in”
Ø Thought Units and Exegesis
§ The Bible is put together in units that go from large to small. The best
way to do exegesis is to start with the smallest unit and work up
§ You can starts wit ha larger unit and work down, but this method has a
much greater tendency to error in interpretation
Ø Principle #1 The Bible is its own interpreter
§ Biblical Thought Unit
· Words
· Sentences
· Verses
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 31/93
· Paragraphs
· Chapter
· Books, Letter
· Whole Letter
§ Exegetical Procedure
· Isolate passage - delimit the unit to be exegeted. Select the passage
based on the natural divisions of the material
Ø Example- in the New testament letters, the text will usually be selected
by paragraph division, because paragraphs delaminate the building blocks of
thought
· Identify Biblical Allusion in the passage
Ø Especially allusion (s) to the OT in the NT
· Use a bible index to compare other relevant Scripture
Ø Ex. Application Text (Luke 15:11-32)
· Comparative Scripture
¨ Luke 15:12 Deut. 21:17-21
¨ Luke15: 15,16 Lev. 11:7,8
¨ Luke 15:21 Psalm 21:3-4
§ Principle 2: Establish what the text meant then
7/27/2019 Preaching 2
http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/preaching-2 32/93
· Literary Exegesis
¨ The Context of the passage is all important
¨ Analyze the literary context. The context I what immediately precedes
and follows a given unit of Scripture
¨ Example: Application Text
Ø Compare 15:1-10(preceding context)
Ø 16:1-12 (following context)
¨ Outline the structure of the passage under consideration
¨ Identify and analyze the author’s argument or plot line exposed in the
structure
¨ The passage should be treated verse by verse based on its own structural
integrity
§ Consider author’s characteristics, style, vocabulary and expressions