PREA5300 8/26/08

I. Perspectives on Preaching
A. Why Preach
1. Need for God's revelation(to know him)
2. The word brings transformation (can change your life Rom 12;2)
B. Biblical Perspective
1. Keryssein - to proclaim or to herald, literally to publish.
2. Evangelizethai - Preach the good news, glad tidings, or God's message
3. Didaskein - to teach. Depart divine truth (this is the meat)
4. Dialegesthai - Dialogue. To discourse or reason with others with a view to pursuasion
5. Lalein
C. Rhetorical Perspective
1. Five Canons of rhetoric (or standards of rehetoric)
Invention -invent the topic and put together what you say
Arrangement - Developing the outline, put it together
Memory - commit things to memory
Delivery - verbal, non verbal, presentation of communication
2. In Communication(modern theory)
Sender Must encode information
Channel is the way of communication (speech or words)
Receiver decodes the lanquage and sends feedback
Noise - Is going on constantly, sound, activity
Your field of experience that dictates how you relate to your surroundings
Context - the setting in which the communication happens
3. Rhetoric - Original The ability write or speak well. Ability to see and utilize all available means of persuasion
4. Styles
II. Glossary
A. Brooks Definition of Preaching = The communication of truth by man to men (Yale Lectures)
B. Rhetoric - Original The ability write or speak well. (Aristotle) Ability to see and utilize all available means of persuasion
C. Agrerian culture - ?those who live from the land?
III. Main Topic
IV. Key Thoughts
A. Preaching has a higher purpose to get someone to respond to the father, not just us.
B. It is important that our people understand what "belief" means in the original. It was more of investment, faith, commitment in faith. It was an active word in the Greek culture. This is more than head knowledge.
V. Sermon Brief Outline
A. Rhetorical Sermon Outline
1. Example Nicks Introduction Talk about the bad news and lead people to the point of wanting some good news and then giving the idea of best news) , Text = John 3:16 , Subject = The Gospel , ETS = Jesus shared with Nichodemus the good news of God and how to be right with him , ESS - God's gift of knowing Him and eternal life through trust in Christ , OSS Audience will accept and respond to the truth of Christ It is important that our people understand what "belief" means in the original. It was more of investment, faith, commitment in faith. It was an active word in the Greek culture. This is more than head knowledge.
2. Important for your outline to be tied to the text and communicate the truth.
3. Parrallelism of Structure