PREA5300 9/11/08

PREA5300
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
D. Theological Perspective
1. Why would you need one - What we do, how we do preaching will be determined by what we believe about preaching.
2. My theology
The Call
Should someone be specifically called to preach
The Nature of Biblical Calling
What do I believe the communication aspect should be.
The Source
The Bible
The Holy Spirit
God
Qualifications
Prophets, Pastoral Epistles
Role of Holy Spirit
Illumens
Convicts
Subtopic
3. John Piper's Approach (Trinitarian)
Goal = The Glory of God
Ground =The Cross
Gift = Holy Spirit
4. Peter Adams Speaking Gods words
God Has Spoken
It is Written
Preach the Word
E. Historical
1. 3 Streams of Origins of Christian Preaching
Hebrew Prophecy
Priest represent people to God
Prophets represented God to the people
Prophets were fore and forthtellers - Spoke the truth of God's word
Ancient Oratory
Korax 466bc Proem(into), then presentation of facts(points), the argument(explanation), secondary remarks, and peroration(conclusion) Helped, with Aristotle, organoze ancient oratory
Christian Gospel
Beginning with John the Baptist transition from old testimate prophet to the new testament proclaimer
Jesus Came. Without this we would have nothing to preach
2. History of Christian Preaching
Apostolic Period(AD30-70)
Spirit led and Christ focused
Preaching like the prophets with power and authority.
Paul used more ancient rhetoric in his ministry
Ancient Period or Patristic Period (70-430AD) 70 were the destruction of the Temple and the falll of Jerusalem. Also the expansion of the Roman Empire and persecution of Christians. Also Peter and Palu died
From 70-170 traces of Christian preaching are rare
By the end of the second century, the power of preaching is seen. Very informal
Persecution and many preached orally from the TO
Three Classes of Preachers
Apostolic Fathers - Polycarp, Clement of Rome
Apologist - Defenders of the faith
Ante Nicen Theologians - In the East was Origen, Clement of Alexandria, Gregory
300-430
Rise in the power of preaching
Edict of Milan that made Christianity "legal"
There was a love of rhetoric
There was a closed cannon
More Orderly worship
Biblical preaching
Basil the Great, Gregory of Nyssa, Chrysoston(Golden Mouth), Augustine
Dangers of conforming to society
Infatuation with oratory (performance)
Entanglement with politics
People become dogmatic, narrow, and cruel in regards to theological discussions.
Medieval Preaching(430-1360)
The Dark Ages(430-1095)
Preaching suffered because people were not progressing
Liturgy(prescribed method) was developed and stopped power of preaching
Latin became language of pulpit
The preacher became the priest
Priest became morally corrup
Doctrinal controversies took place
Overall corruption in church
Influx of Barbarians into church
Superstition, fanaticism, worship of angel worship of saints, relics, Mariolity(bringing Mary to the level diety) Accommodating Culture
Preaching was allegory overwhelming
"The lowest, darkest and most corrupt time in the history of preaching"
Leo the Great, Gregory the Great(bishop of Rome), St. Patrick (planted churches in Ireland) were great preachers
4 Ms of the Dark Ages (downfalls of the church)
Mass becomes central to worship (not the word or God)
Mariolatry
Monasticisms - people pulled out of society
Muslim faith begins to rise
Scholastic Age (1095-1361)
4 forces awaken the Europe, the church and stimulation of preaching
Scholasticism - A Thirst for learning
Crusades - wanted to take back the Holy Land. Started for a good reason, but ended wrong
Bernard of Clairvaux was a great preacher during crusades worked to rally the troops for a cause
Mysticism - return back to a personal walk with God. Sought God
Missionary Preaching
Dominicans f
Thomas Aquanis and John Toller
Franciscans - St. Francis of Assisi, wealthy and went off with the crusades and came back very ill and had a time with God. Motivated him to have a vow of poverty and was a great preacher
Reformatory Age(1361-1572)
Pre-reformers(1361-1500)
John Wycliffe to British Isles; translated Bible into the language of the people
John Huss was the Bohemian Reformer (Czech Republic), but was killed and there is a national holiday on the day he was martyred
Savanarolo, Erasmus
Reformers (1500-1572)
Revival of preaching and breaking the shackels that have held back the
A return to the word of God as central, Justification through faith by Grace
Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Latamer, John Nox were biblical preachers
1572-1700(17th Century)
Key was the translation and printing of the King James version. Printed in England in 1611
Preaching declined following reformation, except for in France and England (Known as classic age of preaching)
God used puritan preachers
Richard Baxter, John Bunyan(Pilgrims Progress), Jeremy Taylor, John Donne, John Owen, Mathew Henry, John Newton(amazing grace)
Preached believing in conversion and that preaching was a means to salvation; sermon was the climax of worship
Living the purity
18th Century (17 to 1800)
Great Awakening (England)
John and Charles Wesley, George Whitefield (he and Wesley were preaching outside b/c the churches would not allow George Whitefield in and started attracting large crowds)
Wesley was Armenian and George Whitefield was Calvanist
In America
Some low morals in the church, poor doctrie and bad preaching, but God begins to move
Jonathon Edwards (sinners in the hands of an Angry God)
Whitefield came to America (friend with Ben Franklin)
Theodore Frelinhousing, Gilbert Tennett
Pastor position became respected
Preaching became evangelistic
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?
D. Homily = Running Commentary
III. Assignment
A. Read power in the pulpit 1-87
B. Complete 9-9 and 9-16 responses
C. Read Times article
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.
C. Be careful if you are developing a sermon outline be careful not to impose a structure that is not in the passage AND ALWAYS remember that the Spirit is doing the work independent of your preparation.
D. The thesis proposition brings unity to a sermon. The points of the outline give movement to the sermon.
E. Where do we pull from that there is no new revelation?
F. Either I believe the Bible or I don't.
G. Must be careful not to become a Pharisee in the midst of teaching.
H. Preaching vs Teaching Adrian Rogers from Preaching with power. We are to be helping people to action. Mathew 7:24 "hears the words" that we preach and "does"
I. Infiltrate, impact, live in, but never accomodate your culture in preaching. never sacrifice purpose and substance for acceptance
V. Rhetorical Sermon Brief Outline
A. Examples
1. John 3:16
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 -what God want's done / Formal Elements - Intro (1 ) Body (I. The Love of God II. The Sacrifice of God III. The respons of Man/People / IV. The Promise of God / Title - The Best News
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.
Important for your outline to be tied to the text and communicate the truth.
Parrallelism of Structure
2. John 3:1-16
Foundational Elements
Title (Publicity) = Fresh Start Miracle
Subject = New Birth
ETS(Then) = Jesus told Nicodemus that he must experience new birth to enter the kingdom
ESS(Now) Third person = A Person must experience a new birth to become right with God
OSS =
Formal Elements
Introduction
Birth itself is a miracle
Body
The Mandate of the New Birth
The Means of the New Birth
Physical (Water) vs 6 interprets 5
Spirit = New Birth
Mystery of the NB (vs 12-16)
Forshadow of the cross in Moses lifting up the snake. Nicodemus would have understood that lifted up was a Roman crucifiction?
Spirit change by belief in JC
Heard Dr Nicks say that Nicodemus's problem was that he thought Jesus was a teacher sent from God when really he was God sent to teach.
Conclusion
3. Romans 12:1-2
Foundational Elements
Title (Think Publicity and Meaning) =Total Surrender_100% Jesus_Sold Out
Subject = Transformation_Living Sacrifice
ETS(Then) = Paul urged Roman believers to give their lives given to God.
ESS(Now) Third person = A person should be totally committed to God
OSS = Hearers will examine where they are and allow transformation through a total commitment to God. Decipleship with
Formal Elements
Introduction
Beseech is a very strong word in the Greek
I can tell you God's will for your life
Body
God Expects the sacrifice of the body to himself - the word body is interpreted literally as the physical
God rejects conformity to the world - Do not conform -Camelian Lizard is a good language -
God required the transformation of the mind
Conclusion
This is to know the Will (good, acceptable, perfect) of God for your life
Living this way proves his will
4. Passage
Foundational Elements
Title (Think Publicity and Meaning) =
Subject = Short as possible
ETS(Then) = Essence of the Text stated in the past tense
ESS(Now) Third person = Essence of the Sermon called the proposition, third person in the past tense
OSS = Objective of the Sermon What will hearers will do as a result of this sermon) Hearers will...
Formal Elements
Introduction
Body
Conclusion