-What if sermon preparation was more like a spiritual discipline than a rhetorical task?
-What if the preaching event began to feel more like an experiential encounter with God than an informative lecture?
-What if the sermon could be, like Christ, "full of grace and truth" (Jn.1:14)?
-What if preachers became more concerned with being captured by the text than mastering the text?
-What if the sermon preparation process was as holy as the sermon content?
-What if preachers spent as much time exegeting the congregational context as we spend exegeting the biblical text?
-What if preachers learned to vary their sermonic forms to align with the sermon goal and listener needs instead of forcing every single sermon into a point by point propositional box?
-What if preachers learned to communicate as one among and not one above the people?
-What if God through the biblical text really had the lead in the homiletic dance with the preacher?
-What if preachers became less concerned with what people think of us and more concerned with what people think of God?
-What if preaching was driven more by compassion and less by ego?
-What if preachers stopped imitating the delivery style of others and invited the Word of God to be incarnated through our unique, God-designed "voice"?
-What if preaching was less about instructing Christians and more about liberating captives?
-What if preaching began to transform people who transform their community?
-What if preaching the word was joined again with feasting at the table of Communion in the context of worship?
-What if preachers were as theologically reflective as we are rhetorically consumed?
-What if preachers developed a deep reliance upon the Holy Spirit like we had when we preached our first sermon?
-What if the words of preachers painted inescapable, unforgettable, and compelling pictures of God's kingdom in the hearts of people?
-What if preaching was so brutally honest about the bad news that people craved the good news?
-What preaching "what if" would you add???
-What if the preaching event began to feel more like an experiential encounter with God than an informative lecture?
-What if the sermon could be, like Christ, "full of grace and truth" (Jn.1:14)?
-What if preachers became more concerned with being captured by the text than mastering the text?
-What if the sermon preparation process was as holy as the sermon content?
-What if preachers spent as much time exegeting the congregational context as we spend exegeting the biblical text?
-What if preachers learned to vary their sermonic forms to align with the sermon goal and listener needs instead of forcing every single sermon into a point by point propositional box?
-What if preachers learned to communicate as one among and not one above the people?
-What if God through the biblical text really had the lead in the homiletic dance with the preacher?
-What if preachers became less concerned with what people think of us and more concerned with what people think of God?
-What if preaching was driven more by compassion and less by ego?
-What if preachers stopped imitating the delivery style of others and invited the Word of God to be incarnated through our unique, God-designed "voice"?
-What if preaching was less about instructing Christians and more about liberating captives?
-What if preaching began to transform people who transform their community?
-What if preaching the word was joined again with feasting at the table of Communion in the context of worship?
-What if preachers were as theologically reflective as we are rhetorically consumed?
-What if preachers developed a deep reliance upon the Holy Spirit like we had when we preached our first sermon?
-What if the words of preachers painted inescapable, unforgettable, and compelling pictures of God's kingdom in the hearts of people?
-What if preaching was so brutally honest about the bad news that people craved the good news?
-What preaching "what if" would you add???
2 comments:
Love it: "What if preachers spent as much time exegeting the congregational context as we spend exegeting the biblical text?"
Great bblog
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