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The Mum effect is the natural human reluctance to share bad news with others, due to a desire to avoid a range of negative consequences, consequences affecting both self and the recipient of the bad news. Although the gospel is good news to those who believe, it may be viewed negatively by those who do not believe. Thus, Christians may be hesitant to share the gospel because of the negative consequences associated with the Mum effect. Because of the anonymity of the internet, social media is often filled with unre-strained criticism of Christianity. This may amplify the perceived negative consequences of sharing the gospel with unbelievers. In light of this cultural evolution, found now in the global north and increasingly present in the global south, Christian leaders can lead more effective ministries by distinguishing between outreach (building relationships in a way that makes the gospel attractive), witnessing (explaining how one has experienced God), and evangelism (sharing all that is necessary to make a decision for Christ), and by ensuring that all three occur in culturally relevant ways, carried out by individuals best equipped to do each, in a way consistent with the New Testament teaching on spiritual gifts. Specifically, outreach and witnessing can be done by all Christians who interact with non-Christians, whereas evangelism may be carried out, both on the individual level and in large groups, by those who are appropriately gifted. By addressing large groups in a more impersonal way, those gifted in evangelism may reduce the negative consequences of the Mum effect and build upon the outreach and witnessing done by others.

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- Preaching, Storytelling, Social Media, Evangelicalism

This thesis explores a theology of a three-fold form of proclamation of the Word of God, in which "proclamation" is both direct (i.e., sermon and sacraments) and indirect (i.e., witness in acts of love and mission), and seeks to identify whether the life of the Church, thanks to its communicative union with Christ, is a true form of proclamation. Simply stated, communicative union is the shorthand term for the Church's and the individual believer's participation in the proclamation of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. This project reclaims Calvin as a resource for establishing a fitting and appropriate ecclesiology that naturally participates in proclamation through union with Christ, moving from worship to the missio Dei.

- by David D Feiser
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- Theology, Preaching, Ecclesiology, Mission
- by Ben D Craver
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- Preaching, Faith, Problem of Evil, Theology of Suffering and Evil

Minggu ini kita memasuki Minggu Kelimabelas setelah Trinitatis. Tema yang akan kita renungkan adalah "Berhikmat dalam Yesus". Tema ini menarik untuk kita ulas sebab ada banyak manusia yang kurang berhikmat dalam menjalani hidupnya. Tidak ada jaminan orang yang dekat dengan Yesus memiliki hikmat. Perikop kotbah Minggu ini menunjukkan bahwa Petrus seorang murid Yesus pun melakukan kesalahan sehingga itu menunjukkan bahwa dia tidak berhikmat.

- by Ramli Harahap
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- Preaching, Worship & Preaching

Interpreted preaching embodies the Pentecost belief that all peoples should hear the good news in their heart language communicated through preachers empowered by the Holy Spirit. This paper argues that interpreted preaching is distinct from other forms of preaching. This paper is a summary of the author’s doctoral work that is the first in theology to explore the historically overlooked event of consecutive side-by-side preaching with an interpreter. Interpreters have been of historical importance to evangelism and the global church, and continue to be utilised in churches and religious contexts. The biblical foundation of this paper is that God desires to communicate with people in their heart languages. A case study of SOMA, a short-term mission organisation that regularly uses interpreted preaching was undertaken. Qualitative interviews of preachers, interpreters, and bilingual listeners were conducted to examine the homiletic process before, during, and after the interpreted preaching event. Analysis of results demonstrates that there are significant differences in interpreted preaching from other forms of preaching. Interpreted preaching requires preachers to approach the task with a particular emphasis on nonverbal communication, establish a preaching rapport with the interpreter, as well as different methodology and praxis in preparation, delivery, and reflection. Interpreted preaching also significantly affects power dynamics and roles within the preaching space, with the interpreter considered a gatekeeper and co-preacher due to their linguistic, cultural, and theological fluency. These results confirm the hypothesis that interpreted preaching is a discrete homiletic.

Bruno Restif, « Un évêque issu de la réforme régulière au temps de la première réforme séculière. Yves Mayheuc et les paroissiens du diocèse de Rennes : convergences et ignorances », in Augustin Pic et Georges Provost (dir.), Yves... more

- by Bruno RESTIF
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- Catholic Reform, Preaching, Local Government, Eucharist

Reviewed in: BUKSZ--Budapesti Könyvszemle (Beatrix F. Romhányi), Catholic Historical Review (Katherine L. Jansen), Collectanea Franciscana (Aleksander Horowski), Deutsches Archiv für Erforschung des Mittelalters (Veronika Lukas), Hungarian Historical Review (Dorottya Uhrin), Il Santo (Eleonora Lombardo), Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken (Ralf Lützelschwab), Revue d’histoire ecclésiastique (Michael Robson), Speculum (Thomas F. Luongo)

- by Ottó Gecser
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- Hagiography, History of Religion, Preaching, Medieval Rhetoric
- by Nancy Brandt Declaisse-Walford
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- Preaching, Book of Psalms, Imprecatory Psalms

This paper is addressing the theme “Preaching and Inspiration: Drawing on Other Religious
Traditions” from an untraditional perspective. As a citizen in a country with a quite homogenous
population – until now – the Otherness in preaching is coming primarily from listeners often
unfamiliar with the religious tradition in the Lutheran church of Denmark. In this paper I will
briefly present the result of my Ph.D. dissertation, an empirical analysis of how churchgoers listen
to sermon situated in the worship and how preachers theologically understand the preaching event.
The results indicate what at first glance seems to be a dichotomy between empirical finding and
theological understanding of preaching. By redefining the premises of the theological thinking,
however, I argue for a third way to approach preaching in which there is a lot of inspiration – and
room for Otherness.

- by Marianne Gaarden
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- Preaching

The books of 1 and 2 Samuel offer a three-fold thematic scheme that supports the central claim of the Pentateuch, the claim found in Deuteronomy 6:4 and known to the Jews as “the Shema,” a verse that declares the God of Israel is one, true and living God, a theme that undergirds all of the historical books as well. Thus, the foundational theme of 1 and 2 Samuel is the central claim of the Pentateuch, a theme shared by all books of the Holy Scriptures. The secondary, structural theme of the book of 1 Samuel supports the primary theme of the historical books by offering the testimony that God has called out David to establish the Davidic lineage to bring about Israel’s redemption as supporting evidence that YHWH is the true and living God. The secondary, structural theme of the book of 2 Samuel supports the primary theme of the historical books by offering the testimony that God has justified David in his role as king. The third, imperative theme of the books of 1 and 2 Samuel states that Israel loved the Lord their God with all of their strength by accepting the one whom God called and justified as their king and redeemer. The application of this third theme for today’s reader is to believe that God has called and justification the Lord Jesus Christ as King of Kings in the establishment of the Kingdom of Heaven. The New Testament believer should trust in Jesus as the fulfillment of prophecies concerning the Messiah coming from the Davidic lineage who will reign eternally over all nations. As believers, we have been called to be a part of the Kingdom of Heaven, and we are justified as members of this Kingdom through faith in Jesus Christ.

- by Gary Everett, MDiv DMin
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- Christianity, Theology, New Testament, Historical Theology

Augustine’s Sermon 4 on Esau and Jacob is long (860 lines) and consists of a complex division in 37 chapters. This division makes it difficult to identify quickly and easily the rhetorical arrangement which must have been an important factor in making this sermon a success in the context of Augustine’s struggle against Donatism. This same division has been handed down through the centuries. Once the existing, complex division into 37 chapters is relinquished, it is possible, on the basis
of linguistic and Scriptural indications, to establish the existence of a new, simple division into 3 parts. A frame exists in these three parts that runs from creation (Gen. 1) to judgement (Mt. 25), in which Augustine discusses the stories of (the blessings of) Esau and Jacob (Gen. 25 and 27) in the context of the absence or presence of love (for which he employs 1 Cor. 13). Seen from this perspective, Esau represents the bad people who consciously permit themselves to be separated from the Church through the absence of love (a reference to the Donatist schism), while Jacob stands for the good people, who highlight the unity of the Church by availing themselves of love: by not acting on their own authority and expelling sinners, but by leaving judgement to God and by accepting them lovingly. The new division clearly reveals this message.

- by Joost van Neer
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- Rhetoric, Composition and Rhetoric, Preaching, Augustine
- by David Parry
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- Rhetoric, History of Religion, Preaching, Seventeenth Century

The purpose of this article is to examine and compare two preaching manuals, the Prophetica by William Perkins and the Methodus Concionandi by Petrus van Mastricht. The question that leads this article is: Did Mastricht advance the method of preaching as compared to Perkins? After a brief summary of both works, I will provide six reasons that make Mastricht’s method of preaching unique as compared to Perkins.

- by Thiago M Silva
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- Preaching, Homiletics, William Perkins, Petrus van Mastricht

Convocation Address at Bethel University, August 29, 2016 about recent troubles in Minnesota, particularly the shooting of Philando Castille, and our responsibility as followers of the Gospel. There is an audio link also available. After you click the link, it's the first one in the queue; fast-forward to 15:00: https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/2016-2017-chapel-college-arts/id1148681753?mt=10

The paper briefly presents a project which aims to edit the as yet unpublished collection of about two hundred Waldensian vernacular sermons.

- by Michael Philliber
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- Preaching, Old Testament, Pastoral Theology, Book of Psalms

This article explores some of the recent protests in support of Black Lives Matter from a homiletical perspective. Specifically, the author argues that these protests reflect a non-traditional form of pneumatic or Spirit-inspired proclamation that can enrich the church's preaching in a time of crisis. The article is arranged into three sections. First, a pneumatological framing of proclamation is proffered in order to interpret protest as a mode of Spirit-inspired preaching. Second, drawing on the author's experience as a participant-observer in select protests in Southern California, three snapshots of proclamation at protests are offered. The article concludes by suggesting that the pneumatic proclamation of recent protests challenges the church in the United States to hold together three key dialectical tensions in its proclamation: lament and celebration, particularity and universality, and word and deed.

- by E. Trey Clark
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- Social Movements, Theology, Preaching, Social Justice
- by Marc Saperstein
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- Jewish Studies, War Studies, Preaching, Modern Jewish Philosophy

This doctoral thesis presented to the Australian College of Theology argues for an expanded definition of the task of biblical exposition: it is not merely to discern the original meaning of the text and then to apply that meaning to a contemporary audience, but also to discern the original rhetorical function of the text in order to preach a contemporary sermon with an analogous rhetorical function. In other words, the sermon is not only to exegete and apply what the text says, but also what it does. It is proposed that the discipline of rhetorical criticism, in which much work has been done over the past few decades, provides a means by which this might be achieved in the field of New Testament preaching. Although the term “rhetorical criticism” represents a diversity of methodologies, the presuppositions and aims of biblical exposition fit most naturally with rhetorical critical approaches that use the analytical terms and methods of the New Testament writers’ contemporaries, rat...

- by Tim MacBride
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- Philosophy, Rhetoric, Literature, Preaching

This theme could be said to cover all aspects of life and Al Tizon’s two articles, which lead off this edition, fit within that framework. However, the application of his two articles merges with the focus of the remaining four articles in that they have strong ramifications for ministry among the poor, oppressed and disenfranchised of today’s world—the segments of society from which the vast majority of Pentecostals and Charismatics are drawn.

In recent years interest in Greco-Roman rhetoric has exploded for Pauline scholars. Liftin is somewhat responsible for this interest since he published a similarly-titled monograph in 1994 (St. Paul's Theology of Proclamation: 1 Corinthians 1-4 and Greco-Roman Rhetoric (SNTS Monograph Series). As he states in the introduction to this new book, prior to the twentieth century, interpreters understood “words of wisdom” in 1 Cor 1:17 as a reference to Greco-Roman rhetoric and philosophy. Due in part to growing interest in Gnosticism, the first half of the twentieth century understood “words of wisdom” in the light of Gnostic mythology. Paul’s opponents were “gnostic pneumatics” who downplayed the significance of the Cross. In this book, Liftin argues the earlier view was correct. When Paul describes his own mission as preaching the Cross “not with words of the wise,” he has Greco-Roman rhetoric in mind.

- by Phillip J . Long
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- New Testament, Preaching, Biblical Studies, Apostle Paul and the Pauline Letters

Hier nous avons vu la partie la plus dure de cette séries. Toute la théorie. Dieu est Amour. En Exode 20 nous allons découvrir l’essence de Dieu résumée en dix merveilleuses promesses qui vont changer votre vie. Nous savons maintenant... more

- by Pedro Torres
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- Religion, Theology, Preaching, Predication

There are three elements of religion, especially Christianity, that are very important; namely, belief, practice, and proclamation. While the first two of these have received great attention in the various forms of the enunciations of orthodoxy and orthopraxy, the third is yet to receive a coherent and systematic articulation. In this paper, I hope to call attention to the need for the formulation of an ortho-kerygma for our gospel witness in our globalizing and urbanizing world.

- by G. Geoffrey Harper
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- Preaching, Leviticus, Book of Numbers, Bible Commentary

An Orthodox Homily on "The Parable of the Great Banquet" in Luke 14:15-24 with glosses from Cyril of Alexandria

- by V.K. McCarty
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- Preaching, Eschatology and Apocalypticism, Gospel of Luke, Cyril of Alexandria

이 논문은 프레드 크래독(Fred Craddock) 이후 북미 현대설교학자들의 설교자의 권위 에 관한 논의를 살펴보고 포스트모던적 탈권위사회로 진입한 한국 사회와 교회를 위한 대안적 설교 모델을 모색하는 것을 목적으로 한다. 설교자의 권위에 대한 이해는 설교자와 청중의 관계에 대한 교회론적 모델의 근거가 될 뿐만 아니라, 설교자와 청중의 관계에 관한 이해를 반영하는 설교 형태 계발에 영향을 끼쳐 왔다는 점에서 중요한... more

- by Jaewoong Jung
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- Preaching, Homiletics, Authority
- by Bertrand Dumas
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- Preaching, Pastoral Theology, Fatigue, Homelies
- by Richard Hoffman Reinhardt
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- Preaching, Jesuit history, History of Missions, Brazil

Wayne V. McDill, The Moment of Truth (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1999)

- by Ricardo Diegue
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- Preaching, Expository Preaching, Biblical preaching, Preaching and Teaching

This is the Bishop's Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry address to the question of preaching with respect to the Sunday homily

- by Kevin Pulliam
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- Preaching

This new book from Lexham Press is a collection of notes, quotes and illustrations from the files of John Stott. Volunteers compiled and digitally scanned Stott’s notes, originally written on 4x6 notecards. Mark Meynell, who worked at All Souls Langham Place with Stott, selected the best of these illustrations for Pages from a Preacher’s Notebook. In the introduction to this book, Meynell suggests that the value of these notes is threefold. First, they are fascinating, insightful and occasionally provocative. Second, they reveal a great deal about Stott’s evolving working methods. And third, these notes model a deep engagement with both Scripture have a contemporary world.

- by Phillip J . Long
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- Preaching, Expository Preaching
- by Nathan Paylor
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- Christianity, Christian Education, Zwingli, Calvinism
- by Matthew Bryant
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- Theology, Preaching, Pastoral Leadership

Lowry, being heavily influenced by the progressive work of Fred Craddock and the New Homiletics school, describes the sermon as an “art form” and the preacher as “artist” (Lowry, xx). In Lowry’s approach, the chancel/pulpit becomes a “theater” a “stage” where the performance actor (the preacher/artist) spins his dramatic tale using a linear/horizontal plot line consisting of the aforementioned five plot moves—oops, ugh, aha, whee, and yeah (Lowry, 26). Lowry’s thesis is that preachers start, “[R]egarding the sermon as a homiletical plot, a narrative art form, a sacred story (Lowry, xxi). Lowry’s purpose in writing is in, “Transforming our intuitions into articulate form (Lowry, xix) . . . .” Lowry suggests a twofold methodology in accomplishing this purpose, “First, we have to lay aside . . . many of the cherished norms about sermon anatomy. . . . We need also to form a new image of the sermon—one that is congruent with our best preaching (Lowry, xix–xx).”

- by Gregory Lamb, Ph.D.
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- Preaching, Biblical Studies, Homiletics, Homiletics and Hermeneutics

Churches have been prompted to rethink the format of preaching and the content of sermons since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the consequent restrictions on church gatherings. What does preaching look like, or what may it look like in times of crisis? These questions arose, specifically considering the content of sermons in the week before and after the national lockdown was announced in South Africa. Using Grounded Theory, the content of sermons delivered during this period was examined in order to identify an emerging theory regarding the homiletical content. From these findings, a homiletic praxis theory is formulated for preaching in times like these. The tension between proximity and distance that is experienced by hearers and proclaimed by preachers is explored. Habits of faith and discernment emerge as core concepts in mitigating this tension and in navigating the thin spaces that are created by liminal times such as these.

- by Cas Wepener and +1
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- Preaching, Homiletics, Worship & Preaching, Homiletics and Theology
- by Ezekiel Ajibade
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- Preaching, Homiletics, Expository Preaching, Biblical preaching

This is an open call to invite papers for the Special Issue of "Religions", which deals with witchcraft, demonology and magic in their interactions with popular and institutional religion (preaching, inquisition, demonology, the role of monks and priests in performing occult sciences and ritual magic; religious images and elements, such as the sacramental bread, in witchcraft and magic rituals; ceremonial magic and Sabbat as an inversion of Catholic rituals).

- by Marina Montesano
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- Preaching, Inquisition, Demonology, Witchcraft (Magic)
- by Jan Martijn Abrahamse
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- Preaching, Baptist Theology, Evangelicalism, English Puritanism

Islamic sermon gatherings are a central form of public piety and public expression in contemporary Bangladesh. Held since the 19th century, waz mahfils became so popular that it is today possible to participate in them on a daily basis in many regions of the country. Despite their significance in the rise of popular politics, the sermons are often disregarded as Islamist propaganda and very little research is dedicated to them. This book provides unprecedented access into these sermon gatherings. Based on fieldwork and interviews, Max Stille analyses an archive of several dozens of sermons. He shows how popular preaching shapes roles and rules of what can be said, imagined, and felt. Waz mahfils are a participatory practice of the labouring classes in which religious, political and poetic consensus overlap. In them, Islamic tenets and morals are part of dramatic narrations, vocal art and affective communication, ranging from immersion and upheaval to laughter about political jokes and parody. Suggesting new ways to interpret musical and performative poetics of Islamic speech, this book calls for expanding conceptions of civic participation and public discourse and rethinking the role of the senses and religious aesthetics in Islam.

- by Max Stille
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- Rhetoric, Languages and Linguistics, Preaching, Civil Society and the Public Sphere
- by Menahem Blondheim
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- Preaching, Jewish History, American Judaism, American Jewish History

The purpose of this work has as objective analyze a Spanish traduction of: Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God. One of the most known sermons of Jonathan Edwards. In Marsden words, a sermon that went beyond anything Edwards had ever... more

- by Christian Maureira
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- Theology, Preaching, Traduction, Preacher