The Work of Preaching; A Book for the Class-Room and Study (Paperback)

Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LECTURE III THE PREPARATION FOR PREACHING 1. The two methods of preparation, the mechanical and the vital, the making of a sermon and the enrichment of life. 2. The study of the Bible. a The general study; the message of the books; the history of revelation; the central, catholic truths, not an ism but Christianity. 6 The need of the study in the original languages. The call for interpreters, prophets, personal and spiritual, c The emphasis on Bible study from the tendencies of organization and criticism. The authority of the preacher as an expert in religion. d The relation of theological studies to Homiletics. 3. The study of preaching. a The read1ng of sermons and the hearing of the best preachers. To find the methods of others, to form true ideals, to get suggestion and inspiration. The best recent sermons. Examples. 6 The study of Homiletics, the theory of preaching. Not an exact science, at best suggestive. c The use of note-books. To train the homiletic habit, the power to see truth for use, to help the memory, and gather seed-thoughts for sermon-growths. d Practice in preaching. 4. General study. The preacher should be a man of intelligence and culture. a General study preserves the balance and strength of mind. 6 It helps the interpretation of the Bible. The book of man, to be interpreted in the growing life of the world, c It helps personal influence, gives sympathy with men and knowledge of the age. d It furnishes material for the sermon, truth In life. The great teachers the masters of the higher thought of the language, e Examples: Philosophy, History, Biography, Science, Literature. 5. The study of men. Truth is for life. We must know men, if we are to know truth and help men. Wide interests ...