The Greatest Salesman
1. How would you define preaching?
Preaching is more than uttering words in front of an audience or being rhetorically persuasive about your understanding and perspective about the God in a church setting. Preaching is a responsibility of integrity and faith of the Scripture exhibited through eloquent imagination and dutiful sincerity. To whittle the complexity of preaching down to a simple understanding, I would proclaim that it is merely the art of persuasion. Being called to a life of preaching identifies in a person that God would like to use your life circumstances to convince others about Him. An excellent example of this point is found in a text that would have contributed well to this courses recommended reading. The Greatest Salesman …show more content…
On the surface, many will understand and articulate the Gospel to be the good news found in the first four books of the new testament. While these books have traditionally received the title of the Gospel because it tells the story of Jesus Christ, I understand the Gospel to be the larger metanarrative of the Bible. I would articulate the Gospel to be the unfinished love story between Creator and creation. The Gospel begins long before the biography of Jesus Christ but also includes the forty and two generations that existed before him.
Rather than minimize the Gospel as the life and death of our Savior we should understand the larger story. The Gospel found in the first four books of the New Testament tell only of Jesus’ birth, life, and death. While it is certainly good news that Jesus was born for us, he lived with us, and later died for us, it is also good news to know that God had been faithful to Jesus’ ancestors long before he arrived. It is likewise good news to know that Jesus was sent into a dying world to redeem it for its intended …show more content…
In 1Timothy 4:1,2 Paul writes, “I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.” Here Paul states that we should be in the presence of God and of Jesus Christ. Paul realizes that there are many distractions and many obstacles and many temptations to make this seem less important than it is. He leads into his command with the five introductory intensifiers. Moreover, then says, "PREACH THE WORD." Further in 2 Timothy 3:16,17 Paul writes, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." This verse is immediately followed by the command, "I charge you to preach the Word." It thus fits to say that the Word to be preached is first the Scriptures that Timothy grew up on, the Old Testament. Preaching then requires that we utilize the
Preaching is more than uttering words in front of an audience or being rhetorically persuasive about your understanding and perspective about the God in a church setting. Preaching is a responsibility of integrity and faith of the Scripture exhibited through eloquent imagination and dutiful sincerity. To whittle the complexity of preaching down to a simple understanding, I would proclaim that it is merely the art of persuasion. Being called to a life of preaching identifies in a person that God would like to use your life circumstances to convince others about Him. An excellent example of this point is found in a text that would have contributed well to this courses recommended reading. The Greatest Salesman …show more content…
On the surface, many will understand and articulate the Gospel to be the good news found in the first four books of the new testament. While these books have traditionally received the title of the Gospel because it tells the story of Jesus Christ, I understand the Gospel to be the larger metanarrative of the Bible. I would articulate the Gospel to be the unfinished love story between Creator and creation. The Gospel begins long before the biography of Jesus Christ but also includes the forty and two generations that existed before him.
Rather than minimize the Gospel as the life and death of our Savior we should understand the larger story. The Gospel found in the first four books of the New Testament tell only of Jesus’ birth, life, and death. While it is certainly good news that Jesus was born for us, he lived with us, and later died for us, it is also good news to know that God had been faithful to Jesus’ ancestors long before he arrived. It is likewise good news to know that Jesus was sent into a dying world to redeem it for its intended …show more content…
In 1Timothy 4:1,2 Paul writes, “I solemnly charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by His appearing and His kingdom: preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort, with great patience and instruction.” Here Paul states that we should be in the presence of God and of Jesus Christ. Paul realizes that there are many distractions and many obstacles and many temptations to make this seem less important than it is. He leads into his command with the five introductory intensifiers. Moreover, then says, "PREACH THE WORD." Further in 2 Timothy 3:16,17 Paul writes, "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work." This verse is immediately followed by the command, "I charge you to preach the Word." It thus fits to say that the Word to be preached is first the Scriptures that Timothy grew up on, the Old Testament. Preaching then requires that we utilize the