Good News with a Strange Sound: A Critical Commentary on a Sermon Event
This is the text of a sermon on Luke 3:7-18 followed by a critical commentary which grapples with the dissonance that appears to exist between judgement and grace. The headings in the text of the sermon follow Eugene Lowry's homiletical plot. My critique describes the process of preparation,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group
[2015]
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Practical theology
Year: 2015, Volume: 8, Issue: 1, Pages: 41-51 |
| IxTheo Classification: | HC New Testament NBE Anthropology NBK Soteriology RE Homiletics |
| Further subjects: | B
Preaching
B Eugene Lowry B spirit-filled imagination B homiletical plot B Transformation (motif) |
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| Summary: | This is the text of a sermon on Luke 3:7-18 followed by a critical commentary which grapples with the dissonance that appears to exist between judgement and grace. The headings in the text of the sermon follow Eugene Lowry's homiletical plot. My critique describes the process of preparation, my response, and the informal feedback by a few hearers following the preaching event. I evaluate the hermeneutical choices made in interpreting the text, myself, the hearers, and in choosing the form of the sermon. I choose a first person voice in order to establish empathy without avoiding the full force of the text. I draw upon empirical evidence from psychology to explore relevance motivating listening. I demonstrate the subtleties of the hermeneutical process, engaging with the horizons of scripture and contemporary life. I show how this biblical text which bristles with judgement exposes the need for transformation by God's grace. |
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| ISSN: | 1756-0748 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Practical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1179/1756074815Y.0000000003 |