![]() ![]() 1988) Talbot School of Theology (M.Div. I was privileged to study at Multnomah University (B.S. I have been a Teaching Pastor for over thirty years. I am married to my best friend of 30 years - Dana - and have five adult children and seven grand children. I am the Lead Pastor of Marin Bible Church (Bay Area), born and raised in Huntington Beach, Ca., and currently living in Novato, California. Selected “The 1990 Book of the Year” by the Journal Preaching. The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature: Grand Rapids: Eerdmans. (from which the article above is adapted). Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method. Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts. Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2001. Preaching Christ from Genesis: Foundations for Expository Sermons. Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes: Foundations for Expository Sermons. Preaching Christ from Daniel: Foundations for Expository Sermons. Since returning to North America, he served as pastor of two Christian Reformed Churches in Canada, taught at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, The King’s College in Edmonton, AB, Canada, and since 1990 has been professor of preaching at Calvin Theological Seminary.īesides many articles and sermons, he has published several excellent scholarly and theologically rich books on preaching including: His dissertation, Sola Scriptura: Problems and Principles in Preaching Historical Texts, was first published in 1970 and reprinted in 1979. from the Free University in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. from Calvin Theological Seminary, also in Grand Rapids, and his Th.D. from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI, his B.D. Preaching Christ From Daniel (Foundations For Expository Sermons). *Adapted from Appendix One in Sidney Greidanus. Write in oral style, using short sentences, vivid words, strong nouns and verbs, active voice, present tense, images and illustrations. Main points, derived from the text, support the theme. If possible, follow the flow of the text (Step 3) in the body of the sermon. Select a sermon form that respects the form of the text (didactic or narrative, deductive or inductive) and that achieves the goal of the sermon. The need will inform the content of your introduction. This need should be similar to the need addressed by the author. Your goal will guide the style of the sermon as well as the content of its conclusion.Ĭ. Your goal must be in harmony with the author’s goal (Step 5b) and match the sermon theme. ![]() Your theme will guide especially the development of the body of the sermon.ī. If Step 6 forces a change, stay as close as possible to the textual theme. Ideally, your sermon theme will be the same as your textual theme (Step 5a). (7) Formulate the sermon theme, goal, and need addressed.Ī. Christocentric interpretation: explore the ways of (1) redemptive-historical progression, (2) promise-fulfillment, (3) typology, (4) analogy, (5) longitudinal themes, (6) New Testament references, and (7) contrast. Redemptive-historical interpretation: understand the message in the context of God’s redemptive history from creation to new creation Ĭ. Canonical interpretation: interpret the message in the context of the whole canon ī. (6) Understand the message in the contexts of canon and redemptive history.Ī. State the need the author addressed – the question behind the text. What is the text doing? Does the author aim to persuade, to motivate, to urge, to warn, to comfort? Be specific.Ĭ. State the goal of the author for his original hearers. State the textual theme in a brief sentence that summarizes the message of the text for its original hearers: subject and predicate. (5) Formulate the text’s theme, goal, and need addressed.Ī. ![]() Review your results with the help of some good commentaries. (4) Interpret the text in its own historical setting. Mark major units with headings and verse references. ![]() In the Hebrew/Aramaic or Greek text, note the major affirmations, clausal flow, plot line, scenes, or other literary structures. Read and reread the text in its context and jot down initial questions. (2) Read the text in its literary context. The text must be a literary unit and contain a vital theme. Select the preaching text with an eye to congregational needs. Greidanus’ *Ten Steps from Text to Sermon ![]()
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