Comments on: What is preaching? Your answers, please.

By: Paul Laman

Paul Laman — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:50:17 +0000

“He that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification, and exhortation, and comfort.” 1 Cor. 14:3 I would think that a fruitful Biblical ministry should regularly include all three of these elements.

By: MarkandKristi Olivero

MarkandKristi Olivero — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 07:45:27 +0000

“Preaching is exposing the meaning within God’s Written Words by bringing it forward from its ancient context in a way that hearers sense God speaking to them now.”

By: proregno

proregno — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:52:28 +0000

Explicatio et Applicatio verbi Dei !

By: John Kuvakas

John Kuvakas — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 05:36:12 +0000

Preaching is the clear, accurate and passionate explanation of the Holy Scriptures, empowered by the Holy Spirit to change the hearts of men.

By: James Hakim

James Hakim — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:40:58 +0000

Preaching is when God uses a man’s heart and voice to produce a head-on collision between His Word and his hearers.(this answer is case-sensitive)

By: Steve Hall

Steve Hall — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:51:43 +0000

Great quote. And great comments above! Here’s my attempt, using your quote as the template:Preaching is the heralding of God’s Word, which demands the explanation of the text from a Christ-centered focus, with the prayerful objective to transform hearts and lives for the glory of God.

By: A. Th. van Olst

A. Th. van Olst — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 22:31:29 +0000

A good defenition. Perhaps you can insert after explanation: ‘and application’.

By: Craig Dyer

Craig Dyer — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:21:50 +0000

It’s quite a challenge to get it into a sentence. I can’t improve on the succinctness of the original, but I guess if I was wanting to fill it out for clarification purposes it would be much less memorable but might be something like …Preaching is the direct, oral, propositional, transmission of God’s revealed truth (His Word the Bible) by someone who has been transformed by that truth and equipped by the Lord helpfully to explain and apply that truth, with due care, from it’s Biblical context to the lives of the hearers, so that preacher and hearer alike increasingly love, exalt and serve the living God.At least it’s one paragraph!

By: Adam Kuehner

Adam Kuehner — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:16:57 +0000

Of course, Dr. Prutow’s definition is somewhat long and doesn’t specifically mention the Scriptures … but I think it is a helpful contribution nonetheless.Personally, I think the word ‘earnest’ belongs in any comprehensive definition of preaching.

By: Caleb

Caleb — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:14:15 +0000

Just read this quote this morning: “What do we understand by preaching? It means divine truth through personality or the truth of God voiced by chosen personality to meet human needs.” Quoted at http://media.sermonaudio.com/mediapdf/627091647480.pdf