Styles Of Preaching
Throughout the history of the church, preachers have developed different styles of proclaiming the Word. These styles of preaching are often related to the hermeneutics of the preacher. Broadly speaking, the preacher approaches the task of speaking with one of three starting points. The first of these starting points is the Bible. The preacher approaches the text with the question, What does it say? Sermons that fall into this general category are evangelistic preaching, expository preaching, liturgical preaching, narrative preaching, proclamatory preaching, prophetic preaching, and textual preaching. A second starting point may be that of a more systematized sort. It draws from creeds, catechesis, and Christian doctrines with the explicit intent of teaching the system of Christian faith. Such approaches to preaching include catechetical preaching and doctrinal preaching. A third approach to preaching which does not neglect the Scriptures or Christian doctrines is a view of preaching t…
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Evangelistic preaching aims at producing a response. Specifically, by preaching of the gospel and emphasizing sinfu…
Expository preaching is based on the grammatical, historical, theological method. Such sermons may be drawn from a …
In recent years, the paradigm shift from a rationalistic worldview to a world in motion has shifted attention in bi…
Prophetic preaching condemns particularities and affirms generalities. It points to those values and hopes that are…
Textual preaching is more than making a comment or two on a text. Textual preaching, in contrast to expository prea…
Catechetical preaching, or preaching sermons based on the consecutive "Lord's Days" of the Heidelberg Catechism, is…
Doctrinal preaching teaches and builds up the body of faith through a deepened knowledge of God. Introduction By…
African-American preaching arises out of the cultural and religious experience of the oppressed. It reaches people …
Confessional preaching arises out of the situation of the preacher. It builds on a personal experience, a matter of…
Contextual preaching declares the Word of God in the context of the social, political, moral, and economic life sit…
Life-situational preaching has as its starting point the personal concerns of its audience. It seeks to bring the h…
Progressive-emotive sermons are generally classified either by their relationship to source material (topical, text…