Contextual Preaching

Contextual preaching declares the Word of God in the context of the social, political, moral, and economic life situations of the listeners. It hears and proclaims the Word for the immediate context of the congregation. Preparation. In the preparation of a contextual sermon, exegesis and application are a single process. This premise is vital. Exegesis and application may never be regarded as two separate tasks. In order to preach in today's context, the text and congregation must be brought face to face in the preparation of the sermon. Then the text begins to speak. Both the text and the congregation's situation must therefore be fundamentally integrated. In the preparation, the preacher must listen to the text permeated with the exigencies and problems, the conceptual categories of the time. Thus, a creative confrontation is brought about, in which the text itself declares and expounds its message for a particular situation. The preparation of a sermon cannot be reduced to a met…