This research project will analyze the congruity between Jerry Vines’ homiletical method and practice and his effective use of Aristotle’s three modes of persuasion. The analysis will reveal primary hallmarks of Jerry Vines’ preaching ministry. Twenty-three sermons from Vines’ m…
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The purpose of this dissertation is to demonstrate the influence of Charles W. Koller on sermonic structure in twentieth century evangelical homiletics. Chapter 1 introduces the research subject, states the thesis and research questions, and defines key terms. Additionally, the …
Traditional churches have struggled with a decline in membership over the past decades. The lack of balance between discipleship and evangelism has had a major influence on this decline. The question is whether the lack of understanding of the discipleship process is due to poor…
The purpose of this dissertation was to understand Gardner C. Taylor’s practice of using figures of speech. The figures of speech are present in the classical contributors to preaching, such as Aristotle and Quintilian, but they are not present in contemporary homiletical textbo…
This dissertation contends for the necessary inclusion of contemporary application in the expository sermon. Furthermore, it seeks to establish the nature of contemporary application that is faithful to the authorial intent of a specific biblical text as derived through a histor…
In recent years, the "Jewish Jesus" has been a dominant theme within New Testament studies. That being said, however, questions about the relationship between homiletics and Jesus' Jewish DNA have largely been left "unasked." Hence, this study investigates how a more Jewish unde…
In the history of ancient Israel prophets provided an alternative to the dominant rhetoric of the religious and political leaders. Working on the margins of society, the prophets critiqued political and religious priorities based on the criteria of equity and justice for all peo…
The project outlined in this thesis examined the role of preaching in engaging members of an established, traditional congregation by using the narrative, inductive style of the New Homiletic, with the theological lens of John Caputo’s “God as Event.” This project took place ove…
This study seeks to firmly situate the imagination in preaching. Because the function of the sermon is to help guide the listener to a higher (and deeper) state of Christian living, the sermon is directed to the listener’s imagination, suggesting a reality that does not yet exis…