Whenever two or three are gathered together, the possibility of conflict is present. Conflict is inevitable, but how it is handled determines whether it leads to healthy relationships or destructive affiliations. This dissertation addresses whether preaching and teaching equip t…
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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…
Evangelist William Franklin Graham, Jr. has been a dominant presence in the world since the middle of the twentieth century. His preaching has enjoyed sustained public attention for over fifty years, and has been a model and a standard for multitudes of preachers. How simple ora…
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…
This dissertation consists of two parts: an introduction and literary critical analysis in three chapters of Gregory's self-representation as a speaker; and English translations, with Greek text, of ninety-six of the ninety-nine autobiographical poems (excepting 2.1.1, 11,12). C…
This study enquires into the impact of the Holy Land upon preaching and argues for the wider relevance of the Holy Land in all its aspects—geographical and cultural, historical and contemporary. In each section preaching strategies are suggested in relation to specific sites, ta…
This project is designed to gain clarity about the identity and the relevancy of prophetic preaching for our time and to provide an appropriate theology of preaching for the renewal of the pulpit today. It is the thesis of this project that the renewal of the pulpit and the reco…
This thesis explores how metaphors of identity shape the practice of preaching and can encourage or limit attempts to witness to Jesus’ life, death and resurrection. It asks the question: Is there an identity that will encourage a faithful homiletic practice by embracing the ful…
This thesis proposes that a dialogue between hermeneutics and homiletics, fields of inquiry that have functioned in relative isolation from each other, will provide a theological basis for navigating the formidable passage from Scripture to sermon. Given that the biblical canon …
This thesis seeks to demonstrate that, in failing to take the sacramentality of the Word seriously, the preaching of the Church has suffered negative consequences. In short, preaching has often become, at best, a form of instruction or, at worst, an incantation of sorts, rather …
The relationship between homiletics and rhetoric is well founded and since Augustine has been the source place for reflection on the proclamation of the word of God for the people of God. More recently, the renewal of preaching in the middle of the twentieth century produced a "…
Throughout Billy Graham’s career, the evangelist sought performative manners to ensure that he would not be perceived as another “Elmer Gantry”, or huckster preacher out to win money, fame, and favor. Graham’s intent was to grow a ministry that would form a new performance parad…
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…
Contextualization has been a major theological pursuit in Africa in general and Nigeria in particular. This concern is born out of the necessity to integrate Christianity into African life and culture. Although the concept has taken root in theology, liturgy, and missiology in N…
The quality of preaching in the region of Galilee is rather poor. At best it may be categorized as a topical style. Narrative preaching is unknown to most of the pastors, preachers and leaders of the region due to a lack of awareness and education. The purpose of this study was …
This project examines the effects of exilic theologies on people experiencing personal loss, transience and displacement. The subject of this project--a small congregation that has experienced transience, loss, and change both internally and in its surrounding community--was tes…
In his book Twilight Memories Andreas Huyssen (1995) famously described contemporary Western culture as 'a culture of amnesia'. That concern about social memory is evident in many areas of contemporary discourse. Social memory's confabulatory, subjective, and ambiguous nature ma…
Living in “exile,” Vietnamese Americans suffer a deep sense of loss, politically, socially and culturally. Learning to adapt, to adjust, and striving to achieve and to survive, in America, they are American citizens but not “Americans.” In Vietnam, they are Vietnamese but not Vi…
The project director equipped a select group of leaders at Pineview Baptist Church in an expository approach to preaching and teaching. In chapter 1, the project director described the ministry context of PBC. In chapter 2, the project director presented the biblical and theolog…