02.20.08
Mark Driscoll on Preparing to Preach
Mark Driscoll’s 4 Questions to Ask When Preparing to Preach (with some of my added thoughts/interpretations).
- What does it say? (Exegesis, original languages, grammatical constructs, idioms, literary context)
- What does it mean? (Hermeneutics, interpretation, historical context, authorial intent, original audience)
- How or why do we resist it? (Assumption of natural resistance, rebellion, hard-heartedness, objections, dismissals. Puritan preaching—predicted resistance and then apologetically addressed those objections to defeat and disarm them)
- How does this apply to our mission? (What has God called us to? How does this text have a person, family, ecclesiastical application? How does it apply to our specific mission? How are we called to live out this scripture as transformational agents in the world?)
Mark Driscoll: What Do You Ask Yourself When Preparing to Preach?
This will come in handy as I prepare my sermon for March 9th.
