Discussion Post 2- After reading about the legacy of seven different preachers
throughout this course, focus particularly on the sermon excerpts for this
discussion. Specifically, choose two of excerpts and these analyze where this
excerpt fits within the sermon, using terminology. For instance, does the McDill’s
excerpt model the natural analogies, human experience, persuasive elements, or
preaching for faith. Feel free use any of the elements from McDill analyze to to
these excerpts. might also worthwhile find the It be to full sermon from these
examples for greater context.
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Rodney Smith-Forgotten Evangelist. “Gipsy” 1860-1947.
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e e e e e e e e e e Rodney Gipsy Smith’s background in fundamental orality formed his
preaching style and encouraged those heard him. Like Moody and Sunday, who [1]
he brought the language of people into the pulpits of the “everyday world.”[2]
Smit use of words and sentence structures made the gospel messageh’s “simple
available all, to not just the educated Smith also the elite.”[3] “demonstrated
remarkable skill to communicate the gospel in the most descriptive of terms.”[4]
His sermons were inundated with pictures of the world around “beautiful him.”[5]
His was the of poetry and pathos, capable “language of evoking memory and
moving emotion in the hearts of his Smith also combined the listeners.”[6]
“language of a result, his sermons were not constructed narrative.”[7] As “artfully
expositions, filled with points and sub-points; they were filled with stories, which
were based on the stories of the Bible.”[8]
e e e e e e e e e e The excerpt sermon from Smith’s “Repent Ye” models Wayne McDill’s
“persuas sermon.”ive elements and natural analogies [9] In this excerpt, Smith
used descriptive nguage explain what repentance is, argued what repentance la to
is not, illustrated the analogy of sin and repentance from “darkness to light.”[10] In
this sermon, Smith uses metaphor investigate the significance of repentance; to
“Repentance is turning from darkness light, from sin I to to God.”[11] “cannot
make easier; the Bible does not; Jesus does There must it not.”[12] be “the
surrender, and nothing less than that will satisfy your conscience, nothing less will
be acceptable God, and nothing less will bring you to peace.”[13]
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Edward Victor Hill-Preaching Word for Spiritual and Social Transformation. God’s
1933-2003.
e e e e e e e e e e Edward Victor preaching theology was a Hill’s Christ-centered message
that did not violate the Commission preaching “Great by to one’s culture
context.” Hill’s “preaching[14] e method of was not that of expositor, but that of an
a textual preacher textual preacher one preaches sermon based on (a is who a
one or two verses from the Bible), had characteristics of a middle style who
preacher; middle, or persuasive style of preaching was interesting and Hill’s
