j I enjoyed reading your discussion post. I thought you provided an in-depth interpretation
of D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’s sermon excerpt and D. L. Moody’s sermon excerpt. I read
about D. L. Moody and discussed his life in the initial discussion post. The love of “God
was D. L. Moody’s fundamental theme of his evangelistic preaching; it was the central
theme of his life.”[1] He believed in the core attribute of the Godhead is love and that it
should dominate the church.”[2] I enjoyed how you strategically identified Wayne McDill’s
four persuasive elements in Moody’s sermon excerpt.[3] McDill posits that writers “on
expository preaching have for generations emphasized the use of four rhetorical elements
to persuade the hearer of Bible truths, explanation, illustration, argumentation and
application.”[4] McDill also discusses the significance of “aiming for impact (your aim for
the material you are preparing for your sermon).”[5] For example, your aim with
“explanation is to present the ideas as clearly as possible, your aim with illustration is to
present the ideas vividly, your aim with argumentation is to present the ideas a credible
and your aim with application is to present the ideas as practical.”[6] I shared in another
discussion post the significance of aiming for a faith response. McDill suggests that
preachers should “look closely at every sermon you preach to see whether it is designed
to evoke faith in the hearer; and to look at your own intention in delivering the message
for that same goal.”[7].
Bibliography
Forrest, Benjamin, K, Kevin L. King, Bill Curtis, and Dwane Milioni. A Legacy of
Preaching: Enlightenment to The Present Day: Volume Two. Nashville: Zondervan,
2018.
McDill, Wayne. 12 Essentials for Great Preaching. Nashville, TN: B & H Academic,
j j j j j j j j j 2010.
[1] Benjamin, K. Forrest, Kevin L. King, Bill Curtis, and Dwayne Milioni. A Legacy of
Preaching: Enlightenment to the Present Day: Volume Two (Nashville, Zondervan,
2018), 247-248.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Wayne McDill, 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching (Nashville, TN: B & H
Academic, 2010), 126.
[4] Ibid.
[5] Ibid.
[6] Ibid., 130.
[7] Ibid.
