Week 7 Summary Notes

Question 1

What is the purpose of the introduction?

Answer 1

To demonstrate why the sermon is worth listening to.

Question 2

List the 5-fold parts of a traditional sermon point:

Answer 2

1. State the point
2. Explain the point
3. Illustrate the point
4. Apply the point
5. Restate the point

Question 3

What’s the function of the conclusion in a traditional sermon form?

Answer 3

1. to summarize the sermon

2. to issue a call to action

Question 4

List the five movements in the original Lowry loop:

Answer 4

1. Upset Equilibrium
2. Analyze Discrepancy
3. Disclose a clue to the resolution
4. Experience the gospel
5. Anticipate the consequences

Question 5

List the four movements in the revised Lowry loop:

Answer 5

1. Conflict
2. Complication
3. Sudden Shift
4. Unfolding

Question 6

List the movements in Paul Wilson’s Four Pages:

Answer 6

1. Problem in the text
2. Problem today
3. Grace in the text
4. Grace today

Question 7

List three postmodern preaching characteristics:

Answer 7

1. Emphasis on collaborative preaching
2. Emphasis on the de-centering of authority
3. Progressional dialogue

Question 8

De-centering of authority in earlier movements:

Answer 8

Pietistic and Moravian movements of
the 18th century democratized
preaching.

Mutual Edification churches in the
Restoration Movement (19th 20th
centuries). They were reacting against
institutions training preachers.