{"id":25891,"date":"2005-03-01T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-03-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/2005\/03\/01\/core-convictions-of-biblical-preaching\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T03:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T03:21:02","slug":"core-convictions-of-biblical-preaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianitytoday.com\/pastors\/content\/core-convictions-of-biblical-preaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Core Convictions of Biblical Preaching"},"content":{"rendered":"

To do the tough work of being biblical preachers, men and women in ministry must be committed to certain truths.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t1. The Bible is the Word of God<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t

As Augustine put it, " When the Bible speaks, God speaks. " This is the conviction that if I can really understand a passage in its context, then what I know is what God wants to say. (I don't believe that many evangelicals as well as liberals really believe this.)<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t2. The entire Bible is the Word of God<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t

Not only Romans but Leviticus, not only Ephesians but Esther. Not merely the " hot " passages but the cold ones.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t3. The Bible is self-authenticating<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t

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If I can really understand a passage in its context, then what I know is what God wants to say.<\/p>\n\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t

If people can be exposed to an understanding of the Scriptures on a regular basis, then they do not need arguments about the veracity of Scripture. Therefore, a listener or reader doesn't have to buy into the first two commitments before God can work in a person's life through his Word.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t4. This leads to a " Thus saith the Lord " approach to preaching<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t

I'm not referring to a homiletical method here, but a desire to open up the Scriptures so that the authority of the message rests on the Bible. (This works against the anti-authoritarian spirit of our society.)<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t5. The student of the Bible must try to get at the intent of the biblical writer<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t

The first questions are " What did the biblical writer want to say to the biblical reader? Why? " The Reader Response theory embraced by many literary scholars today will not work for the study of the Bible. Simply put, " The Bible cannot mean what it has not meant. "<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t6. The Bible is a book about God<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t

It is not a religious book of advice about the " answers " we need about a happy marriage, sex, work, or losing weight. Although the Scriptures reflect on many of those issues, they are above all about who God is and what God thinks and wills. I understand reality only if I have an appreciation for who he his and what he desires for his creation and from his creation.<\/p>\n\t\t

\n\t\t\t7. We don't " make the Bible relevant " ; we show its relevance<\/strong>\n\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t

Truth is as relevant as water to thirst or food to hunger. Modern advertising creates needs that don't really exist to move the merchandise.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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