Preaching as an escort service
The current issue of Preaching Now is an especially good one. I particularly like this quote from Beeson Divinity School's Robert Smith, who likens the preacher to an escort:
The exegetical escort is an individual who serves in the Lord's service by taking this Word of God and exegeting it, expounding upon it, dissecting it and saying what it says. . . The exegetical escort is designed to embrace the text of Scripture in order to usher the hearers into the presence of God for the purpose of transformation.Dr. Smith is on-target in expressing the proper direction of homiletical flow: not bringing the text to hearers as much as bringing hearers to the text. The Preaching Now excerpt, by the way, comes from this longer article at BP News.
posted by Milton Stanley at 3:32 PM
5 Comments:
As a Beeson student, let me just say I like coming across my professor's names on the internet. :) Great quote from Dr. Smith.
I understand. And as a blogger, let me just say I like to see a link to my blog on another blogger's site! I've added a link to This Mysterious World on my sidebar. Peace.
Milton: Just got to spend a few minutes working through some of the links on your site. You've provided some excellent links, brother. Thanks! -bw
You're quite welcome, Bill. Thanks for you enouragement.
J of C: I must say your comment was singularly memorable for a variety of reasons, but I don't want to include the link from my blog and so deleted your comment. Hope the kind of escort service discussed on this site is a blessing to you.
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