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Eswine Homiletical Ideals

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Preaching to a Post-everything World offers several contributions to the art of preaching. New ideas and concepts facilitate sermon design and construction; while at the same time a fresh perspective was given to old ideas and concepts. Eswine’s work added to the discussion of expository Christ-centered preaching as well. In regard to sermon design, Eswine offered several new ideas and concepts. First, he suggested that preachers ask, “Could I now reach who I once was?”. Normally preachers observer their listeners; however, this question causes preachers to exegete themselves, motivating them to recall their journey along the path of sanctification. “Remembering where we’d be without God and then ministering to others out of that knowledge” promotes empathy with listeners (11). As a result, preachers are able to construct sermons tailored to meet the needs of their listeners since they can relate to their struggles and situations as well as their questions and concerns.
Eswine’s homiletical tools aid to connect the biblical text to a contemporary audience. The first tool introduced was the COR, which locates …show more content…

To this end, Eswine proposed another concept, discernment of the “echoes of redemption”. The echoes of redemption address the redemptive nature of the text, whereby God provides the needed provisions of grace to set things right. According to Eswine, “Preachers can learn to identify these provisions from the biblical text” (50): Divine Armor, Divine Beatitude/Promise, Divine Wisdom/Fruit, Divine Gift, Divine Diaconate, Divine Miracle, Provision of Community, Divine Silence, and Divine Self. These provision anchor preachers to the textual situation, moreover, they echo the provisions given in creation and what mankind is being redeemed toward (51). Implementing the FCF and the echoes of redemption will lead preachers to make God the hero of every

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