Comments on: Exegeting the Context

By: ARJWright

ARJWright — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 22:18:56 +0000

Very astute observations and reflections. This is only the second of your posts that I’ve read, and I think I’ll be sticking around for a while if you don’t mind.

Your honesty will always be refreshing to those who have an ear to hear.

By: Knowing your Audience « A Pilgrim’s Path

Knowing your Audience « A Pilgrim’s Path — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:06:13 +0000

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By: Jim Pemberton

Jim Pemberton — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:33:46 +0000

Now you’re talking! Mature preaching always takes aim at the audience. Otherwise, the preacher is exegeting from the pulpit as though firing at a target while blindfolded. It’s a bad understanding of application to go for general principle of behavior only. Application addresses not mere behavior, but such as intent and desire, for therein lies our spiritual character. And it’s difficult to effectively address such things without a meaningful relationship with the members of the congregation.

Additionally, addressing such things as though intimately in a corporate setting is unifying for the congregation because everyone there afterward knows they are on the same page and will be more inclined to hold each other accountable to the standard that you set from the pulpit. They will become more aware of the sins they need to mortify and more open to the acceptance of others through accountability because such application creates a level of expectation when all the congregation now knows that everyone struggles with such things to one degree or another.