Page 59 - Jesus the Ultimate Ology

JESUS TI-IE ULTilv!ATE OL0GY
cannot do it and hooping and singing won't do it. The only thing that will edify the saints and close the back door ofthe church is a retum to the sound preaching ofthe gospel ofJesus Christ.
.-\ lot of pastors today are complaining because the
overwhelmed by the immensity of the task, you must remam hermeneutically accurate, hom.iletically natural and apologetically
easy way to remember it.
In the 1828 edition of the American Dictionary of the English language, by Noah Webster the word "hermeneutics" is listed on the second page of Volume 1 in section 100. Webster's
simple definition at that time was as follows:
The art offinding the meaning ofan attthor's words andphrases, and of
e:,..,p/aining it to others.
59
might stop roaming into other pastures. Even when you are convincing. The second most effective thing a preacher can do to
"exegesis" or "eisegesis". At some point every minister needs an
members a1·e leaving the churches. If you feed the sheep, they just
be effective in the pulpit (besides "keeping the main thing the main
thing") is to practice effective hermeneutical exegesis. Here's an If you want to preach Jesus right, you
need to pick the right Geszs!
Now, there's only two that you need to choose between,
introduction to hermeneutical exegesis.