Homiletic compass: guiding principles for the task of homiletics

• Autor(a) principal: Krause, Jonas
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Tear Online
• Texto Completo: http://periodicos.est.edu.br/index.php/tear/article/view/431
• topic: Homiletics; Preaching; Homiletics handbook; Worship service; (Reflection on resources to prepare a sermon); Homiletic resources; New Homiletics;; Teologia Prática; Homilética; Pregação; Manual de homilética; Culto; Recursos homiléticos; Nova Homilética

Preaching the word of God has always been challenging. It is even more challenging at present because of the influences to which members of the Christian churches are exposed on a daily basis. Those who want to preach the word of God must do their best, show that they have knowledge about God and their hearers. The greater their intimacy with God's word and the people hearing the sermon, the greater are the chances that the preacher will bring a message that is relevant to their audience. God is revealed in the cultivation of spirituality. One can get to know the people through visits, surveys (with specific foci), by listening, through dialogue. The preparation of the sermon has to take the homiletic methods into account. Spirituality will shape the sermon, and the joys and worries of the hearers have to be taken into account. The hearer's participation is so essential that the sermon is concluded in their ears and heart. (One should not bring ready-made truths, but help the hearer to draw their own conclusions. One should allow the hearer to join the reflection and to withdraw from it at the right time.)