Preaching 101: Session 3

Session 3 of preaching 101 focuses on the importance of theological reflection in the process of sermon preparation.

Theological Reflection

• Understand and Develop a Biblical Theology.
  • Biblical Theology: the study of how God’s revelation unfolds and progresses through history in the Bible.
    • Covenants
    • Themes
    • Redemption
    • Gospel and Kingdom
    • Idolatry
  • Follow the New Testament’s lead.
  • Make gospel connections
    • Prophetic fulfillment
    • Historical trajectory
    • Themes
    • Analogies
• Understand and Develop a Systematic Theology
  • Systematic Theology: Organizes the doctrines of the Christian faith into logical, coherent, and orderly teachings based on major categories such as pneumatology, Christology, Soteriology, Ecclesiology, and Eschatology.
  • Why?
    • It holds you in the faith
    • It helps you connect the gospel from particular genres
    • It Hones your ability to speak to non-Christians

David Helm’s graphic below helps to visualize this process