{"id":758,"date":"2011-02-18T06:59:19","date_gmt":"2011-02-18T13:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=758"},"modified":"2011-02-18T06:59:19","modified_gmt":"2011-02-18T13:59:19","slug":"integrity-in-the-pulpit-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/?p=758","title":{"rendered":"Integrity in the Pulpit (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our exploration of just what integrity would look like in the pulpit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bible.02.bmp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-760\" title=\"bible.02\" src=\"https:\/\/jkitchen.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bible.02.bmp\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Integrity with Scripture<\/strong> \u2014 <em>Questions About Authority<\/em><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Questions &amp; Queries<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What does it mean to handle Scripture with integrity?<\/li>\n<li>How may our preaching model integrity with the text of Scripture for our people?<\/li>\n<li>In what ways may we violate integrity with the text of Scripture?<\/li>\n<li>What does integrity with Scripture have to do with the shape and form my sermon take?<\/li>\n<li>How does integrity with Scripture relate to the issue of authorial intent?<\/li>\n<li>Can we say with integrity \u201cThis text illustrates the truth that . . .\u201d?\u00a0 as opposed to saying \u201cGod\u2019s purpose for having this text written is . . .\u201d?<\/li>\n<li>How does this relate to the work of setting forth a preaching calendar\/schedule?<\/li>\n<li>How does this relate to preaching in response to crisis moments in the church?<\/li>\n<li>How does this relate to preaching a \u201cprophetic\u201d message to a particular situation?<\/li>\n<li>What makes for authority in preaching?<\/li>\n<li>Is our aim to preach with authority?\u00a0 Or to preach a message that has authority?<\/li>\n<li>How might confusing the two potentially jeopardize our integrity?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Notable &amp; Quotable<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cOur authority as preachers sent by God rises and falls with our manifest allegiance to the text of Scripture.\u00a0 I say \u2018manifest\u2019 because there are so many preachers who say they are doing exposition when they do not ground their assertions explicitly\u2014\u2018manifestly\u2019\u2014in the text.\u00a0 They don\u2019t show their people clearly that the assertions of their preaching are coming from specific, readable words of Scripture that the people can see for themselves.\u201d<a href=\"#_edn1\"><sup><sup>[i]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe issue of authority is inescapable.\u00a0 Either the preacher <em>or<\/em> the text will be the operant authority. . . . We are called, not only to <em>preach<\/em>, but to preach<em> the Word<\/em>.\u201d<a href=\"#_edn2\"><sup><sup>[ii]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr size=\"1\" \/><a href=\"#_ednref1\"><sup><sup>[i]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> Piper, John, <em>The Supremacy of God in Preaching<\/em> (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1990), 41.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ednref2\"><sup><sup>[ii]<\/sup><\/sup><\/a> Mohler, Albert, \u201cA Theology of Preaching,\u201d Michael Duduit, ed., <em>Handbook on Contemporary Preaching<\/em> (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1992), 15.<\/p>\n<p><input id=\"gwProxy\" type=\"hidden\" \/><input id=\"jsProxy\" onclick=\"if(typeof(jsCall)=='function'){jsCall();}else{setTimeout('jsCall()',500);}\" type=\"hidden\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Continuing our exploration of just what integrity would look like in the pulpit. Integrity with Scripture \u2014 Questions About Authority Questions &amp; Queries: What does it mean to handle Scripture with integrity? How may our preaching model integrity with the text of Scripture for our people? 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