Concordia Seminary - Saint Louis Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project Concordia Seminary Scholarship 5-1-1991 Persuasion in the Art of Preaching for the Church William Matzat Concordia Seminary, St. Louis,
[email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.csl.edu/dmin Part of the Practical Theology Commons Recommended Citation Matzat, William, "Persuasion in the Art of Preaching for the Church" (1991). Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project. 88. https://scholar.csl.edu/dmin/88 This Major Applied Project is brought to you for free and open access by the Concordia Seminary Scholarship at Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctor of Ministry Major Applied Project by an authorized administrator of Scholarly Resources from Concordia Seminary. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page PROLOGUE INTRODUCTION iii SECTION ONE CHAPTER 1 PROCLAIMING THE WORD OF GOD FOR THE CHURCH 2 CHAPTER 2 CONNECTING THE PROCLAMATION WITH THE LIFE OF THE HEARER 22 CHAPTER 3 APPLYING LAW AND GOSPEL TO THE HEARER 41 SECTION TWO 54 CHAPTER 4 PERSUASION UNDERSTOOD BY THE ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY WORLD 55 CHAPTER 5 PERSUASION IS BASED ON THE TRANSACTION OF THE PROCLAINDE WITH THE HEARER 68 CHAPTER 6 PERSUASION IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE SPIRIT OF GOD 88 SECTION THREE 105 CHAPTER 7 ANALYZING THE PREACHING TASK TODAY 106 CHAPTER 8 EVALUATING THE PREACHING TASK FOR THE CHURCH 122 CHAPTER 9 THE SHARED RESPONSIBILITY OF PREACHING 139 THE CONCLUSION 146 BIBLIOGRAPHY 147 APPENDIX A 151 APPENDIX B 153 APPENDIX C 154 APPENDIX D 155 PROLOGUE THE SOWER REVISITED: A PARABLE As the sun brightened the field and warmed the face of the farmer, he sowed the good seed with rhythmic motion and head held high.