Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

CHAPTER THREE
SELECTED ISSUES IN PREACHING--SEVEN THEOLOGIES COMPARED
Implicit within chapter two's summaries of the
theolo g ical models lie similarities and differences among
the selected theologians' thought. Sections 1-VI of this
chapter highlight that comparison and contrast.
It is obviously impossible to make an exhaustive
comparison/contrast of these figures. (A mere reading, not
to mention an evaluation, of their combined works might be
the work of several years.) This present study can only
make a most preliminary comparison, 1 yet even so, it
helps to pinpoint a few important similarities and
differences amon g the theolo g ical models.
For this comparison, the procedure is as follows. For
each of the six aspects of preaching theolo gy (content,
source, setting, purpose. communication, and the preacher as
a person) mentioned at the be g inning of the previous chapter
and considered in the presentation of each model within that
chapter, one issue has been selected. (For example, from
the content of preaching, the subject of the atonement has
been chosen.)
Two extreme statements appear at the beginning of the
discussion of each issue. (Again, using the atonement as an
example, the two statements are:
The death of Christ objectively changed man's
relationship with God.
The death of Christ subjectively leads men to God.)
In each case, the statement on the right side