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content and interpretation (table 28). Such an emphasis
on the Bible text (as the 'inspired Word of God'; see
below) is a primary tenet of the conservative confession
of faith. Similarly, note the fact that 'Lloyd-Jones
lecturers' give higher priority (than lecturers
Identifying with the other three theologians) to "helping
students see God as the ultimate source of preaching"
(table 26). This belief in the revealed nature of
preached truth contributes to a conservative, unchanging
theological system.
b. "Teaching of, and students' use of,
specifically stated preaching methods."
Three quarters of the 'Lloyd-Jones lecturers'
require the reading of set textbooks (table 35),
indicating their desire that all students expose
themselves to similar writing on preaching content and
method. Four of the seventeen lecturers who identify
themselves only with Lloyd-Jones require (and seven more
recommend) reading of Lloyd-Jones's Preachina_and
Preachers, a book in which the author expressed definite
views on preaching method.
One 'Lloyd-Jones lecturer' wrote of "the laws of
homiletics," implying that he (or others he knew of) had
set down unchanging statements of preaching practice.
Four other 'Lloyd-Jones lecturers' mentioned
"examinations on homiletics" they give to their students.
Perhaps they were using the word "homiletics" in a broad
sense, but it usually denotes the act of preparing and