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institutional and denominational factors seem more
critical.
In addition to survey question twelve, which asked
for specific hermeneutical principles, responses to many
other open survey questions included mention of the Bible
as the source and content of preaching. The following
table lists these.
Table 78
Bapt. Epis. Pres. Evan.
Question 10--Lecture content relating to:
The Bible 85.7% 48.0% 66.7% 92.3%
Question 7--Definition of preaching (verbs—purpose):
Interpretation 28.6% 34.8% 50.0% 15.4%
Question 7--Definition of preaching (nouns—content):
Biblical
content 71.4% 34.8% 33.3% 53.8%
Question 9--Preaching must be true to:
The Bible 85.7% 65.2% 50.0%
Question 12--Hermeneutical principles:
Context 42.99 17.4% 0.0%
It's God's
Word 28.6% 0.0% 16.7%
83.3%
23.1%
30.8%
The most surprising conclusion from this table is
the fact that. though Evangelical lecturers give
relatively high priority to Scripture (as would be
expected of followers of Lloyd—Jones), Baptist lecturers
overshadow Evangelical lecturers here. The
statistics relating to lecturers' definitions of
preaching are particularly telling. Evangelical
lecturers mentioned interpretation (exposition) as the
purpose of preaching the smallest percentage of times (in
comparison to the other three groups). They also