Philip Arthur Bence PhD Thesis - Research@StAndrews:FullText

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above, p. 221-35.)
In a study of these three questions, we return to the
writings of the four preacher—theologians with whom the
greatest number of lecturers identify. This re—examination
of the theologians' thought enables a comparison of each
one's positions with the opinions of those lecturers who
follow his thinking. Do they follow that thought closely or
have they modified it?
The survey responses alone merely demonstrate each
theological grouping's unique pattern of answers to three
critical questions. In order to be more certain of a cause
(i.e, the theologian with whom the lecturer identifies) and
effect (the content of the lecturer's teaching of preaching)
relationsh1p, 11 we must compare the lecturers composite
replies to the three questions with the answers the
theologians themselves would have given.
II. Comparison of Survey Responses to Theologians'
Positions
A. D. Martyn Lloyd—Jones
1. Sources
Martyn Lloyd—Jones held relatively straightforward
views which fall theologically to the right of the other
models. His opinions serve well as a point of comparison,
so we begin with him.
Lecturers identifying with Lloyd—Jones mentioned the
Bible most frequently (more often than lecturers associated
with the other three theologians) in response to three
survey open questions. Ninety percent of the 'Lloyd—Jones