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different one of this chapter's three critical questions
in relative agreement with the 'Lloyd-Jones lecturers',
but hold a dissenting opinion on the other two. We next
consider James Stewart. Lecturers identifying with him
agreed with 'Lloyd-Jones lecturers' on the first of the
three questions, which discusses the 'source' of
preaching.
In relation to each of three survey questions where
"Bible" answers appeared frequently (See tables
28,30,31), a large majority of 'Stewart lecturers' did
mention Scripture. Although, in each case, the
statistics document that 'Stewart lecturers' did not
mention the Bible as frequently as 'Lloyd-Jones
lecturers', they did so significantly more often than
'Rahner'+'Tillich lecturers'. And so, although not as
strongly as the 'Lloyd-Jones lecturers', the 'Stewart
lecturers' would affirm the Bible as the source of
preaching.
This perspective 'Stewart lecturers' expressed on
their surveys parallels what Stewart himself wrote.
Stewart viewed the Bible with deepest respect. Its
inspiration, however, according to Stewart, was not
inherent in its origin or text (the 'higher' opinion held
by Lloyd-Jones and his followers), but its accurate
portrayal of the historic, yet eschatological, events in
the earthly life of Jesus Christ. 2-6. And so, when
asked to describe the source of his belief, Stewart did
not reply merely "the Bible," but "the fact of Christ as