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S EMINAR 3 Preaching and Teaching The Fine Art of Communicating the Truth Rev. Dr. Don L. Davis

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.

~ 2 Timothy 3.14-17 (ESV)

I. Goals of a Biblical Effective Communicator

A. Never to be ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and declare it with boldness, Rom. 1.16-17

B. To know nothing among our listeners but the person of Jesus Christ as the source and circumference of all we know and teach, Col. 1.28-29; cf. 1 Cor. 2.1

C. To proclaim the truth of God in love, without any hypocrisy or insincerity, 1 Thess. 2.4-5

D. To reconcile others to God in Christ as persuasive and cogent ambassadors of the Kingdom of God, 2 Cor. 5.20

E. To teach the whole counsel of God without dishonesty, partiality, or concern ultimately for our own welfare, promotion, or safety, Acts 20.18-27

II. Significance of the Preaching and Teaching Gifts in the Church

Context Values/Vision

A. For the sake of proclaiming Christ in earnest appeal to every man and woman we can, Col. 1.28-29

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