Cornerstone Curriculum, Official Certification Edition - Mentor's Guide

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Your goal in this lesson is to convince the students of the absolute necessity of submission to the leading of the Holy Spirit in all proclamation of the Word, as well as a disciplined, diligent practice of good principles of communication, especially as they relate to urban culture and urban audiences. We will emphasize throughout this lesson the significance of culture in all effective biblical communication, and you should do as Runia says, and help the students become exegetes of the Scriptures as well as their audience in order that the Word of God might be applied to their lives as powerfully and potently as possible. See again the learning objectives listed in the lesson, and as usual, your responsibility as Mentor is to emphasize these concepts throughout the lesson, especially during the discussions and interaction with the students. The more you can highlight the objectives throughout the class period, the better the chances are that they will understand and grasp the magnitude of these objectives. This devotion focuses on the need for us to be prepared for the delivery of the Word of God to others, that is, to be aware of all the factors involved in the presentation of the Word of Christ to the lost. Paul in 2 Corinthians 4 makes it plain that the devil is a major character in the preaching event, spending time seeking to blind and deceive the hearers in regard to the truth of Christ and his ability to save and transform their lives. Paul is confident, however, that the power of the Lord Jesus can overcome this strategy of deception and blindness, and suggests that the very glory of God shines brilliantly in the face of Jesus Christ, the same Jesus who is the subject of his Gospel preaching. In many ways, the presentation of the Gospel can be understood in a fundamentally simple way. P. J. H. Adam summarizes this simplicity and presentation in an article of the theology of preaching: We can summarize a biblical theology of preaching in these words: God has spoken, It is written, and Preach the word (P. Adam, Speaking God’s Words , pp. 15-56). God has spoken. The self-revelation of God is always

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