The Equipping Ministry, Student Workbook, SW15

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T H E E Q U I P P I N G M I N I S T R Y

Put away your notes, gather up your thoughts and reflections, and take the quiz for Lesson 1, The Ministry of Proclamation: Kerygma (Part 1) .

Quiz

Scripture Memorization Review

Review with a partner, write out and/or recite the text for last class session’s assigned memory verse: Ephesians 4.11-16.

Turn in your summary of the reading assignment for last week, that is, your brief response and explanation of the main points that the authors were seeking to make in the assigned reading (Reading Completion Sheet).

Assignments Due

Who You Are Is Shouting at Me

In the last decade, the evangelical Church has suffered much in the moral breakdown of a number of its leaders who were exposed to public ridicule and shame due to their own sexual misconduct. Important and influential Christian leaders whose preaching and teaching ministries went around the world fell from dizzying heights to the hard earth of reality because their lives did not coincide with their messages. In some way these notable examples illustrate a fundamental spiritual truth: our lives communicate and shout to others as much as our language ever does. The little quip “Your life is talking so loud I can’t hear what you are saying” seems to be more than just a little homespun wit. In your opinion, what is the relationship between the character of the preacher and the perceived validity of his message? How connected is our testimony and reputation to the integrity of the Word of God and to the credibility of our message?

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The Convicting Power of the Holy Spirit and the Ministry of Preaching

In John 16.7-11, the Lord Jesus provides us with astounding revelation about the nature of the Holy Spirit which has ramifications for the work of the preaching ministry. John 16.7-11 - Nevertheless, I tell you the truth: it is to your advantage that I go away, for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you. [8] And when he comes, he will convict the world