Incarnational Preaching: The Three-Perspective Model of Timothy Keller

Huang, Joseph Chihyu

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Incarnational Preaching: The Three-Perspective Model of Timothy Keller

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Huang, Joseph Chihyu. Incarnational Preaching: The Three-perspective Model of Timothy Keller. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/da971b58-505c-4976-8b23-64272e946325?q=2021.

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H. J. Chihyu. Incarnational Preaching: The Three-Perspective Model of Timothy Keller. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/da971b58-505c-4976-8b23-64272e946325?q=2021

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Huang, Joseph Chihyu. Incarnational Preaching: The Three-Perspective Model of Timothy Keller. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/da971b58-505c-4976-8b23-64272e946325?q=2021.

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This project will demonstrate how Timothy Keller applies the three-perspective model (biblical, situational, and personal) to deliver his sermons, thereby providing effective expository preaching and quality pastoral ministry. Keller’s methodology for preaching is Christ-centered, text-centered, compassionate, exegetically sound, and pastoral. He applies some elements of text-driven preaching. This project chooses twenty of Keller’s sermons from the Old and New Testaments in three different genres (Story, Poetry, and Epistles) to examine his preaching model. This project’s primary goal is to enhance pastoral ministry’s effectiveness through preaching, particularly in moments of crisis and tragedy.John M. Frame’s Perspectives on the Word of God and Vern S. Poythress’s Symphonic Theology shape Keller’s three-perspective model for preaching. Both of them argue that applying multiple exegesis perspectives helps deliver absolute truth and relevant application in the different contexts of the audience. Keller’s preaching methodology can be named “incarnational preaching” because Christ’s incarnation and ministries are evident in all these three perspectives. The result shows that Keller applies almost equal emphasis to both biblical and situational perspectives in his sermons. Sometimes he applies more emphasis to the situational perspective than to the biblical perspective so that the modern audience could comprehend and apply biblical truth to their lives. Additionally, Keller’s personal view takes less than 14 percent of his sermons. It shows that his personal experience and preferences do not dominate his sermons. Keller is willing to share his weakness and get involved with the audience. He shows his compassion for the suffering and expresses his passion for the Gospel. Keller is like a friend of the bridegroom to show that Christ is the center of the entire wedding because “he (Christ) must increase, but I must decrease” (John 3:29-30).Keller demonstrates how to balance, integrate, and unite biblical, situational, and personal perspectives in his preaching. By observing Keller’s sermons, preachers could find that utilizing Keller’s three-perspective model helps explain the text and capture the whole picture. Preachers could learn from his methodology and examine their sermons for these three perspectives to enhance pastoral ministries.

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