In five pages this paper presents a review of this text's 2001 revision in a consideration of sermon effectiveness. One source is cited in the bibliography.
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While with us as a man and introducing the change in Gods economy, Jesus consorted with all social types and levels among the Jewish people.
He rarely ventured into the technical aspects of prophecy and doctrine, but He routinely used stories to make His most memorable points. Of all of the types of people
Jesus interacted with, He condemned only one group. The Pharisees, He said, "They tie up heavy loads and put them on mens shoulders, but they themselves are not willing
to lift a finger to move them" (Matthew 23:4, NIV). Jesus took the "technical" approach only with the Pharisees. With all others - and including the Pharisees -
He used the form of the story to make His memorable point. Lowrys Purpose When Lowrys book was first published in 1980, it
was recognized that there was a need for change in delivery of the message that all people need to hear, but as Craddock mentions in the foreward, none was certain
of how to define the change needed. Without that definition, achieving positive change was not entirely possible, either. Lowry (2001) notes that
preachers come away from some sermons with a sense of satisfaction in knowing that a specific sermon was "good," but without means to define how it was good or what
made it that way. He likens the study of homiletics to looking up a word in the dictionary to discover its spelling: "you have to have the answer
before you can probe the question!" (2). This statement frames Lowrys (2001) purpose. He seeks to present the preachers outwardly-visible work as