Years ago my wife Kersten pointed out that the preacher at our church made almost exclusive reference to the world of men in his preaching. Once she pointed it out to me, I paid attention week after week, and found that she was correct.

In response to my recent post “What in the World is Missiology?” Steve Bevans suggested that missiology has a distinctive contribution to make to other seminary disciplines like systematic theology, church history, or biblical studies. In this post I build on Bevans’ thought, but in relation to the discipline of homiletics.

On Thursday, April 15, 2010 from 12pm-1:15 p.m., the Henry Center is sponsoring a brown-bag gathering in Hinkson Hall entitled “Fostering Biblical Preaching Movements: A Conversation.” Led by Greg Scharf, chair of the Pastoral Ministry department at TEDS, this conversation will feature David Jackman of Proclamation Trust, David Helm of Simeon Trust, and Todd Kelly…