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Response to Anathea Portier-Young

The fear of the Lord should be understood as an emotional response to divine power (PortierYoung). Equating fear of God with worship or with obedience reduces it to a pious spirituality on the one hand or to a political-ethical agenda on the other. …

The Personal Presence of the Preacher in Preaching: An Explorative Study on Self-Disclosure in Sermons at Pentecost

How does self-disclosure work in preaching? This study explores that question empirically, using a variety of data collection methods such as sermon analysis, focus groups, and interviews. Self-disclosure is an ambiguous concept in homiletical and …

Introduction to Reformed Scholasticism

This work supplies a long-standing need in the field of early modern studies by providing a basic introduction to Reformed Scholasticism. Although technical studies abound and interest in the subject continues to rise, until the appearance of this …

Reentering Sites of Truth. Learning Reformed Scholasticism in the Contemporary Classroom

Although education in Reformed Scholasticism is currently undergoing a revival, little attention has so far been paid to its didactics. We introduce two basic procedures of the Utrecht interpretation of scholasticism, which are yet little observed in …

Religious Involvement in Hearing Sermons. A Grounded Theory Study in Empirical Theology and Homiletics (Dissertation Summary)

Christians worldwide listen to sermons. Despite the decline in membership and church attendance in the Western world, many believers still consider going to church as a vital means to maintain their faith in God. These ordinary listeners have been …

Research in Homiletics

We teach homiletics in the hope that students become effective preachers. Our teaching is rather practical. We ask questions like: how to prepare and deliver a sermon, how to communicate the gospel in such a way that the community of faith is …