9Marks Journal: Preaching (14期：讲道)

We call expositional preaching the first mark in a healthy church because we believe if you get that right, the other marks follow. You’ll hear this theme surface again and again in this issue’s articles. Mike Gilbart-Smith leads the way by comparing what he calls “authoritative” preaching to recent proposals for “conversational” preaching. Ajith Fernando, Al Mohler, Kevin Smith, and Derek Thomas offer their two cents on that question. Mark Driscoll takes on the proposal for narrative preaching, while former Trinity preaching prof Mike Bullmore presents a defense for expositional preaching. And post modernism, the cause of so much hand-wringing these days about what “should” happen the “pulpit,” is re-considered by “Carl Trueman.”

Yet expositional preaching does not qualify as faithful simply because it exposes the biblical text; it must also demonstrate how the text—rightly exposed—remains relevant to one’s hearers today. That means wisely applying the sermon to our hearers. Deepak Reju thoughtfully asks why so many Christians don’t look to the Scriptures for life and guidance. Israel Haas exhorts younger preachers to consider the middle aged and elderly, while Aaron Menikoff and Mark Dever exhort all preachers to consider several categories of hearers.

Finally, 9Marks wanted to make sure you were familiar with several excellent resources on preaching and biblically theology, which is why we have included four book reviews by two very careful brothers.

九标志事工每天都收到很多教会牧者的电话和电子邮件寻求建议。你知道有多少求助是有关讲道的？答案是：没有。

那教会成员制的问题呢？一大堆。实施教会纪律的问题？有许多。多位长老带领的转制？有一些。但是讲道？从来没有。

不出所料，《讲台与会众》所做的调查征询了1231位主任牧师，请他们在自己各类职责中，列出认为最好的几项。无论这些人的性别、服侍年数、教会规模大小、宗派如何不同，排名前二的分别是：(i) 讲道，以及(ii) 教导人们有信心（传福音及行政列在最末）。无分派别及服侍年龄，牧师们对自己的讲道总是满有自信。（J. 卡罗尔，《神的陶匠》，115页）

然而我是否尽量审慎地可以说，九标志事工之所以存在，是因为这1231个牧师及他们所代表的牧师群体的讲道并没有如他们认为的那样好？

我们将“释经讲道”作为健康教会的第一个标志，是因为我们相信如果你正确实践这一个标志，其余的也会逐渐体现。你会在这一期的文章中一次次看到这个主题浮现。迈克·吉尔伯特史密斯会将权柄式讲道与对话式讲道作对比。费南度，阿尔伯特·莫勒，凯文·史密斯还有德里克·托马斯对此话题也提供了些许评论。马克·德雷思科对于叙述式讲道提供了他自己的建议，与此同时前三一福音神学院讲道学教授迈克·布尔摩尔为释经式讲道提供辩护。

然而，仅仅做解释经文的工作并不能称为忠心的释经讲道；它也必须向人展示被正确分解的经文如何仍然与今日的听者相关。这意味着要有智慧地把讲章应用到会众身上。Deepak·Reju帮助我们深度剖析为何许多基督徒不把圣经作为生活的指引。Israel·Haas劝勉年轻的讲道者思考如何向中老年人讲道，同时Aaron·Menikoff以及狄马可劝勉所有讲道人思考如何向不同类型的人讲道。

最后，九标志事工希望你们能够了解一些讲道及圣经神学的优质资源，因此我们也向大家推荐了四篇书评。（编者注：四篇书评中只有高伟勋的《圣经神学与解经讲道》被翻译成中文，收录在本期期刊中。）