Mercer Preaching Consultation 2022

This year we are delighted to welcome Dr. Karoline Lewis, the Marbury E. Anderson Chair in Biblical Preaching at Luther Seminary to deliver the The Mercer Preaching Consultation Lectures at Mercer University’s McAfee School of Theology. The theme for this year's lectures is ....A Generous Homiletic.

In post-pandemic Christendom, what will be the purpose of preaching, especially biblical preaching? Perhaps a new homiletic is afoot, one where the preacher’s stance toward the Bible calls for a complexification and humanization of biblical interpretation. The Bible cannot merely be the subject matter of the sermon but that which animates and inspires listeners to engage in acts of interpretation. The best sermons invite the listeners to imagine that they themselves, like the voices they hear in the Bible, are worthy of contribution to the canon. While the canon may be closed, the diverse ways in which the Bible gets interpreted cannot be left to the so-called scholar alone. The preacher engages these different approaches in making sense of Scripture so that the listeners can see themselves as part of the conversation. The more preaching honors the “flesh-and-blood” realities of our listeners, the more the faithful might see their contexts and locations as worthy of voice.

Lecture 1: A Case for Generosity

Lecture 2: Year A’s Lent Through the Lenses: Nicodemus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well

Lecture 3: Year A’s Lent Through the Lenses: The Man Born Blind and Lazarus

The event is free to local seminary students, but registration is required.

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To see a schedule and more details as the develop .

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Hampton Inn

Marriott Inn

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The Mercer Preaching Consultation is sponsored by the McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University. It is a three-day conference designed to provide training in, appreciation of, and inspiration for the art of preaching. We hope you will join us for this enriching time. 

Host or Publisher McAfee School of Theology at Mercer University