한국교회의 설교비평

Ryoo,Eung-Yul 개혁신학회 2008 개혁논총 Vol.9 No.-

This writer tries to examine the current situation regarding the sermon criticism of Korean churches and propose a few things to establish the foundation of biblical preaching in Korean churches through this paper. In fact, the word, sermon criticism is being used very rarely not only in the Korean churches but also in the Western churches. And it can not be easily found in the western homiletic world as far as books or papers regarding the sermon criticism are concerned. In the midst of this current situation, Korean churches begin to have a great interest in a sermon criticism.But the sermon criticism based on the wrong theology might be cause for wrong preaching and a great danger to impede wholesome words. On the other hand, the interest regarding the right sermon criticism based on biblical theology will play a far bigger part in making the pulpit as the word of truth. For this purpose, I will take a look at the history of sermon criticism in Korean churches. Then secondly, I would like to analyze the contents of the sermon criticism and evaluate its validity. Finally, I try to make five suggestions in order to make right sermon criticism settled in Korean churches. First, the biblical homiletic theology should be in a triangular position for the right sermon criticism of the pulpit of Korean churches. Second, for the balanced criticism, preachers and their sermon must be studied simultaneously. Third, sublation of criticism with a critic's viewpoint to his heart's content and a hermeneutical critique attitude toward analyzing the sermon with respect of preachers’intention must be provided. Fourth, the same interest not only in the preachers’body of sermon but also in the delivery of sermon must be needed as well. Fifth, a sermon must be comprehended under the live worship circumstance on account of a sermon being dynamic in the background of every service. The word of God through preaching is not an object of a critique but the object of obedience. But preaching can be developed by the creative criticism. I hope that the pulpit experiences the holy change in every sermon in accordance with sermon criticism positioning as a constructive academic field, and with the sermon of Korean churches putting down new roots in the Bible drastically, and permeating into auditors’lives accurately.

Pietism and Its Influence in the Expansion of Christianity

Eung Yul Ryoo Presbyterian General Assembly Theological Seminary 2011 CHONGSHIN THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Vol.16 No.1

Pietists, an authentic renewal movement of the fallen heart by the Words of God and the Holy Spirit, stressed a special emphasis on putting missions on the agenda of the whole church. Pietism in spite its weaknesses can challenge modern Christian world to endeavor that world missions is its primary concern. This paper attempted to explore Pietism and its influence on the expansion of Christianity. For this purpose, we surveyed its missionary characteristics. Then, we surveyed how Pietism impacted Moravian missions and the Methodist movement in England. Based on our findings in this paper, we attempted to evaluate the strengths and the weaknesses of Pietism and relate it to the expansion of world missions in the twenty first century.

The Life and Sermon Characteristics of Helmet Thielicke

Ryoo, Eung Yul 한국복음주의실천신학회 2008 복음과 실천신학 Vol.18 No.-

본 본문은 기독교 역사상 가장 뛰어난 설교자 가운데 한 사람인 헬무트틸리케의 삶과 그의 설교 특징을 연구한 것이다. 틸리케는 학교에서 강의할 때 학생들이 앉을 자리가 늘 부족했고 교회에서 설교할 때는 한 시간전에 가서 자리를 잡아야 그의 설교를 직접 들을 수 있었다. 틸리케가 교수와 설교자로서 역사상 엄청난 영향을 끼친 요소가 무엇인지를 살펴봄으로써 오늘날 설교자들에게 복음에 근거하여 영혼을 움직이는 설교자가 되기위한 요건이 무엇인지 고찰하려 했다. 틸리케는 신학과 철학에 박사학위를 받았으며 그의 설교는 탁월한 신학과 철학이 어우려진 결정체이다. 그의 신학은 개혁주의 경향을 보이고 있으며 심오한 신학과 철학을 가장 평이한 설교언어로 표현할 수 있었던 설교자였다. 그는 신학이 설교를 지배하지 않고 설교를 통해 신학을 발전시키고 검증할 것을 강조한다. 신학교에서의 교수와 목회현장에서의 목회자로서의 조화로운 만남을 가장 뛰어나게 접촉시킨 사람이라 볼 수 있다. 틸리케의 설교에는 본문에 대한 깊은 묵상과 사회의 현실에 대한 냉철한 시각을 동시에 보여준다. 전후 독일이 안고 있는 상황은 그의 설교에서 본문과 적용을 통해 잘 나타난다. 그의 설교는 강해설교라기 보다 본문주제설교에 가깝다. 본문에 충실하면서 교인들이 삶 속에서 만나는 갖가지 문제들을 본문을 통해 반추함으로써 용기와 위로를 향한 설교를 지향한다. When Thielicke gave his lecture at Hamburg University, clouds of students surged into his lecture room and he had to move to the wider room, which too became too overcrowded very quickly. When he preached at the Church of St. Michael, thousands of people begin to fill as early as an hour before the service is due to start. What makes Thielicke attract this enormous popularity? What makes his preaching so touching to his congregation? This articles tries to explore the life and characteristics of Helmut Thielicke who had been considered as one of the most influential preachers in church history. For this purpose, I will survey his life first, and examine the characteristics of his preaching. Thielicke’s preaching was always deeply related with his theology and philosophy. His theology was in line with Reformation, and his preaching was in line with realities of human life. His theology was melted down in his sermon with the words understandable for everyone. For him, theology and preaching compromise two sides of one faith, and theology must not overwhelm proclamation. Thielicke had the capacity to bridge the gap between seminary and congregation through the sermon. He translated religious faith into the idiom of the congregation. He could communicate the most sophisticated theological concepts to the ordinary people. Thielicke always paid attention to crucial issues of his society in his preaching that people could easily identify with themselves. He understood contemporary issues and expounded on the daily lives of Christians in concrete situations rather than from rational abstractions. He believed the aim of preaching is not to show people that their life would be easier if they accepted the gospel; that it would solve their problems. His preaching is a textual-thematic method rather than expository preaching. He seemed to lean more toward an inductive style, although in his textual-thematic manner, a text is almost always employed in the sermon. Even though Thielicke had a penchant for taking a theme from a problem which society was facing and then bringing his solution to the problem, his first process of preaching was always to wrestle with understanding the text.

Henry Ward Beecher and His Rhetoric of Preaching

Ryoo, Eung-Yul Presbyterian General Assembly Theological Seminary 2006 CHONGSHIN THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Vol.12 No.1

This paper attempts to examine an understanding and analysis of the sermons of Henry Ward Beecher (1813-1887) and his homiletical rhetoric elaborated in his Yale Lectures on Preaching which was delivered in three annual series from 1872 to 1874. Henry Ward Beecher was regarded as the greatest preacher of his century. He was also a great pastor, orator, and successful journalist. His unconventional preaching shocked those who heard his sermons, and thus his church was overflowed with people unaccustomed to going to church. In this paper, we will first explore his biographical background, including information about his family, education, church ministry, his life as a social reformer, and his personality as a preacher. Second, we will study the dominant ideas underlying his preaching, and the preparation process of his sermons. Third, this paper will analyze the rhetoric of his preaching in regards to his use of simple language, a clear statement of purpose, an appeal to concrete human experience, and use of oratory illustrations. Finally, we will suggest some vital implications in which modern preachers can apply in their sermons. In conclusion, this paper indicates at least two elements introduced by Henry Ward Beecher, the Shakespearean preacher and master communicator, that may be applicable to the art of effective communication and speaking for modern preachers. First, Beecher's emphasis on the preacher's character shows that preaching is truth manifested through personality. Preachers speaking with a Christ-like life as their foundation are able to reach the congregation more effectively than any powerful sermon. Second, Beecher's emphasis on clarity and vividness of expression challenges modern preachers to innovate their methods of communication.

Author’s Intention Revisited : The Hermeneutic of Hirsch and Its Impact on Theology and Preaching

Eung Yul Ryoo Presbyterian General Assembly Theological Seminary 2013 CHONGSHIN THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Vol.18 No.1

Covenant and Eschatology : The Divine Drama

Ryoo, Eung-Yul Presbyterian General Assembly Theological Seminary 2006 CHONGSHIN THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Vol.12 No.1

New Homiletic and Its Dealing With The Biblical Text

Ryoo, David Eung-yul CHONGSHIN UNIVERSITY 2005 CHONGSHIN REVIEW Vol.10 No.-

Biblical Theology of Holiness and Its Doctrinal Preaching

Ryoo, David Eung-Yul Presbyterian General Assembly Theological Seminary 2005 CHONGSHIN THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Vol.10 No.1-2

새 설교학자들의 성경관과 개혁주의 설교

류응렬(Ryoo, Eung-Yul) 개혁신학회 2009 개혁논총 Vol.10 No.-

The most important factor for the Reformed preaching concerns the authority of the biblical text in the sermon. The biblical text should be the basis to make the sermon, and the sermon must follow the main message of the biblical text. As God speaks through the Bible, when preachers fail to ground their preaching in the biblical text, they abandon their authority. Because the Bible is both the source and substance of preaching, Christian preachers must deliver what the biblical text intends to speak. This conviction, however, is seriously attacked in the New Homiletic. New homileticians of the last four decades contend that the conventional preaching style is neither attractive nor effective for contemporary congregations. Rather than using the traditional attempt to appeal to listeners with the cognitive and propositional ideas of the biblical text, these scholars have focused on the listener's experience and participation in preaching as they draw their own conclusions from the sermon. Three leading contemporary homileticians represent these movements: first, the inductive approach to preaching was advocated and developed by Fred Craddock; second, narrative preaching by homiletical plot was suggested by Eugene Lowry; and finally, sermonic shape within the structure and movement of the sermon was pursued by David Buttrick, whose approach is called the phenomenological method. This article explores how these three major figures of the New Homiletic dealt with the biblical text in Christian preaching. The present writer believes that the New Homiletic has attempted to revive Christian preaching with a revolutionary methodology of preaching, but it does not do justice to the message of the biblical text. Christian preachers should glean from the New Homiletician's emphasis on the importance of listeners and creatively utilize their methodology for effective communication. However, we must realize that the preaching philosophy of the New Homiletic cannot be supported by the Word of God because the Bible is to be preached with conviction about its truth.

설교의 개요, 이렇게 작성하라

류응렬(Eung Yul Ryoo) 신학지남사 2006 신학지남 Vol.73 No.2