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Report from the Seminary

Russell Dykstra·2015-01-15
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This seminary report by Russell Dykstra describes a new "practice preaching" program at the Protestant Reformed Theological School where second-year students apply their theoretical training in Greek and Hebrew, hermeneutics, and homiletics to actually prepare and deliver sermons. The article outlines the methodological process students follow: translating texts directly from Scripture, analyzing grammar, conducting word studies informed by the principle that Scripture interprets Scripture, and developing clear definitions of biblical concepts supported by textual evidence.

Greetings to all the friends and supporters of the Protestant Reformed Theological School! By the time you read this, the first semester of the 2014-15 school year will be over, classes completed and exams administered, graded, and returned. Fourth-year student Ryan Barnhill will have returned from his six-month internship in the Protestant Reformed Church in Edgerton, MN. It has been an exciting semester. One of the most notable new features for the nine students in their second year of...

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Author
Russell Dykstra
Date

2015-01-15

Source
Standard Bearer
Topics
PreachingBiblical Interpretation
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