SQ: Qualifications of the Preacher

Homiletics I

Study Questions

 

The Qualifications of the Preacher

 

 

Define the following terms:

 

call

 

homiletics

 

preaching

 

 

Answer the following questions according to classroom discussion.

 

1. Why should the aspiring preacher study homiletics?

 

 

2. Isn't a desire to preach enough for a man to decide he is a

"preacher"?

 

 

3. What are the criteria for qualifying preachers?  Use Scripture

references to support your answers.

 

 

4. Explain what is meant by the quote from John Jowett.

 

 

5. Fill in the blanks to finish the quote:  "He who is ________ to

preach the __________ is also called to ________ the

Bible."

6. Have you been called to minister (servanthood)?  If so, what things have constituted this call?  If not, what are you doing to be ready for His calling?
7. To what degree should an aspiring preacher study the Bible?
8. What did the 17th Century Puritan pastor and scholar, John Owen, mean when he echoed the words of the Psalmist (Psalm 116:10)?
9. Finish the following quote of Erwin Lutzer:  "If we spend as much time preparing our hearts as we do our minds, __________

___________________________________

__________________________________.”

 

10. How is Jesus Christ an example and encouragement for prayer to every ministry (including the preacher)?
11. What things should a preacher pray about?
12. Why does the preacher need to live humble and holy?
13. Explain what is involved in a preacher getting spiritually, physically, mentally, emotionally, and volitionally prepared to serve.
14. Which qualification of a preacher is the most important?