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PR1510 Telling the StoryLuther Seminary
Interpreting Ourselves/
Thinking Theologically
Logos (text, Jesus)
Pathos Ethos(Congregation) (Preacher)
THE PREACHING TRIANGLE
WE ARE TEXT INTERPRETERS EVERY DAY…
“The convergence of text and reader brings the literary work into existence.” Wolfgang Iser
Self-interpretation critical for biblical interpretation What glasses are you wearing? Through what lenses
do you see? Contextuality, large and small.
Large, who are you in the larger society? Small, e.g., The Good Samaritan – title, never called good
in the parableWe all have points of viewMilton—sin is being blind to ourselves and our
limited point of view, but it is also just the case for mortals Do you like God in the epic? Why not? Sin
INTERPRETING OURSELVES…
All people are theologians/Christians are particular theologians
A process and a craft – working with various resources, applying certain skills
Doing theology, not just having a theology
Theology – study of God totality of things having to do with religious life
function of Godknowing of God, rather than about God, not just about doctrine
THINKING THEOLOGICALLY
Embedded theology verses deliberative
Day-to-day decisions based on embedded theology
Deliberative theology emerges from a process of carefully reflecting on embedded theological convictions, usually crisis
DOING THEOLOGY
What is God doing in this text? What is God’s particular word to us in this text?
What is God up to?Who is God?
THEOLOGICAL
How does this text speak to the human condition?
How does the text talk about our brokenness or sin?
What are we in need of?
HUMAN CONDITION/LAW
How does the text contribute to an understanding of the person and work of Christ?
What has Christ done for us? What does Christ continue to do for us?What is the portrait of Christ that is being
presented?
CHRISTOLOGICAL
What does this text claim about our salvation or atonement?
How does the text convey an understanding of salvation?
What are the saving acts of God?
SOTERIOLOGICAL
What does this text say about the end times?
What does this text communicate about our future life with God?
ESCHATOLOGICAL
What does the text communicate about the church?
What is the nature or meaning of the church, the community of the faithful, the work of the church?
What does it say about living as a community in Christ?
ECCLESIOLOGICAL
What does the text say about
Holy Spirit?
Who or what is
the Holy Spirit?
What is the Holy Spirit up to?
PNEUMATOLOGICAL
What does the text say about living out our faith?What does this text have to say about living life
before God? Is there a called for response to what God has done?How does the text speak about being a disciple of
Jesus?
EMBODYING THE GOSPEL