The Theme of the Sermon

Authors

J. H. Fritz, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis

Publication Date

5-1-1933

Document Type

Article

Keywords

sermon, theme, prayer, exhortation

Submission Type

Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep

Abstract

The theme of the sermon is a proposition, or a statement, expressed in a few words. Yet Phelps, in his book of well-nigh six hundred pages, The Theory of Preaching, devotes eighty-two pages (pp. 282-364:) to a discussion of the proposition, or the theme, of the sermon: its definition, necessity, substance, and form. Why? Because of the importance of the sermon theme. The theme is the sermon in nuce; the sermon is the theme unfolded, or developed.

Disciplines

Practical Theology

Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)

1 Thessalonians 5:21; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; John 16:23; 2 Corinthians 1:3-7;

Submission Cost

Free

Submission Audience

Laity; Ministers; Scholars

Recommended Citation

Fritz, J. H. (1933) "The Theme of the Sermon," Concordia Theological Monthly: Vol. 4, Article 52.
Available at: https://scholar.csl.edu/ctm/vol4/iss1/52