Here are two seminary terms that every believer ought to get familiar with: exegesis and eisegesis.<\/p>\n\n\n
Maybe it will explain what has been bugging you about the sermons you’ve been hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
EXEGESIS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
Exegesis is interpreting a passage of Scripture based on careful discernment of what the author set out to communicate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Exegesis is the foundation for solid biblical preaching. It is what your pastor should do on a daily basis whenever his or her Bible is opened for study.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Put simply, exegesis is drawing meaning out of the text. Listening to what it wants to teach. The sermon is simply the vehicle for passing THAT along.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
EISEGESIS<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n
Eisegesis is when the “interpreter” comes to the text with an idea already formed, looking for a passage able to carry that idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
The preacher may need to twist or inflate or shrink a particular passage to be able to fit the idea inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
The opportunity to flash a verse or two on the screen in seeming support of the sermon’s thesis is all that matters come Sunday morning.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
The context of the verse is ignored. The sermon might be slick – depending on the rhetorical skills of the preacher – but it is predestined to mediocrity.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
Or worse.<\/p>\n\n\n
We should demand careful exegesis from our preachers. We should discourage eisegesis.<\/p>\n\n\n
But we don’t.<\/p>\n\n\n
If the difference between exegesis and eisegesis is still a bit foggy, come back tomorrow when I will provide a textbook example of eisegesis – courtesy of a rising star of the mega-church scene who is also a “New York Times Bestselling Author”.<\/p>\n\n\n
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