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A Dialogical Evaluation Of A Series Of Eight Sermons Preached In The Benton Harbor Church Of Seventh-Day Adventists From April 6 To June 1, 1974, Carl Raymond Holmes
A Dialogical Evaluation Of A Series Of Eight Sermons Preached In The Benton Harbor Church Of Seventh-Day Adventists From April 6 To June 1, 1974, Carl Raymond Holmes
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Introduction
From April 6 to June 1, 1974» a series of eight sermons were preached to the .Benton Harbor, Michigan congregation of Seventh-day Adventists under the theme FAITH TO FACE THE FUTURE. Homiletical preparation was based on the method suggested by Lloyd M. Perry in his book Biblical Sermon Guide, and harmonized with methods consistent with my own theology of preaching. The series was preceded by two training sessions in listening skills for the Treatment Group designated throughout this report as Group A.
Method
Methodology was two-fold: theoretical and empirical. Research was done in selected works on homiletics and the …