Determining the Form

We live in a leadership crisis. In an age when incompatible worlds collide and when scandals rock formerly stable institutions, says Walter Fluker, what counts most is ethical leadership and the qualities of personal integrity, spiritual discipline, intellectual openness, and moral anchoring that Fluker finds exemplified in the work and thought of black-church giants Martin Luther King Jr. and Howard Thurman.

O. Wesley Allen Jr. is associate professor of homiletics and worship at Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, Kentucky

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Editor's Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
Why Form Matters	p. 1
The History of Sermonic Form	p. 3
Form and Function	p. 5
Unity, Movement, and Climax: Essential Qualities of All Sermonic Forms	p. 7
Unity	p. 9
Movement	p. 9
Climax	p. 11
Conclusion	p. 12
Case Study: 1 Kings 19:1-15a	p. 15
Context	p. 17
The Narrative	p. 17
Sermonic Claim	p. 18
Propositional Lesson Sermons	p. 21
The Form	p. 21
Evaluation of the Form	p. 23
Case Study: 1 Kings 19:1-15a	p. 24
Exegesis-Interpretation-Application Sermons	p. 29
The Form	p. 29
Evaluation of the Form	p. 34
Case Study: 1 Kings 19:1-15a	p. 35
Verse-by-Verse Sermons	p. 39
The Form	p. 39
Evaluation of the Form	p. 41
Case Study: 1 Kings 19:1-15a	p. 42
The Four Pages Sermon	p. 47
The Form	p. 47
Evaluation of the Form	p. 51
Case Study: 1 Kings 19:1-15a	p. 51
Valley Sermons	p. 55
The Form	p. 55
Evaluation of the Form	p. 57
Case Study: 1 Kings 19:1-15a	p. 61
New Hearing Sermons	p. 65
The Form	p. 65
Evaluation of the Form	p. 68
Case Study: 1 Kings 19:1-15a	p. 69
Negative to Positive Sermons	p. 73
The Form	p. 73
Evaluation of the Form	p. 75
Case Study: 1 Kings 19:1-15a	p. 75
Afterword: Beyond an Introduction to Sermonic Forms	p. 79
For Further Reading	p. 81
Notes	p. 83
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