Preekbeoordeling en -verantwoording; grepe uit die Lutherse en gereformeerde ontwikkelingslyn

Abstract

This article addresses possible ways in which members of a congregation can develop a responsibility with regard to judging and vindicating sermons. The Lutheran as well as the Reformed traditions are used to illustrate this process. In a time characterized by tolerance with respect to unscriptural ideas, it is imperative that new attention .should be given to equip members of a congregation to judge the validity of a sermon and to apply the contents of such a sermon to their lives. In analysing and comparing the development of the critical responsibility of members of a congregation in the Lutheran and Reformed traditions, important indicators can be identified for a reevaluation of this lost practice of the 16th century Reformation.