Homiletics Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Christian tradition: The preaching of Jesus === [[Jesus]] preached and commissioned his [[Apostles in the New Testament|apostles]] to do so. His preaching included two forms of the sermon, the missionary and the ministerial. Missionary sermons are given to outsiders and correspond the Catholic ''[[magisterium]].'' Ministerial sermons are given to those already part of the movement, corresponding to the Catholic ''[[ministerium]]''. For example, Jesus' [[Sermon on the Mount]] is a missionary sermon. By contrast, his discourse after the [[Last Supper]] ({{bibleverse||John|14-16|KJV|}}) is ministerial.<ref name=CE/> It cannot be said that Jesus' preaching took any definite, rounded form, in the sense of a modern sermon. His aim was to sow the seed of the word, which he scattered abroad, like the sower in the [[Parable of the sower|parable]]. His commission to his Apostles included both missionary and ministerial sermoning. For examples of missionary sermoning, see {{bibleverse||Matthew|28:19|KJV|}}, {{bibleverse||Mark|16:15|KJV|}}, {{bibleverse||Mark|3:14|KJV|}}, {{bibleverse||Luke|9:2|KJV|}}For examples of ministerial sermoning, see [[Paul the Apostle|Paul the Apostle's]] sermon in {{bibleverse||Acts|20:7-11|KJV|}}. In this sermon, the apostles were supported by assistants who were elected and consecrated for a purpose (e.g. Timothy and Titus). Some of these assistants had been favored with [[charismata]]. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page