Choosing to Preach Discussion
#11 - Preaching and Teaching
Posted by Kent Anderson on August 26, 2006 19:11
Is there any difference between preaching and teaching? Deductive study sounds very much like the work of a teacher. Does preaching demand something beyond deduction? Or could good teaching embrace that "something beyond" as well?
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Posted by Kallie Hutton on Aug. 25, 2010 at 14:06
I see no significant difference between a teacher and a preacher except perhaps the context in which int gifts are used in. A teacher is traditionally seen as using their gift in a classroom setting where as the preacher works from a pulpit. However, both the teacher and the preacher study their content and try their best to accurately portray the message of God to their listeners. You can pick out little differences such as the level of interaction with the listeners, but that really depends on the style of the teacher and or preacher. These gifts are more alike than they are different.
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Posted by Jeff Little on Feb. 01, 2010 at 18:02
I have heard many preachers, and some of the best ones were concidered Preacher/teachers. They seem to be able to reach the people better.
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Posted by Joseph HyunHo on Nov. 30, 2009 at 21:56
I think that it is very difficult to find difference between preaching and teaching.
we define preaching as "helping people hear from God." Also, the main purpose of teaching the Word of God is to help know God and hear from God. In this sense, it is hard to say that there is difference between preaching and teaching. In my experience, I openly hear the message from God in the class such as Exposition of Mark or Matthew by Dr. Perkins, or Exposition of Romans, or Acts by Dr. Rapske. I remember the day when I repented my sin in the class. I think that integration for preaching and teaching is very important. We usually tend to think that only preaching need integration. Thus, in both preaching and teaching, integration is so important.
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Posted by John Moerman on Feb. 22, 2009 at 17:58
Persons have mentioned to me following a sermon that I am "more a teacher than a preacher." They have a difference in mind. I concentrate on having good information in my preaching. I spend time bringing something new into the content of the presentation. I emphasize explanation of major points of the scripture text. These are parts of teaching. Information, new content and explanation add to my preaching. God has something to say to these people and preaching helps them hear it. Teaching comes within preaching. Confrontation, exhortation and calling to repentance can also come within preaching. This is part of the important difference between preaching and teaching. Preaching is the over arching umbrella – the others are important components coming under it.
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Posted by Karl Popke on Feb. 16, 2009 at 21:47
I think the best way to answer this question, is not to look at the range of meanings these two words may have, but to see them as working together. Anytime a person says anything to a group, there is an "announcement" or "proclamation" of sorts, which we might designate as preaching, but from which we may also be learning. And anytime a person says anything from which we may learn something, we might designate this as teaching. But this also does not negate the fact that a teaching cannot announce or proclaim. The difference between preaching and teaching is like the difference between lecturing and teaching. One might say there is no explicit difference, other then an open and personal responsive interaction that may take place in a teaching environment, as compared to a preaching environment, where, usually a greater number listeners response is held to what is happening in their minds. The objective of preaching and teaching is to reach the same ends.
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Posted by Jeff Edwards on Feb. 16, 2009 at 12:26
I agree that preaching and teaching are the same in that they both inspire, form, inform, and correct. However, from my own personal perspective and cultural context, I connect teaching more to cognition and preaching is more associated with affection. Both lean heavily on deduction, but that is a result of our rationalistic western culture. "Something beyond" deduction should be recovered for effective preaching and teaching. As post-moderns become the dominant generation(s), we will need reincorporate induction.
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Posted by Kevin O'Coin on Jan. 15, 2009 at 20:05
I think we have a harder time believing that teaching can have preaching aspects, than that preaching can have teaching aspects. In order to present the Gospel in an understandable way, we are called to convey ideas to people of which they were not formerly aware, which is teaching in its simplest form. This is most observable in the declarative, exegetical sermon. On the other hand, we sometimes see teachers as dry and disconnect dispensers of facts, but is it not true that a passionate teacher cares about something enough to try to persuade others to see the importance of a fact, event, or even the discipline itself? As former discussions have pointed out, good preaching has the element of persuasion, and it is possible to preach astrophysics. Preaching and teaching are closer than we often think.
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Posted by John Jeong on Nov. 27, 2008 at 18:28
Like other people say, I don’t see significant difference in these two words. May be they can be distinguished by their contents but if both of them bring same content then there is no difference at all. The preaching and the teaching are same. Both are informational and transformational. Both words are appeared in the Bible. One more thing that I would like to mention is that the preaching and the teaching in the church should bring message from the Bible.
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Posted by Teresa Lam Lam on Nov. 01, 2008 at 01:33
There is no major difference between preaching and teaching. The Scriptures indicate that the leaders of the church have the responsibility to preach and teach. Both teaches the learners how and what to think. But the goal of both is spiritual formation and transformation of lives. The inductive approach begins with the listeners’ need and leading them to God while the deductive approach begins from the Bible and move towards the listeners’ need.
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Posted by Laurie Tyndall on Oct. 01, 2007 at 16:35
There is no real difference between preaching and teaching. As a former teacher, the best part of my day was to present a lesson where my students "bought in" to what was being presented. They "got it", then they "owned it", then they wanted to do something with it. Crafting a lesson that touched on all aspects of learning became an art. This is no different than developing a good sermon. At the end of the presentation, a preacher hopes that they have presented God’s word wisely and effectively, so that their listeners will "own it" and want to make changes in their lives according to what they have heard.
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Posted by Steve Driediger on Feb. 05, 2007 at 13:43
We tend to differentiate between teaching and preaching because much of the preaching that we have heard is lousy teaching – so we differentiate between the two in order to feel good about what we do. Preaching does indeed demand something beyond deduction, but so does good teaching. The differences that we have created between teaching and preaching have much more to do with the venue and time constraints than they do with the character and purpose of either one.
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Posted by Aaron Richert on Jan. 23, 2007 at 17:14
Are you asking "is there any difference between deductive preaching and deductive teaching?" Like preaching, there are many different styles of teaching. I’ve had great teachers who have had a significant impact on my life who weren’t necessarily deductive teachers. So I guess from experience as a Bible student and a church member I’d say that preaching and teaching aren’t really that different. I guess the only difference I can think of would be the power of the Holy Spirit which a preacher must rely on that a physics prof. may or may not have. I’d hope that all Bible teachers would spend as much time in prayer and relying on the Holy Spirit as a preacher would though.