Semiotic preaching requires a new theory of congregation. The issue is not how you become a better preacher, but how your people become better participants, a better congregation. The congregation is now an essential part of the sermon composition. The real content of the sermon is not the information but the interaction. A participative or interactive homiletic is based on the priesthood-of-all-believers commitment that the whole community is called to collaborate in the ministry of the word. The preposition with must replace for in everything we do. We don’t do anything for people.
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