Browsing by Author "Lehmkuhl, Carl Wilhelm."

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Prediking as liturgiese gebeure.
(1986) Lehmkuhl, Carl Wilhelm.; Heuer, Neville Anthony Charles.
The concern of this thesis is centered in what it considers to be the problem that the present-day Church wrestles with in its liturgical ministry. It offers as its answer to this problem a concept of relevance, it is, to understand man as an existential being in relation to the liturical structures within the Church. The conclusions which this thesis derives from a Biblical-theological anthropology attempts a fresh approach in understanding modern man. This understanding is broadened by the insights derived from the Psychological and Sociological perspectiveness of modern man's own life. The question being answered is: What is man for the preacher? In its variety of traditions and through its theologians the Church throughout the ages has worshipped and described its worship. From this information worship is defined so as to contextualise preaching. Psychology in relation to human behavior, helps the preacher to formulate principles which make worship relevant to modern man. Fundamental to this approach has been the need to formulate Theological principles as well, which guarantee that worship will be Christian and Biblically sound. Lastly preaching as a liturgical event is described. From the historical understanding of the concept, preaching is defined so as to understand the relation between preaching and other liturgical events or elements. The conclusion which the study arrives at is that relevant preaching as exposition of Scripture is the answer to the problem for the Church of being relevant to modern man.
Suggestie as faktor in die christelike erediens met besondere verwysing na die gereformeerde-, pentekostalistiese- en neo- pentekostalistiese tradisies.
(1990) Lehmkuhl, Carl Wilhelm.; Krige, Willem Adolph.; Heuer, Neville Anthony Charles.
The aim of this study is to examine the communication models with which the church works and if necessary, to create an alternative model. The criticism of the worship service requires that the church rethinks her activities. The target of the study is the Christian worship service as seen in the main stream of Protestant thinking in South Africa. In particular it looks at the Reformed-, Pentecostal- and Neo-pentecostal churchgroups. Church history shows that the church often gets involved with heresy, and that God ever so often brings His church back through specific reformations. In the light of this, the church should ask the right questions now to be able to give the right answers in the twenty first century. The liturgical crisis requires that ministers should lead worship with honesty and enthusiasm. Ministers will have to be careful not to try and produce or imitate God's work, but through the interaction between the people themselves and between God and his people, to be an instrument in God's hand. Therefore this study suggests principles which governs the communication in the worship service. The importance of this study lies in the fact that it tries to understand the very complex situation of communication in the Christian worship service. These peculiar dynamics is both unique and general. Unique, in the sense that the Lord Jesus Christ is present amongst His children, that God through grace intervenes in the lives of people and by this makes the most ideal communication possible. Generally, in the sense that it is through common everyday communication skills, that the worship service is experienced. The individual who attends the service will come to a specific understanding of the situation, through the normal human communication process. This study also designed a measuring device in the form of questionnaires to identify what people experience during the worship service. It comes to the conclusion that ministers must set up the most ideal situation for effective communication during services.