한국 최초의 설교집 백목강연에 대한 연구

Abstract

When was the first sermon collection of Korea published and what were the features? The Paikmok Kangyun (The Sermons by One Hundred Pastors & Teachers) was published in 1920 during the Japanese colonial period. A few sermons were printed in certain seminary magazines before the Paikmok Kangyun was published. However, we cannot see the book as a sermon collection. The Paikmok Kangyun is the first sermon collection in Korea, which contains 25 sermons written by 25 preachers. It was composed by male and female pastors and laities. This fact provides a starting point of discussion for preaching in this period’s trend, which has raised the importance of hearers. In addition, through the study about the Paikmok Kangyun around 100 years ago, we can address that there were several terms, which indicated today’s ‘preaching,’such as KangYun, KangSul, and KangDo. As time went by, the term ‘preaching’ was accepted as today’s meaning. Moreover, the three point sermon was used as the representative preaching style in Korean church. It is the successful preaching style used from the early Korean church up until now. In addition, we will look for the bible text selection that preachers favored, the New Testament over the Old Testament. Furthermore, we will study some features of the contents that reflected the Korean churches’ circumstances during the time, what special ending expressions preachers used, and what features mentioned above influenced today’s preaching. Through the study about the Paikmok Kangyun, we will survey preaching of the early Korean church and useful points for today’s Korean preachers.