From Pew to Pulpit - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook From Pew to Pulpit write by Clifton Floyd Guthrie. This book was released on 2005. From Pew to Pulpit available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A down-to-earth, practical introduction to the ins and outs of preaching for lay preachers, bivocational pastors, and others newly arrived in the pulpit. Recent years have seen a considerable increase in the amount of financial resources required to support a full-time pastor in the local congregation. In addition, large numbers of full-time, seminary trained clergy are retiring, without commensurate numbers of new clergy able to take their place. As a result of these trends, a large number of lay preachers and bivocational pastors have assumed the principal responsibility for filling the pulpit week by week in local churches. Most of these individuals, observes Clifton Guthrie, can draw on a wealth of life experiences, as well as strong intuitive skills in knowing what makes a good sermon, having listened to them much of their lives. What they often don't bring to the pulpit, however, is specific, detailed instruction in the how-tos of preaching. That is precisely what this brief, practical guide to preaching has to offer. Written with the needs of those for whom preaching is not their sole or primary occupation in mind, it begins by emphasizing what every preacher brings to the pulpit: an idea of what makes a sermon particularly moving or memorable to them. From there the book moves into short chapters on choosing an appropriate biblical text or sermon topic, learning how to listen to one's first impressions of what a text means, moving from text or topic to the sermon itself while keeping the listeners needs firmly in mind, making thorough and engaging use of stories in the sermon, and delivering with passion and conviction. The book concludes with helpful suggestions for resources, including Bibles, commentaries, other print resources and websites.
Lament
Lament - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lament write by Sally Ann Brown. This book was released on 2005-01-01. Lament available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Lament, so prominent in the Christian canon, is neglected in the public worship and witness of most North American congregations. These essays by Princeton Theological Seminary faculty attest to the diverse ways in which lament is understood and practiced, and invite their recovery in all elements of the church's ministry.
Between Pulpit and Pew
Between Pulpit and Pew - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Between Pulpit and Pew write by W. Paul Reeve. This book was released on 2011-05-23. Between Pulpit and Pew available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Cain wanders the frontier as a Bigfoot-like hairy beast and confronts an early Mormon apostle. An evil band of murderers from Mormon scripture, known as the Gadianton robbers, provides an excuse for the failure of a desert town. Stories of children raised from the dead with decayed bodies and damaged minds help draw boundaries between the proper spheres of human and divine action. Mormons who observe UFOs in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries find ways to explain them in relation to the church’s cosmology. The millenarian dimension of that belief system induces church members to invest in the Dream Mine, a hidden treasure that a would-be heir to Joseph Smith wraps in prophecy of the end times. A Utah version of Nessie haunts a large mountain lake. Non-Mormons attempt to discredit Joseph Smith with tales that he had tried and failed to walk on water. Mormons gave distinctive meanings to supernatural legends and events, but their narratives incorporated motifs found in many cultures. Many such historical legends and beliefs found adherents down to the present. This collection employs folklore to illuminate the cultural and religious history of a people.
Resurrecting Excellence
Resurrecting Excellence - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Resurrecting Excellence write by L. Gregory Jones. This book was released on 2006-03-09. Resurrecting Excellence available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Resurrecting Excellence aims to rekindle and encourage among Christian leaders an unselfish ambition for the gospel that shuns both competition and mediocrity and rightly focuses on the beauty, power, and excellence of living as faithful disciples of the crucified and risen Christ. Drawing on ancient traditions and on contemporary voices, L. Gregory Jones offer both a theology of excellence and portraits of pastors, lay leaders, and congregations that embody "a more excellent way."--Publisher's description.
The Pew to the Pulpit ...
The Pew to the Pulpit ... - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Pew to the Pulpit ... write by David J. [from old catalog] Brewer. This book was released on 1898. The Pew to the Pulpit ... available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
