Preaching from Memory to Hope - 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 Preaching from Memory to Hope write by Thomas G. Long. This book was released on 2009-03-19. Preaching from Memory to Hope available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In this compelling and hard-hitting book, respected preacher and teacher Thomas Long identifies and responds to what he sees as the most substantive theological forces and challenges facing preaching today. The issues, he says, are fourfold: the decline in the quality of narrative preaching and the need for its reinvigoration; the tendency of preachers to ignore God's action and presence in our midst; the return of the church's old nemesis, gnosticism--albeit in a milder form--evidenced in today's new "spirituality"; and the absence of eschatology in the pulpit. Long once again has his finger on the pulse of American preaching, demonstrated by his creative responses to these challenges. Whether he is calling for theologically smarter and more ethically discerning preaching, providing a method of interpretation that will allow pastors to recover the emphasis on God in our midst, or encouraging a kind of "interfaith dialogue" with gnosticism, he demonstrates why he has long been considered one of the most thoughtful and intelligent preachers in America today.
The Witness of Preaching, Third Edition
The Witness of Preaching, Third Edition - 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 Witness of Preaching, Third Edition write by Thomas G. Long. This book was released on 2016-10-01. The Witness of Preaching, Third Edition available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This is a newly revised edition of one of the standard introductory preaching textbooks on the market today. Beginning with a solid theological basis, veteran preacher and best-selling author Thomas G. Long offers a practical, step-by-step guide to writing a sermon. Long centers his approach around the biblical concept of witness. To be a preacher, Long posits, is to be a witness to God's work in the worldone who sees before speaking, one whose task is to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth about what is seen." This updated edition freshens up language and anecdotes, contains an extensive new analysis of the use of multimedia and its impact on preaching, and adds a completely new chapter on plagiarism in preaching. Included for the first time are four complete sermons, with Long's commentary and analysis. The sermons were written and originally preached by Barbara Brown Taylor, Cleophus J. LaRue. Ginger Gaines-Cirelli, and Edmund Steimle. With this third edition, The Witness of Preaching reaffirms itself as the essential resource for seminary students as well as new and experienced preachers.
Preaching as Reminding
Preaching as Reminding - 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 Preaching as Reminding write by Jeffrey D. Arthurs. This book was released on 2017-11-07. Preaching as Reminding available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. We know of the preacher’s roles as both teacher and proclaimer, but Jeffrey Arthurs adds another assignment: the Lord’s remembrancer. With decades of preaching experience, he explains how to stir the memory of Christ-followers, fanning the flames of faith through vivid language, story, delivery, and ceremony. When knowledge fades and conviction cools, the church needs to be reminded of the great truths of the faith.
Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope
Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope - 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 Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope write by Walter Brueggemann. This book was released on . Deep Memory, Exuberant Hope available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The leading Old Testament theologian reflects on the meaning of the gospel in today's world.These studies on a variety of biblical texts focus deftly on reading, listening to, and proclaiming the gospel in a broken, fragmented, and "post-Christendom" world. Brueggemann explores how these traditions have the potential to continually resonate in our contemporary communities and individual lives.
Preaching After God
Preaching After God - 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 Preaching After God write by Phil Snider. This book was released on 2012-08-01. Preaching After God available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Even though the postmodern return of religion is dramatically shaping the future of twenty-first-century theology, its riches for preaching are rarely mined. Preaching After God highlights the trajectories of the postmodern return of religion by introducing readers to the positive theological themes stirring in the work of influential philosophers like Jacques Derrida, John Caputo, and Slavoj Žižek. Phil Snider shows how engaging their thought provides possibilities for preaching that highly resonate with postmodern listeners. Preachers familiar with the postmodern return of religion will appreciate its homiletical appropriation, while those introduced to it for the first time will discover just how much it is helpful for the preaching task. Six lectionary-based sermons are included as examples.
