Ethical Approaches To Preaching

Author : John S. McClure
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725274556

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Ethical Approaches to Preaching by John S. McClure Pdf

Different ethical situations require different homiletical responses. John McClure organizes recent literature on ethics and preaching into four ethical approaches. Does your situation require public moral leadership? Then a communicative ethic is best. Does your situation require the development of countercultural moral character? Then a witness ethic is best. Does your situation require ethical consciousness-raising and organizing for social justice? Then a liberationist ethic is best. Does your situation require genuine moral conversation and the discernment of shared commitments in spite of our differences? Then a hospitality ethic is best. Each ethical approach is briefly and carefully explored, correlated with appropriate contexts and situations, and demonstrated with model sermons. The result is a useful handbook for quickly discerning what ethical approach is needed, how to preach that approach, and what to expect as a result.

Author : Charles L. Campbell
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664222331

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The Word Before the Powers by Charles L. Campbell Pdf

In this examination of the ethical significance of preaching, Charles Campbell provides both fresh insights into the relationship between preaching and ethics and a challenging moral vision for the contemporary church. Moving beyond a narrow focus on moral decision-making or social-issues sermons, Campbell argues that a particular ethic--nonviolent resistance--is inherent in the practice of preaching and shapes the moral life of the church. In the face of the powers, the fundamental ethical task of preaching involves building up the church as a community of resistance. Employing three dimensions of character ethics--vision, practices, and virtues--Campbell demonstrates the concrete ways in which preachers may undertake this task.

Author : William Tillman
Publisher : B&H Publishing Group
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1988-05-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433669897

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Understanding Christian Ethics by William Tillman Pdf

The student, church staff person layperson, or professional ethicist searching for an introduction to contemporary ethical issues that is substantive enough for class room use yet functionally oriented toward the local church will find Understanding Christian Ethics invaluable.

Author : Ronald D. Sisk
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2007-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781566996075

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Preaching Ethically by Ronald D. Sisk Pdf

How do clergy preach to meet the legitimate needs of their congregation and live up to standards of professionalism and personal integrity? Preaching Ethically offers guidelines for preaching in light of a range of factors that might tempt a preacher to misuse the pulpit. How do you preach about controversial issues? What do you say from the pulpit when your marriage is in trouble? What are the ethics of preaching in times of local or national crisis? How do you draw from resources found on the Internet and elsewhere without plagiarizing or misleading listeners about the source of the materials? How do you write a sermon when you know very little about a subject? Why and how do you feed a congregation a balanced sermonic diet? To be true to ourselves and our calling, says Sisk, we must examine how the many factors that can influence our preaching come into play. the calling to preach to gospel compels us to preach in ways that keep the gospel foremost, treat the congregation fairly, and are true to our own convictions and our personal integrity.

Author : James F. Keenan,Joseph J. Kotva
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1580510647

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Practice what You Preach by James F. Keenan,Joseph J. Kotva Pdf

Calling for accountability, Practice What You Preach discusses ethical questions that arise in congregations and pastoral leadership. Formation of pastors, empowering leaders, resolving power struggles between clergy and laity-these and other critical pastoral issues are addressed by an ecumenical group of contributors. Divided into four parts: the way the churches train their pastors; the way their pastors live; the way communities worship; and the way communities behave, this collection identifies and offers positive solutions to areas where churches are often slow to change. Each essay begins with a case describing a typical problem-from wages to in-fighting-and then discusses what virtues or character traits might be developed to resolve the problem effectively.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426735707

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The New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching by Anonim Pdf

The New Interpreter’s Handbook of Preaching is a major reference tool for preaching, with articles on every facet of Christian sermon preparation and delivery. This resource is both scholarly and practical. It focuses on the most distinctive feature and greatest strength of homiletics as a discipline: It is rooted in interdisciplinary scholarship and it develops theory geared to practice. Its theory arises out of the study of both excellent preaching past and present and actual sermon preparation and composition. When theory and practice critique each other, it is possible to produce guidelines that assist greater excellence and economy in preaching the gospel. Excellence in standards is an area in which homiletics needs to grow, and this project will be both a means to encourage and develop it. A guiding question throughout will be, Will it preach? The answers will be offered in the sense that “here is something that works well,” rather than “here is something to try.” Preachers will turn to this resource with the expectation that they will find scholarly treatment of topics, brief bibliographies of relevant key books and articles, along with practical methodological suggestions for preachers to employ. The contributors are homileticians, preachers, and writers in various disciplines who are committed to the pulpit through practice.

Author : Raymond W. McLaughlin
Publisher : Baker Publishing Group (MI)
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0801060516

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The Ethics of Persuasive Preaching by Raymond W. McLaughlin Pdf

Author : John S. McClure,Allie Utley
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666743838

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Learning Together to Preach by John S. McClure,Allie Utley Pdf

Preaching is best learned and improved when preachers receive excellent, supportive reflection on their lived experiences and sermons. For nearly ten years at Vanderbilt Divinity School a group of scholars and practicing preachers joined together to develop and hone several models of peer-group and individual coaching. In this book, they describe the key dimensions of “collaborative coaching,” a learner-centered approach to coaching that emphasizes covenant-building, deep spiritual curiosity, care-filled listening, ethical awareness, attention to bodies and places, parallel learning, careful sermon analysis, and the art of asking excellent questions. In the final section of the book, practitioners provide examples of this kind of coaching in practice.

Author : David P. Gushee,Robert H. Long
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0817012877

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A Bolder Pulpit by David P. Gushee,Robert H. Long Pdf

These sermons will have a greater impact on the moral behavior of worshipers.

Author : Walter C. Jr. Kaiser
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2009-05-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1441205306

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What Does the Lord Require? by Walter C. Jr. Kaiser Pdf

How applicable is the Bible's moral standard to the complex issues we face today--like stem cell research, euthanasia, gambling, and environmental care? How does a person use Scripture to make ethical decisions? And how do we teach people to think biblically about ethics? Experienced Bible teacher Walter Kaiser answers these questions by demonstrating how, connecting eighteen key teaching Scriptures to eighteen tough ethical issues. Some examples include connecting poverty and orphans with Isaiah 58:1-12, genetic engineering with Genesis 1:26-39 and 2:15-25, and cohabitation and adultery with 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8. The result is a stimulating resource and guide for preaching and a solid foundation for developing Bible studies. Each chapter also includes concluding points, bibliography, and discussion questions.

Author : Greg Forster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Bible
ISBN : 1851747532

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Preaching on Ethical Issues by Greg Forster Pdf

Author : Eliana Ah-Rum Ku
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2024-03-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666774313

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Lament-Driven Preaching by Eliana Ah-Rum Ku Pdf

This book challenges Christian communities to engage in lament—a mode of existence characterized by impassioned expression, witnessing, and personal or social protest in the face of evil and injustice, reflecting a profound yearning for God’s saving presence. Divine lament responds to, and expresses solidarity with, human suffering, unveiling multiple facets of God’s image and demonstrating a profound sense of divine compassion. Drawing on the Book of Lamentations, Korean concepts related to suffering (han and hanpuri), the Paschal Triduum narratives, and recent homiletic discourses on suffering, the author investigates how complex issues related to grief and hope can be addressed in preaching without diminishing the harsh reality of affliction. Designed to assist preachers, this book encourages a more intentional approach to addressing suffering, specifically by advocating for lament as a transitional space between affliction and hope. Furthermore, readers are invited to contemplate the significance of the church, which, within a world in decline, embodies the body of Christ, manifesting both the demise and resurrection of God.

Author : Professor John W Welch
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781409478225

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The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple by Professor John W Welch Pdf

No religious text has influenced the world more than has the New Testament's Sermon on the Mount, and yet this crucial text still begs to be more clearly understood. Why was it written? What unifying theme or purpose holds it all together? Should it be called a sermon? Or is it some other kind of composition? How would its earliest listeners have heard its encoded allusions and systematic program? This book offers new insights into the Sermon on the Mount by seeing it in the shadow of the all-pervasive Temple in Jerusalem, which dominated the religious landscape of the world of Jesus and his earliest disciples. Analyzing Matthew 5-7 in light of biblical and Jewish backgrounds, ritual studies, and oral performances in early Christian worship, this reading coherently integrates every line in the Sermon. It positions the Sermon as the premier Christian mystery.

Author : Charles L. Campbell,Clayton J. Schmit,Mary Hinkle Shore,Jennifer Copeland
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2016-08-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498207898

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Preaching Gospel by Charles L. Campbell,Clayton J. Schmit,Mary Hinkle Shore,Jennifer Copeland Pdf

Teaching preaching, like preaching itself, is a noble endeavor. After nearly four decades of teaching, Richard Lischer has sent legions of preachers across the world to preach gospel. This volume pays tribute to his faith-filled life of preaching and teaching. The contributors, some of whom were taught by Lischer, have received many laurels themselves, so readers will find in these pages wisdom for preaching from many quarters. Some authors include sermons with helpful commentary about the preaching exercise; some offer essays to illuminate the task of sermon writing; all acknowledge the influence of Richard Lischer on their preaching and teaching endeavors.

Author : Hugh Price Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1892
Category : Christian life and character
ISBN : HARVARD:HWL49I

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Ethical Christianity by Hugh Price Hughes Pdf