The Homiletical Beat

Author : Dr. Eugene L. Lowry
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 129 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426761584

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The Homiletical Beat by Dr. Eugene L. Lowry Pdf

Promoting the idea of sermon as narrative, Eugene Lowry's first book, The Homiletical Plot, became one of the most influential preaching books of the latter part of the 20th century. While the sermon as narrative has become conventional preaching wisdom, it is largely misunderstood. Sermons are, by definition, narratives and as such, they have plots. At the same time, the sermon is not a story. While similar in many ways, narratives and stories are distinct. Therefore, to think of narrative preaching as merely one of many homiletical styles is to misunderstand and reduce the nature of the sermon. The sermon is more than just an option for the preacher; rather, it is, by definition, a narrative because it happens in time, not in space. This changes everything because the sermon ceases to be something a preacher constructs, like a thesis or even a painting. Instead, it is more like a piece of music - something a preacher plays within intuitively, to a constant beat - time after time, week after week. In light of this revelation, what are new strategic aims for sermon preparation and delivery?

Author : Noel A. Snyder
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2021-08-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830849345

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Sermons That Sing by Noel A. Snyder Pdf

Preaching and music are both regular elements of Christian worship across the theological spectrum. But they often don't interact or inform each other in meaningful ways. In this Dynamics of Christian Worship volume, theologian, pastor, and musician Noel A. Snyder considers how the church's preaching might be helpfully informed by musical theory. Just as a good musical composition employs technical elements like synchrony, repetition, and meter, the same should be said for good preaching that seeks to engage hearts and minds with the good news of Jesus Christ. By drawing upon music that lifts the soul, preachers might craft sermons that sing. The Dynamics of Christian Worship series draws from a wide range of worshiping contexts and denominational backgrounds to unpack the many dynamics of Christian worship—including prayer, reading the Bible, preaching, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, music, visual art, architecture, and more—to deepen both the theology and practice of Christian worship for the life of the church.

Author : Eugene L. Lowry
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0804216525

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The Homiletical Plot by Eugene L. Lowry Pdf

An enthralling introduction to the art of preaching, or more specifically, how to tell the story. This delightful book is an excellent teaching resource and learning tool for all pastors from beginning students to seasoned pulpiteers.

Author : Eugene L. Lowry
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2001-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664222641

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The Homiletical Plot by Eugene L. Lowry Pdf

Now in reissue with a new foreword by Fred B. Craddock and afterword by the author, Eugene L. Lowry, The Homiletical Plot, Expanded Edition follows in the same solid tradition of its predecessor. Upon its release, The Homiletical Plot quickly became a pivotal work on the art of preaching. Instead of comments on a biblical passage, Lowry suggested that the sermon follow a narrative form that moves from beginning to end, as with the plot of a story. This expanded edition continues to be an excellent teaching resource and learning tool for all preachers from introductory students to seasoned clergy.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1895
Category : Preaching
ISBN : WISC:89077076818

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The Homiletic Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Joel B. Green,Michael III Pasquarello
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2003-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441206541

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Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching by Joel B. Green,Michael III Pasquarello Pdf

There is often an unfortunate division between the technical work of biblical scholars and the practical work of preachers who construct sermons each week. These two fields of study, which ought to be mutually informed and supportive, are more often practically divided by divergent methods, interests, and goals. Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching aims to bridge that divide. Using narrative as an organizing theme, the contributors work through the New Testament offering examples of how interpretation can rightly inform proclamation. Three pairs of chapters feature an exemplary reading by a New Testament scholar followed by a sermon informed by that reading. Introductory and concluding chapters provide guidance for application of the model. Pastors and seminarians will find here a uniquely practical work that will help them with both the reading and preaching of Scripture.

Author : Jared E. Alcántara
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780830899029

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Crossover Preaching by Jared E. Alcántara Pdf

As society becomes more culturally diverse and globally connected, churches and seminaries are rapidly changing. And as the church changes, preaching must change too. Crossover Preaching proposes a way forward through conversation with the "dean of the nation?s black preachers," Gardner C. Taylor, senior pastor emeritus of Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, New York. In this richly interdisciplinary study, Jared E. Alcántara argues that an analysis of Taylor?s preaching reveals an improvisational-intercultural approach that recovers his contemporary significance and equips U. S. churches and seminary classrooms for the future. Alcántara argues that preachers and homileticians need to develop intercultural and improvisational proficiencies to reach an increasingly intercultural church. Crossover Preaching equips them with concrete practices designed to help them cultivate these competencies and thus communicate effectively in a changing world.

Author : Sunggu A. Yang
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532648557

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Arts and Preaching by Sunggu A. Yang Pdf

In our highly sensory and interactive age, how might drawing upon various arts—music, film, architecture, dramatic performance, painting, fashion, and more—expand the aesthetic experience and mode of preaching? This book presents a critical, practical answer to the question. As our society becomes more visually oriented, art-seeking, and body-positive, the practice of preaching is likewise challenged to demonstrate the mind-body, word-visual, and artistic proclamation of the Sacred (after all, isn’t the writing of the Bible itself highly art-full and aesthetic?). In this book, Sunggu A. Yang, a seasoned preacher and experienced teacher of preaching, encourages preachers to utilize their unique artistic talents as critical sources of theological and homiletical imagination and as hermeneutical-perspectival tools to aid their rigorous exegetical process of interpreting Scripture, eventually toward artistic-holistic sermon composition and delivery. A sample syllabus, included in the appendix, will greatly assist any preaching instructor who wants to offer a creative course on arts and preaching.

Author : Homiletic magazine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:555026191

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The Homiletic quarterly [afterw.] magazine by Homiletic magazine Pdf

Author : W. Hulitt Gloer,Shawn E. Boyd
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2019-09-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532646119

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God’s Word and Our Words by W. Hulitt Gloer,Shawn E. Boyd Pdf

Written by nationally and internationally known homileticians and preachers, this book offers a fascinating survey of the significant developments in preaching, beginning with the Old Testament, moving through the history of preaching, and concluding with a look into the future, all while offering practical suggestions for meeting the challenges that lie ahead. In a unique way, it addresses both the academic issues raised during each period and the practical implications for preaching today and in the future.

Author : Otis Moss III
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611646320

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Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World by Otis Moss III Pdf

"Can preaching recover a Blues sensibility and dare speak with authority in the midst of tragedy? America is living stormy Monday, but the pulpit is preaching happy Sunday. The world is experiencing the Blues, and pulpiteers are dispensing excessive doses of non-prescribed prosaic sermons with severe ecclesiastical and theological side effects." â€"from chapter 1 Uniquely gifted preacher Otis Moss III helps preachers effectively communicate hope in a desperate and difficult world in this new work based on his 2014 Yale Lyman Beecher Lectures. Moss challenges preachers to preach with a "Blue Note sensibility," which speaks directly to the tragedies faced by their congregants without falling into despair. He then offers four powerful sermons that illustrate his Blue Note preaching style. In them, Moss beautifully and passionately brings to life biblical characters that speak to today's pressing issues, including race discrimination and police brutality, while maintaining a strong message of hope. Moss shows how preachers can teach their congregations to resist letting the darkness find its way into them and, instead, learn to dance in the dark.

Author : Peter K. Stevenson
Publisher : SCM Press
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2017-01-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780334043744

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SCM Studyguide: Preaching by Peter K. Stevenson Pdf

Peter Stevenson provides an introduction to the practice of preaching. It is designed for people from various church traditions, in the early stages of ministerial formation. Preaching is a complex and challenging business requiring a demanding mixture of skills. People listening to a sermon have the right to expect that a person who stands up to preach, can interpret the Bible competently, has a grasp of core Christian beliefs, and believes what they preach. They also expect someone who has the necessary range of communication skills to put the message across in an accessible way. Such a range of expectations presents daunting challenges to the most experienced preacher. Including practical exercises which could be used by individuals or by groups, this book is suitable for introductory courses in preaching or for modules which consider preaching within an overall focus upon leading public worship.

Author : Adam Szumorek
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-10-31
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781839739064

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Seeing and Showing the Unseen by Adam Szumorek Pdf

As humans, we think in images and cannot do otherwise. Thus, metaphor and imagery, often viewed as complex literary devices, are in fact the very building blocks of human thought and essential components for understanding the nature of God. Exploring how the God of Scripture reveals himself through metaphor and imagery, Dr. Adam Szumorek utilizes Cognitive Linguistics to help students, teachers, and preachers understand how meaning is communicated in Scripture and conceptualized within the human brain. He provides a theological framework for applying Cognitive Linguistics in biblical exegesis, demonstrating its value in aiding our understanding of biblical texts and in communicating that understanding to others through sermons that speak to people’s minds, hearts, and imaginations. Both richly conceptual and deeply practical, this book equips readers to communicate the unseen, allowing others to taste, touch, and see the invisible yet incarnate God.

Author : Jeffrey W. Frymire
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666732771

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Preaching from Inside the Story by Jeffrey W. Frymire Pdf

Preaching from Inside the Story is a book that seeks to carve out an understanding of narrative preaching in an age where there is little agreement about its nature and practice. Capitalizing on the works of Craddock and Lowry, it seeks to find an expanded palette upon which the preacher may engage the larger canvas of narrative preaching. This book will engage the mind by introducing neuroscientific understandings of creativity; build upon the foundations of the philosophy of stories by engaging Aristotle’s foundational understanding of narrative; and renew the Lowry Loop by expanding this seminal work and how it should be understood in our current culture. Preaching from Inside the Story breaks new ground by encouraging preachers to move inside stories and tell them from the inside out providing a positive effect, thereby affording non-narrative preachers to connect with storytelling principles. Ultimately, it is filled with examples of how to do narrative in a very practical way. However, in showing these practical examples, the reader is involved in a deep analysis of those narrative sermons and how they fit into an overall narrative understanding of preaching. In the final analysis, it invites the reader to take a fresh journey into narrative preaching.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 692 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Preaching
ISBN : CHI:095226049

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The Homiletic Review by Anonim Pdf