The Witness Of Preaching Third Edition

Author : Thomas G. Long
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664261426

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The Witness of Preaching, Third Edition by Thomas G. Long Pdf

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.

Author : Thomas G. Long
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664229433

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The Witness of Preaching by Thomas G. Long Pdf

This thorough revision of this classic text is even clearer and more helpful than the first edition. Long has updated the language, expanded the key chapter on biblical exegesis, and has included more examples of sermon forms, illustrations, and conclusions.

Author : John Killinger
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451411405

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Fundamentals of Preaching by John Killinger Pdf

Originally published in 1983, Fundamentals of Preaching is a comprehensive textbook on preaching, guiding the novice from the first steps of conceiving the sermon through the actual construction and delivery. In this new, revised edition, Killinger enhances the outstanding, practical qualities of the text with much input from recent homiletical studies and the preaching of women.

Author : Alyce M. McKenzie
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2010-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611644388

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Novel Preaching by Alyce M. McKenzie Pdf

In this lively and accessible book, Alyce McKenzie explores how fiction writers approach the task of writing novels: how they develop their ideas, where they find their inspiration, and how they turn the spark of a creative notion into words on paper that will captivate the masses. McKenzie's study shows how preachers can use the same techniques to enhance their own creativity and to turn their ideas into powerful, well crafted sermons. Novel Preaching offers a wealth of advice from successful fiction writers, including Isabelle Allende, Frederick Buechner, Julia Cameron, Annie Dillard, Natalie Goldberg, Stephen King, Toni Morrison, Joyce Carol Oates, and Melanie Rae Thorn, and also includes a number of sample sermons from McKenzie herself.

Author : Prof. Joseph M. Webb
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 85 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426720635

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Preaching Without Notes by Prof. Joseph M. Webb Pdf

In this important book, Webb makes two central claims. First, that effective preaching without a manuscript is not a matter of talent as much as it is a matter of preparation. Preachers can learn the practices and disciplines that make it possible to deliver articulate, thoughtfully crafted sermons, not from a written page, but as a natural, spontaneous act of oral communication. Throughout the book, the author offers specific examples including a transcript of a sermon preached without manuscript or notes. Second, that the payoff of learning to preach without a manuscript is nothing less than sermons that more effectively and engagingly give witness to the good news.

Author : Bryan Chapell
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2018-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781493414420

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Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell Pdf

In this complete guide to expository preaching, Bryan Chapell teaches the basics of preparation, organization, and delivery--the trademarks of great preaching. This new edition of a bestselling resource, now updated and revised throughout, shows how Chapell's case for expository preaching reaches twenty-first-century readers.

Author : Fred B. Craddock
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780687659944

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Preaching by Fred B. Craddock Pdf

The standard textbook on the art and craft of preaching, with a new Foreword by Thomas G. Long.

Author : Paul Scott Wilson
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781426724718

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The Four Pages of the Sermon by Paul Scott Wilson Pdf

Doing justice to the complexity of the preaching task and the questions that underlie it, Wilson organizes both the preparation and the content of the sermon around its "four pages." Each "page" addresses a different theological and creative component of what happens in any sermon. Page One presents the trouble or conflict that takes place in or that underscores the biblical text itself. Page Two looks at similar conflict--sin or brokenness--in our own time. Page Three returns to the Bible to identify where God is at work in or behind the text--in other words, to discover the good news. Page Four points to God at work in our world, particularly in relation to the situations described in Page Two.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1988-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0804215707

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The Senses of Preaching by Anonim Pdf

Written in conversational style, The Senses of Preaching is a thought-provoking book using anecdotes to take a careful look at the relationship between preachers and congregations. Thomas Long provides insight into faith and life as well as preaching and homiletics. He offers preachers a better understanding of the whole concept of their craft and complements it with sermon-starter ideas. This compact volume shows preachers how to develop and implement a preaching experience that encourages the hearing of the gospel.

Author : Raniero Cantalamessa
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814639245

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Jesus Began to Preach by Raniero Cantalamessa Pdf

In this volume, a thoroughly revised and expanded version of The Mystery of God's Word, Father Raniero Cantalamessa engages the profound idea of the Eternal Word that becomes Life. The main and constant focus of the book is to show how the word of God illuminates and engages our existence. Cantalamessa uses the words of Scripture, particularly those of Jesus, to reflect on the meaning of a God who speaks, a God who is in relationship with humanity. By encountering these words in prayer and liturgy, we are invited to allow them into our minds and hearts so that we may be bearers of the word of God in the world. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap, taught the history of Christian origins at the Catholic University of Milan and served on the International Theological Commission. He devotes his ministry to preaching and writing, and since 1980 he has been the Preacher to the Papal Household. Cantalamessa is author of Come, Creator Spirit; Mary: Mirror of the Church; The Eucharist: Our Sanctification; Easter: Meditations on the Resurrection; The Holy Spirit in the Life of Jesus; The Mystery of Easter; The Mystery of Pentecost; and Life in Christ (al published by Liturgical Press).

Author : Thomas G. Long
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-03-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781611640090

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Preaching from Memory to Hope by Thomas G. Long Pdf

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.

Author : Jana Childers,Clayton J. Schmit
Publisher : Baker Academic
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1585588202

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Performance in Preaching (Engaging Worship) by Jana Childers,Clayton J. Schmit Pdf

This volume, which launches the Engaging Worship series from Fuller Theological Seminary's Brehm Center for Worship, Theology, and the Arts, offers a unique study of sermon delivery. While many books offer advice on how to prepare, write, and preach a sermon, this volume is distinctive in approaching the subject from the perspective of performance. The authors, who teach at a variety of seminaries and divinity schools across the nation, examine how the sermon can bring God's word to life for the congregation. In that sense, they consider the idea of performance from a wide range of theological, artistic, and musical viewpoints. These thoughtful essays will engage clergy and students with new ways of looking at the art of preaching.

Author : Frank A. Thomas
Publisher : The Pilgrim Press
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780829819892

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They Like to Never Quit Praisin' God by Frank A. Thomas Pdf

Through the unique lens of African American preaching, Frank Thomas explores the theology, dynamics, and guidelines for celebrative preaching. "They Like to Never Quit Praisin' God: The Role of Celebration in Preaching" provides the steps that are essential to understand and experience the Gospel through celebration and praise. This revised edition is updated with two new sermon illustrations and a sermon preparation worksheet.

Author : Richard R. Caemmerer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1288483419

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Preaching for the Church by Richard R. Caemmerer Pdf

Author : O. Wesley Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Bible
ISBN : 080060444X

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Determining the Form by O. Wesley Allen Pdf

A beautifully written and darkly funny journey through the world of the allergic. Like twelve million other Americans, Sandra Beasley suffers from food allergies. Her allergies -- severe and lifelong -- include dairy, egg, soy, beef, shrimp, pine nuts, cucumbers, cantaloupe, honeydew, mango, macadamias, pistachios, cashews, swordfish, and mustard. Add to that mold, dust, grass and tree pollen, cigarette smoke, dogs, rabbits, horses, and wool, and it's no wonder Sandra felt she had to live her life as "Allergy Girl." When butter is deadly and eggs can make your throat swell shut, cupcakes and other treats of childhood are out of the question -- and so Sandra's mother used to warn guests against a toxic, frosting-tinged kiss with "Don't kill the birthday girl " It may seem that such a person is "not really designed to survive," as one blunt nutritionist declared while visiting Sandra's fourth- grade class. But Sandra has not only survived, she's thrived -- now an essayist, editor, and award-winning poet, she has learned to navigate a world in which danger can lurk in an unassuming corn chip. Don't Kill the Birthday Girl is her story. With candor, wit, and a journalist's curiosity, Sandra draws on her own experiences while covering the scientific, cultural, and sociological terrain of allergies. She explains exactly what an allergy is, describes surviving a family reunion in heart-of-Texas beef country with her vegetarian sister, delves into how being allergic has affected her romantic relationships, exposes the dark side of Benadryl, explains how parents can work with schools to protect their allergic children, and details how people with allergies should advocate for themselves in a restaurant. A compelling mix of memoir, cultural history, and science, Don't Kill the Birthday Girl is mandatory reading for the millions of families navigating the world of allergies -- and a not-to-be- missed literary treat for the rest of us.