What S The Matter With Preaching Today

Author : Mike Graves
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2004-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0664226329

Get Book

What's the Matter with Preaching Today? by Mike Graves Pdf

Seventy-five years ago, renowned preacher Harry Emerson Fosdick asked in Harper's Magazine, "what's the matter with preaching?" Fosdick's question is even more relevant today, as both pastors and laity acknowledge the need for improvement in Sunday morning's sermons. And who better for pastors and students to learn from than those who already do it well? The contributors to this book are a some of the best and most thoughtful preachers in the church and classroom today. In their essays, they assess the state of preaching today, identify a variety of issues that challenge effective preaching, and offer helpful suggestions for what can be done to improve preaching. In the process, they help to define what effective preaching is.

Author : Mike Graves,André Resner
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2021-03-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498295024

Get Book

What’s Right with Preaching Today? by Mike Graves,André Resner Pdf

In 1928, when Riverside Church (NYC) pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick asked the question in Harpers Magazine, "What's the Matter with Preaching Today?" he did not know that one response to that question had just entered the world in Humboldt, Tennessee. Fred B. Craddock revolutionized preaching theory and practice by flipping pulpit logic from deductive to inductive--often called the preaching-as-storytelling revolution--and in so doing brought renewed interest and impact to the practice of preaching, effectively rescuing it from an often tedious and moralizing fate. With Fred, preaching was anything but boring. Rather, it was an exciting and enlightening ride that led to the renewal of faith. To honor Craddock's legacy, Mike Graves and Andre Resner invited ten leading voices in homiletics to identify something that is right about preaching today. In addition, they issued a call to a wide variety of people to contribute stories about Fred's impact on their lives and ministries. Twenty-seven remembrances of Fred are included here throughout the book. If you appreciate effective and engaging preaching--as either a preacher or listener--the essays and remembrances here will speak to you and provide encouragement about preaching's present and future. With contributions from: Ronald J. Allen Barbara K. Lundblad Alyce McKenzie Debra J. Mumford Luke Powery Andre Resner Richard Ward Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm Paul Scott Wilson

Author : David L. Larsen
Publisher : Kregel Academic
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0825493536

Get Book

The Anatomy of Preaching by David L. Larsen Pdf

Insight and commentary on fifteen issues that affect a pastor's effectiveness, including making a sermon flow, escaping predictability, and using narrative effectively.

Author : Albert N. Martin
Publisher : Banner of Truth
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1967-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0851516327

Get Book

What's Wrong with Preaching Today? by Albert N. Martin Pdf

Author : Fred B. Craddock
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780687659944

Get Book

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 : Albert N. Martin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 29 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 19??
Category : Preaching
ISBN : OCLC:1105278893

Get Book

What's Wrong with Preaching Today? by Albert N. Martin Pdf

Author : Francis Chan
Publisher : Hendrickson Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781598567045

Get Book

Prophetic Preaching by Francis Chan Pdf

The first book in Hendricksons new Preachers Toolbox series brings together a whos who group of todays most influential pastors, who share their understanding of prophetic preaching as well as their skills. The book is divided into two sections, The Calling of Prophetic Preaching and The Craft of Prophetic Preaching, which deliver clear themes and practical takeaways on the art of preaching prophetically. Speaking with grace and authority, preachers such as Francis Chan, Mark Buchanan, John Ortberg, Mark Driscoll, Timothy Keller, and Anne Graham Lotz offer Biblical and personal messages on prophetic preaching.

Author : John S. McClure
Publisher : Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664230135

Get Book

Preaching Words by John S. McClure Pdf

John McClure'sPreaching Wordshighlights the most important ideas in homiletics and preaching, offering short explanations of these ideas, what scholars of preaching are saying about them, and how they can help in today's preaching. Topics range from elements of the sermon (introduction, body, and conclusion) to aspects of delivery, types of preaching in different Christian traditions, and theories of preaching.

Author : Zondervan,
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 737 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2009-05-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310296409

Get Book

The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching by Zondervan, Pdf

A Comprehensive Resource for Today’s Christian Communicators. This extensive encyclopedia is the most complete and practical work ever published on the art and craft of biblical preaching. Its 11 major sections contain nearly 200 articles, comprehensively covering topics on preaching and methodology, including: Sermon structure and “the big idea.” The art of introductions, transitions, and conclusions. Methods for sermon prep, from outlining to exercising. Approaches to different types of preaching: topical, expository, evangelistic, and more. Best practices for sermon delivery, speaking with authority, and using humor. Leveraging effective illustrations and stories. Understanding audience. and much more. Entries are characterized by intensely practical and vivid writing designed to help preachers deepen their understanding and sharpen their communication skills. The contributors include a virtual Who’s Who of preaching from a cross section of denominations and traditions, such as Dallas Willard, John Ortberg, Rick Warren, Warren Wiersbe, Alice Mathews, John Piper, Andy Stanley, and many others. Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larson—two of today’s most respected voices in preaching—provide editorial oversight. Includes audio CD with preaching technique examples from the book.

Author : Willie J. Newton Jr.
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532654992

Get Book

Life-Situation Preaching for African-Americans by Willie J. Newton Jr. Pdf

The book benefits anyone who desires an approach to preaching that gets at listeners' felt needs. What we have been taught about preaching and our chosen approach to preaching may not serve us or our listeners well. Thus, the preacher's fidelity to an ineffective approach to preaching lies at the heart of the problem. This book helps preachers resolve this issue with life-situation preaching, an approach that begins with listeners' needs. Herein readers will experience the power of life-situation preaching to address the spiritual and practical problems--challenges, struggles, and unique experiences--African-Americans face daily.

Author : John Stott
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781467444118

Get Book

The Challenge of Preaching by John Stott Pdf

Trim new edition of a modern evangelical classic on preaching Internationally esteemed as an expository preacher and evangelical spokesman, John Stott edified thousands of Christian preachers and listeners during his lifetime. His writings, marked by a special clarity of expression, continue to speak to readers around the world. This book abridges and revises the text of Stott's Between Two Worlds: The Challenge of Preaching Today, first published in 1982, and updates it for our twenty-first-century context. Through Greg Scharf's abridging and updating work, John Stott's perspectives and insights on faithful, relevant preaching of the Word of God will benefit a new generation of preachers and preachers-to-be.

Author : Phillis Isabella Sheppard,Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm,Ronald J. Allen
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532643392

Get Book

Preaching Prophetic Care by Phillis Isabella Sheppard,Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm,Ronald J. Allen Pdf

Preachers often think of prophetic preaching in the caricature of the prophet as the lonely outsider confronting the congregation, often angrily, with the congregation's complicity in social injustice and with a bracing call for repentance. The twenty-seven essays and sermons in this book offer a different perspective by viewing prophetic preaching specifically--and ministry, practical theology, and theological education more broadly--as pastoral care for the community in prophetic perspective. Such preaching does indeed bring a critical theological analysis of justice concerns to the center of the sermon, but in such a way as to invite the congregation to consider how the move toward justice is a pastoral move-- that is, a move that seeks to build up community. Rather than contributing to the polarization so rampant in today's social world, the preacher seeks to help the congregation build bridges along which concern for justice can travel. The contributions honor the work of the late Dale Andrews, a scholar of preaching and practical theology at the Divinity School, Vanderbilt University, whose seminal work inspires the notions of prophetic care and building bridges to justice.

Author : Thomas G. Long,Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780664232542

Get Book

Teaching Preaching as a Christian Practice by Thomas G. Long,Leonora Tubbs Tisdale Pdf

Preachings most able practitioners gather in this book to explore and explain the idea that preaching is a practice that can be taught and learned. Arguing that preaching is a living practice with a long tradition, an identifiable shape, and a broad set of norms and desired outcomes, these noted scholars propose that teachers initiate students into the larger practice of preaching, in ways somewhat like other students are initiated into the practice of medicine or law. The book concludes with designs for a basic preaching course and addresses the question of how preaching courses fit into the larger patterns of seminary curricula.

Author : Ruthanna Hooke
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780898696462

Get Book

Transforming Preaching by Ruthanna Hooke Pdf

At once “travel guide” and vision for the future, the Transformation series is good news for the Episcopal Church at a time of fast and furious demographic and social change. Series contributors - recognized experts in their fields - analyze our present plight, point to the seeds of change already at work transforming the church, and outline a positive new way forward. What kinds of churches are most ready for transformation? What are the essential tools? What will give us strength, direction, and purpose to the journey? Each volume of the series will: Explain why a changed vision is essential Give robust theological and biblical foundations Offer a guide to best practices and positive trends in churches large and small. Describe the necessary tools for change Imagine how transformation will look Preaching is one of the more “transformable” aspects of the church’s life. Performance teacher Ruthanna Hooke, writing for both clergy and lay leaders, delivers the good and bad news about Episcopalians and preaching. She explains why preaching is more difficult than ever today, and provides essential models and spiritual practices in order to transform both the creators of preaching and its listeners as both participate in sermons.

Author : Mike Graves
Publisher : Chalice Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2012-11
Category : Angels
ISBN : 9780827242784

Get Book

What's the Shape of Narrative Preaching? by Mike Graves Pdf

They are there after an urgent need, a moment of desperation. Like Ellen Cardwell?s telling of a highway angel who helped Ellen and her husband resume their trip after car trouble on California?s desolate Highway 1. Or Delores Topliff?s memory from her childhood, when on the brink of starvation, an angel on a bicycle dropped off bags of groceries. These stories will challenge and reward your faith in God?a God Who tells us to entertain strangers and, possibly, Heavenly Company. Contained within this book is an exclusive collection of real-life encounters with God?s angels and mysterious helpful strangers. Best-selling author Cecil Murphey (coauthor of 90 Minutes in Heaven and more than one hundred other books) and his cowriter Twila Belk masterfully bring together brand-new reports from all over the world that share one thing in common: the way in which God uses messengers to touch our lives. Filled with hundreds of pages of stories that will excite your spirit and touch your heart, you?ll travel from Africa to Texas to Russia and back again. Curl up with this powerful book and read amazing true accounts of individuals who have encountered angels, both seen and unseen.