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.
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