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Southwestern Journal of Theology 2021 Book of the Year Award
(Honorable Mention, Preaching/Ministry/Leadership) A veteran pastor
with thirty years of experience guides readers through a ten-step
process to preaching Old Testament narratives from text selection
to delivery. The first edition received a Christianity Today award
of merit and a Preaching magazine Book of the Year award. This
edition, now updated and revised throughout for a new generation,
includes a new chapter on how to preach Christ from the Old
Testament and an exemplary sample sermon from Mathewson. Foreword
by Haddon W. Robinson.
The right words for the right occasion A pastor must be able to
step with ease into a number of different speaking venues. In
addition to a regular preaching schedule, you as a pastor face an
endless parade of special occasions at which you are asked to
speak. Some occasions are planned, others are unexpected, but for
all occasions you must be ready to communicate the Word of God in a
way that complements the liturgy and worship. Preaching for Special
Services gives you practical guidance on how to develop and deliver
clear, listener-sensitive sermons for special occasions such as
weddings, baptisms, and funerals. Each chapter examines the history
and theology of preaching for a particular occasion and then
centers on the development of the sermon for that event. Scott M.
Gibson's approach to sermon construction is based on Haddon W.
Robinson's central-idea preaching described in his Biblical
Preaching. Preaching for Special Services also offers an extensive
list of resources for each special occasion and specific exercises
to help you put the principles in this book into practice.
Statistics show that the average person watches almost 5 hours of
television per day - that's more than 1,700 hours a year. It's
obvious from these statistics that television is doing something
right, for people to be tuned in for that amount of time. Stop
Preaching and Start Communicating has nothing to do with
television's content. Instead, it has everything to do with
examining television as an effective communications medium, and how
oral communicators can learn from it. In this book you will learn:
- how to define and get to know your target audience - how to begin
and end a message that gets attention and leaves them breathless -
how to communicate without notes - how to communicate just one
memorable big idea - how to communicate to transform, rather than
to simply inform
To communicate God??'s Word effectively in the twenty-first
century, you need to know how to connect with and confront an
audience of postmodern listeners. With this book, you???ll learn
how to change your style of preaching without compromising the
substance, take advantage of new opportunities provided by the
cultural shift, and show an inattentive society the relevance of
God??'s truth. "The world has gone through a major shift in
thinking and communication into a postmodern mode, yet much
preaching is still ???pre-modern??? and very out of touch. Graham
Johnston has made a significant contribution in his book, showing
how preaching can be thoroughly biblical, opening up the text of
the Bible but also concerned with the openings in the minds of
contemporary people." Leighton Ford, president, Leighton Ford
Ministries "Communicating God??'s Word is more than just speaking
the truth; it??'s being heard and understood as well. This book is
designed to help Christian leaders better understand their
listeners, so they can communicate biblical truths with
effectiveness and clarity." Josh McDowell, author of Evidence That
Demands a Verdict "Graham Johnston describes the water in which we
exist. . . . Better still, he provides some workable leads on how
to communicate the life-giving Word to men and women swimming in
the currents of the twenty-first century." Haddon W. Robinson,
author of Biblical Preaching "Johnston not only brings a shrewd
analysis of the present changes in our culture, he also contributes
from the perspective of a skilled practitioner. Such a combination
is both rare and valuable." Martin Robinson, director of mission
and theology, British and Foreign Bible Society "Foranyone desiring
a ministry of impact in today??'s postmodern society, Graham
Johnston has provided an understandable and useful focus." Howard
G. Hendricks, chairman, Center for Christian Leadership, Dallas
Theological Seminary
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Luke (Paperback)
Darrell L. Bock; Edited by Grant R Osborne, D. Stuart Briscoe, Haddon Robinson
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In Luke's vivid narrative, Jesus comes into Galilee proclaiming
"good news to the poor . . . freedom for the prisoners and recovery
of sight for the blind." More than any other Gospel, the Gospel of
Luke shows Jesus' great concern for the downtrodden, the oppressed
and the marginalized--including women and children and even those
outside the house of Israel. Darrell Bock shows why Luke's Gospel
is "tailor-made" for the world we live in--a world often divided
along ethnic, religious, economic and political lines. After all,
the Jesus portrayed by Luke is a source of unity for his disciples
and for believers from every walk of life. Tax collectors, Roman
soldiers, prostitutes, city officials, religious leaders, widows
and fishermen were among the diverse group brought together in the
early Christian church. Bock's dual focus on understanding what
Luke wanted to communicate to his original readers and on how that
message is relevant for today makes this an excellent resource.
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