|
Showing 1 - 14 of
14 matches in All Departments
|
Unspeakable (Hardcover)
Sarah Travis; Foreword by Paul Scott Wilson
|
R862
R711
Discovery Miles 7 110
Save R151 (18%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
The New Interpreter s Handbook of Preaching is a major reference
tool for preaching, with articles on every facet of Christian
sermon preparation and delivery. This resource is both scholarly
and practical. It focuses on the most distinctive feature and
greatest strength of homiletics as a discipline: It is rooted in
interdisciplinary scholarship and it develops theory geared to
practice. Its theory arises out of the study of both excellent
preaching past and present and actual sermon preparation and
composition. When theory and practice critique each other, it is
possible to produce guidelines that assist greater excellence and
economy in preaching the gospel. Excellence in standards is an area
in which homiletics needs to grow, and this project will be both a
means to encourage and develop it. A guiding question throughout
will be, Will it preach? The answers will be offered in the sense
that here is something that works well, rather than here is
something to try.
Preachers will turn to this resource with the expectation that
they will find scholarly treatment of topics, brief bibliographies
of relevant key books and articles, along with practical
methodological suggestions for preachers to employ. The
contributors are homileticians, preachers, and writers in various
disciplines who are committed to the pulpit through practice."
|
Unspeakable (Paperback)
Sarah Travis; Foreword by Paul Scott Wilson
|
R502
R417
Discovery Miles 4 170
Save R85 (17%)
|
Ships in 10 - 15 working days
|
It is tempting for preachers in this digital age of plurality
and diversity to offer quick sound bytes and PowerPoint-style
presentations. These tend to invite a yes or no response, as in
mathematical equations. But if we are to reach Christians across
the theological spectrum andinvite non-Christians to seriously
consider our faith, we must take a different approach.What is
needed is greater attention to poetry and images meant to
communicate the beauty of the faith and the wonder and mystery of
God in everyday life. We must communicate the unity of our message
of faith, the divine as truth, and justice and healing as
expressions of God. Preaching as poetry (theopoetic preaching)
allows for the bold imagery of scripture and the gentle invitation
of art. Sermons can no longer always be neatly tied up, perfectly
linear, with complete answers to every question. In Preaching as
PoetryPaul Scott Wilson teaches why this new approach is necessary
today, and demonstrates with multiple examples how it works in real
sermons. He skillfully guides the reader to incorporate the
classical values of beauty, goodness and truth in every sermon, and
in ways that connect with congregants and listeners today."
From the apostle Paul, Origen, and Chrysostom through Aquinas,
Luther, Calvin, and Wesley to Harry Emerson Fosdick, James S.
Stewart, and Martin Luther King, Jr., this volume traces the
history of preaching by focusing on the work of 20 key Christian
preachers. Wilson analyzes how preachers through history have
structured their sermons and shows how preaching today embodies the
theological ideas of an era.
This guide to contemporary preaching focuses on exciting and
innovative ideas that have recently emerged. Wilson demonstrates
with clarity and detail how Scripture and personal experience can
be used to train the imagination, thus strengthening and enlivening
the task of preaching.
|
You may like...
Loot
Nadine Gordimer
Paperback
(2)
R383
R318
Discovery Miles 3 180
|