Preaching Liberation

Preaching Liberation

Author: James H. Harris

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 156

ISBN-13: 9781451410440

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For all preachers who take seriously the church's role as a catalyst of social and spiritual transformation, James Harris advocates the salient features of liberation preaching, especially as exemplified in black-church settings.


The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Vol. 7

The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Vol. 7

Author: Hughes Oliphant Old

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published: 2010-02-22

Total Pages: 735

ISBN-13: 0802817718

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The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church is a multivolume study by Hughes Oliphant Old that canvasses the history of preaching from the words of Moses at Mount Sinai through modern times. In Volume 1, The Biblical Period, Old begins his survey by discussing the roots of the Christian ministry of the Word in the worship of Israel. He then examines the preaching of Christ and the Apostles. Finally, Old looks at the development and practice of Christian preaching in the second and third centuries, concluding with the ministry of Origen.


Prophetic Preaching

Prophetic Preaching

Author: Leonora Tubbs Tisdale

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2010-08-09

Total Pages: 154

ISBN-13: 1611640970

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Where have all the prophets gone? And why do preachers seem to shy away from prophetic witness? Astute preacher Leonora Tisdale considers these vexing questions while providing guidance and encouragement to pastors who want to recommit themselves to the task of prophetic witness. With a keen sensitivity to pastoral contexts, Tisdale's work is full of helpful suggestions and examples to help pastors structure and preach prophetic sermons, considered by many to be one of the most difficult tasks pastors are called to undertake.


Go Preach!

Go Preach!

Author: Brian K. Blount

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13:

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Go Preach! connects the apocalyptic message of Mark's Gospel to principles and programs of socio-cultural transformation in the life of the Black church today. Brian Blount begins his study of Mark by examining the social significance of Jesus' proclamation of the coming Kingdom of God. This was a future event that was at the same time breaking through in the present. Through Jesus, "God's future power invaded and transformed the human present." This experience of the Kingdom empowered the disciples to "Go preach" the Kingdom message in word and deed, to finish the story that Marks narration about Jesus began. Blount goes on to show that the Black church occupies a situation analogous to that in which the Gospel arose, and explores the implications of apocalyptic theology for the pastoral mission of the Black church today. Go Preach! makes an important contribution to understanding the meaning of the Kingdom of God. At the same time it also demonstrates the value of a sociolinguistic approach to scripture, both in interpreting the text in its original context and in unpacking its meaning for today. It is required reading for biblical scholars, students, and clergy.


Ethical Approaches to Preaching

Ethical Approaches to Preaching

Author: John S. McClure

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-02-23

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 1725274531

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Different ethical situations require different homiletical responses. John McClure organizes recent literature on ethics and preaching into four ethical approaches. Does your situation require public moral leadership? Then a communicative ethic is best. Does your situation require the development of countercultural moral character? Then a witness ethic is best. Does your situation require ethical consciousness-raising and organizing for social justice? Then a liberationist ethic is best. Does your situation require genuine moral conversation and the discernment of shared commitments in spite of our differences? Then a hospitality ethic is best. Each ethical approach is briefly and carefully explored, correlated with appropriate contexts and situations, and demonstrated with model sermons. The result is a useful handbook for quickly discerning what ethical approach is needed, how to preach that approach, and what to expect as a result.


Creative Styles of Preaching

Creative Styles of Preaching

Author: Mark Barger Elliott

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780664222963

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Elliott describes several different styles of contemporary preaching. A discussion about each style--such as narrative, evangelistic, African American and topical--is followed by two example sermons from such preachers as Tony Campolo, Barbara Brown Taylor, Sam Proctor, Fred Craddock and William Willimon.


The Heart of Black Preaching

The Heart of Black Preaching

Author: Cleophus James LaRue

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780664258474

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LaRue provides important insights on why black preaching is strong and active, and connects with the real-life experiences of listeners. (Christian)


Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 2

Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 2

Author: Ronald J. Allen

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-07-05

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 1725259621

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Preaching the Manifold Grace of God is a two-volume work describing theologies of preaching from the historical and contemporary periods. Volume 1 focuses on historical theological families: Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist, Anglican/Episcopal, Wesleyan, Baptist, African American, Stone-Campbell, Friends, and Pentecostal. Volume 2 focuses on families that are evangelical, liberal, neo-orthodox, postliberal, existential, radical orthodox, deconstructionist, Black liberation, womanist, Latinx liberation, Mujerista, Asian American, Asian American feminist, LGBTQAI, Indigenous, postcolonial, and process. In each case, the author describes the circumstances in which the theological family emerged, describes the purposes and characteristics of preaching from that perspective, and assesses the strengths and limitations of the approach.


Preaching Must Die!

Preaching Must Die!

Author: Jacob D. Myers

Publisher: Fortress Press

Published: 2017-10-18

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1506411878

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The real question for homiletics in our increasingly postmodern, post-Christian contexts is not how we are going to prevent preaching from dying, but how we are going to help it die a good death. Preaching was not made to live. At most, preaching is a witness, a sign, a crimson X marking a demolition site. The church has developed sophisticated technologies in modernity to give preaching the semblance of life, belying the truth: preaching was born under a death sentence. It was born to die. Only when preaching embraces its own death is it able to live. This book, then, is a bold homiletical manifesto against preaching in support of preaching, and beyond preaching to the entire worship experience. It troubles modern homiletical theologies in light of the trouble always already at work within preaching. Hereby, it supports a way of preaching--and teaching preaching--that moves counter to the "wisdom of this world." It aims to joins in God‘s self-revealed counterlogic of superabundance that saturates and thereby breaks open worldly systems of thought and practice. The purpose of this book is to expose preaching to its own death-to help it embrace its death-so that it can discover what eternal and abundant life might look and feels like.


King Came Preaching

King Came Preaching

Author: Mervyn A. Warren

Publisher: InterVarsity Press

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 9780830826582

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Mervyn Warren offers you a journey into the preaching of Martin Luther King Jr., a homiletical biography exploring King's sermons, use of language, delivery and more.