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Author: Peter M. Wherry
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780817017354
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this guide, pastors and preachers will discover more than conventional homiletics theory about mechanics and methodology. Learn to transform the preaching moment into an incarnational engagement between grieving persons and the risen Christ. Sermon models by noted preachers demonstrate effective methods and structure. (Back cover)55.
Author: Lucy Bregman
Publisher:
Published: 2020-11-15
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9781481314930
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristians traditionally have had something substantive and important to say about death and afterlife. Yet the language and imagery used in sermons about life and death have given way to language designed to comfort and celebrate. In Preaching Death, Lucy Bregman tracks the changes in Protestant American funerals over the last one hundred years. Early-twentieth-century natural immortality doctrinal funeral sermons transitioned to an era of silence and denial, eventually becoming expressive, biographical tributes to the deceased. The contemporary death awareness movement, with the death as a natural event perspective, has widely impacted American culture, affecting health care, education, and psychotherapy and creating new professions such as hospice nurse and grief counselor. Bregman questions whether this transition--which occurred unobserved and without conflict--was inevitable and what alternative paths could have been chosen. In tracing this unique story, she reveals how Americans' comprehension of death shifted in the last century--and why we must find ways to move beyond it.
Author: William D. Watley
Publisher:
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 9780817010898
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese messages offer dynamic preaching approaches for every Christian celebration from Thanksgiving through Pentecost, and for special holidays.
Author: Frank A. Thomas
Publisher: The Pilgrim Press
Published: 2013-04-15
Total Pages: 227
ISBN-13: 0829819894
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough the unique lens of African American preaching, Frank Thomas explores the theology, dynamics, and guidelines for celebrative preaching. "They Like to Never Quit Praisin' God: The Role of Celebration in Preaching" provides the steps that are essential to understand and experience the Gospel through celebration and praise. This revised edition is updated with two new sermon illustrations and a sermon preparation worksheet.
Author: Brian Croft
Publisher: Zondervan
Published: 2014-06-03
Total Pages: 89
ISBN-13: 0310517192
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBring Gospel Hope in the Midst of Death The phone rings: “Pastor, can you do my mother’s funeral?” Or, “Please help us—our baby just died.” Death comes unexpectedly, giving you two to three days of time to prepare a sermon—in the midst of caring for a grieving family. This helpful book walks a pastor through the logistics of memorial services, burials, and working with funeral homes—using the four P’s: Plan, Prepare, Preach, and Perform. It shows how to magnify Christ and the gospel in the midst of all the details, demands, and sorrow that surrounds the death of a loved one. The Practical Shepherding series of books provides pastors and ministry leaders with advice and practical help to do the work of pastoral ministry in a local church. In Conduct Gospel-Centered Funerals, experienced pastors Brian Croft and Phil A. Newton offer readers a concise guide to conducting funerals that glorify God and offer a timely message of hope.
Author: William J. Bausch
Publisher: Twenty-Third Publications
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781585957279
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFather Bill Bausch's homilies are always outstanding. He brings a deep pastoral presence and much thought and preparation to each of them. This has never been more evident than here in this book of funeral homilies. Each is crafted to reflect the person remembered as well as the message of Scripture. Each reflects the communal nature of a Catholic funeral and is sensitive to the status of the mourners: non-Catholics, lapsed Catholics, faithful parishioners, relatives, and friends. Father Bill's words are faith-filled and compassionate, comforting and challenging, communal and personal. He regards the funeral liturgy as one of the greatest teachable moments the Church offers and here this is very evident. Highly recommended for all priests, deacons, and preachers. Book jacket.
Author: Megan Phelps-Roper
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2019-10-08
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0374715815
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe activist and TED speaker Megan Phelps-Roper reveals her life growing up in the most hated family in America At the age of five, Megan Phelps-Roper began protesting homosexuality and other alleged vices alongside fellow members of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka, Kansas. Founded by her grandfather and consisting almost entirely of her extended family, the tiny group would gain worldwide notoriety for its pickets at military funerals and celebrations of death and tragedy. As Phelps-Roper grew up, she saw that church members were close companions and accomplished debaters, applying the logic of predestination and the language of the King James Bible to everyday life with aplomb—which, as the church’s Twitter spokeswoman, she learned to do with great skill. Soon, however, dialogue on Twitter caused her to begin doubting the church’s leaders and message: If humans were sinful and fallible, how could the church itself be so confident about its beliefs? As she digitally jousted with critics, she started to wonder if sometimes they had a point—and then she began exchanging messages with a man who would help change her life. A gripping memoir of escaping extremism and falling in love, Unfollow relates Phelps-Roper’s moral awakening, her departure from the church, and how she exchanged the absolutes she grew up with for new forms of warmth and community. Rich with suspense and thoughtful reflection, Phelps-Roper’s life story exposes the dangers of black-and-white thinking and the need for true humility in a time of angry polarization.
Author: Jared E. Alcántara
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Published: 2015-10-08
Total Pages: 347
ISBN-13: 0830899022
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn our increasingly pluralistic and multicultural society, there is a need for preaching that is capable of crossing cultural boundaries and engaging multiple contexts. Jared Alcántara's exciting new work proposes an intercultural and improvisational account of preaching in conversation with the legacy of Gardner C. Taylor.
Author: Milton E. Owens
Publisher:
Published: 1976
Total Pages: 86
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe thirteen sermons included in this volume were born of a unique cultural perspective and an unwavering Christian faith. These sermons were chosen because they are examples of the best preaching done in black churches today.
Author: Cleophus James LaRue
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2002-01-01
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 9780664224813
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, scholar and preacher Cleophus J. LaRue brings together the voices of twelve of America's most influential African-American preachers. Each of these renowned preachers describes his or her method of sermon preparation and includes a sample sermon for illustration. An excellent how-to manual for pastors and students,Power in the Pulpitis both sage wisdom on the art of preaching and an inspiring look at some of the most prominent figures in the black church.
