Preaching to Pluralists
Preaching to Pluralists

Author: Chris Altrock

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2004-05-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780827230002

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Effective evangelistic sermons require preachers to know their audience and to tailor their preaching accordingly. Chris Altrock uses findings of the Barna Research Group and his own experiences as a preacher to support his descriptions of several characteristics common to the unchurched or the lost crowd today. Recognizing that the audience today is vastly different from previous generations, Altrock suggests several approaches to these postmodern listeners, challenging preachers to change in order to reach the "field of harvest" that Jesus calls the church to love.

Preaching to Pluralists
Preaching to Pluralists

Author: Chris Altrock

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780827230996

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Effective evangelistic sermons require preachers to know their audience and to tailor their preaching accordingly. Chris Altrock uses findings of the Barna Research Group and his own experiences as a preacher to support his descriptions of several characteristics common to the unchurched or the lost crowd today. Recognizing that the audience today is vastly different from previous generations, Altrock suggests several approaches to these postmodern listeners, challenging preachers to change in order to reach the "field of harvest" that Jesus calls the church to love. - Publisher.

Preaching Christ in a Pluralistic Age
Preaching Christ in a Pluralistic Age

Author: Carl E. Braaten

Publisher:

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781932688627

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Pluralism as such is not the enemy of the gospel. Preaching the Christian message will always encounter a world with many religions, world-views, ideologies, and lifestyles. The earliest generation of Christians found themselves in a pluralistic situation. They were witnessing to Jews as well as to Greeks and Romans in the great melting pot of Hellenistic culture. Religious pluralism does pose a threat when it becomes an ideological dogma that asserts that all religions are equally valid and lead to the same goal.

Preaching and the Challenge of Pluralism
Preaching and the Challenge of Pluralism

Author: Joseph M. Webb

Publisher:

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780827229525

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How do we speak our Christian faith with conviction while respecting people with utterly different religious orientations? Preaching and the Challenge of Pluralism strives to answer that question for preachers who are called to proclaim the gospel in an increasingly pluralistic world. --From publisher's description.

Preaching Words
Preaching Words

Author: John S. McClure

Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 066423013X

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John McClure'sPreaching Wordshighlights the most important ideas in homiletics and preaching, offering short explanations of these ideas, what scholars of preaching are saying about them, and how they can help in today's preaching. Topics range from elements of the sermon (introduction, body, and conclusion) to aspects of delivery, types of preaching in different Christian traditions, and theories of preaching.

The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching
The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching

Author: Zondervan,

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 2009-05-26

Total Pages: 737

ISBN-13: 0310296404

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A Comprehensive Resource for Today’s Christian Communicators. This extensive encyclopedia is the most complete and practical work ever published on the art and craft of biblical preaching. Its 11 major sections contain nearly 200 articles, comprehensively covering topics on preaching and methodology, including: Sermon structure and “the big idea.” The art of introductions, transitions, and conclusions. Methods for sermon prep, from outlining to exercising. Approaches to different types of preaching: topical, expository, evangelistic, and more. Best practices for sermon delivery, speaking with authority, and using humor. Leveraging effective illustrations and stories. Understanding audience. and much more. Entries are characterized by intensely practical and vivid writing designed to help preachers deepen their understanding and sharpen their communication skills. The contributors include a virtual Who’s Who of preaching from a cross section of denominations and traditions, such as Dallas Willard, John Ortberg, Rick Warren, Warren Wiersbe, Alice Mathews, John Piper, Andy Stanley, and many others. Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larson—two of today’s most respected voices in preaching—provide editorial oversight. Includes audio CD with preaching technique examples from the book.

Preaching to a Shifting Culture
Preaching to a Shifting Culture

Author: Scott M. Gibson

Publisher: Baker Books

Published: 2004-08

Total Pages: 256

ISBN-13: 0801091624

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A challenge to preachers to proclaim the Scriptures with authority and power in a post-Christian world.

Preaching the Sermon on the Mount
Preaching the Sermon on the Mount

Author: Dave Bland

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2007-05

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0827230958

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This collection of essays and sermons challenges us to consider the Sermon on the Mount as Jesus' serious proposal for an alternative society, a speech of resistance to the forces and institutions that dominate the world. This two-part volume brings together the thoughts of biblical scholars and storytellers, theologians and historians, and evangelical and mainline scholars. Eighteen writers tackle Jesus' landmark sermon, as timely in today's discussions of empire, occupation, poverty, and wars as ever. They demonstrate that the Sermon on the Mount puts before us not an impossible ideal, but a vision of what God's people can be when they choose by God's grace to live in God's Kingdom. Contributors include: editors David Fleer and Dave Bland, Ronald J. Allen, Chris Altrock , Lee C. Camp, Charles Campbell, Warren Carter, Jeff Christian, Dennis Dewey, Stanley Hauerwas, Richard Hughes, Kenneth R. Greene, Lucy Lind Hogan, Charme Robarts, Rubel Shelly, John Siburt, Dean Smith, and Jerry Taylor.

Reaching People under 30 while Keeping People over 60
Reaching People under 30 while Keeping People over 60

Author: Edward H Hammett

Publisher: Chalice Press

Published: 2015-11-10

Total Pages: 255

ISBN-13: 0827233051

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Seasoned church consultant Edward H. Hammett shares his latest insights and suggestions for churches seeking to serve all generations. This is an updated version of Hammett's 2007 book Reaching People Under 40 while Keeping People Over 60 that expands the reach another decade and emphasizes diversity with insight from new contributors Paul L. Anderson and Cornell Thomas. A TCP Books title.