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Author: John Goetsch
Publisher:
Published: 2003-01-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780972650625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKHomiletics from the Heart will help every preacher who desires to more effectively communicate the Word of God, every Sunday school teacher who desires to properly prepare a lesson, and every Christian who desires to memorize and use the Scripture in his life and witness.
Author: Rick Reed
Publisher: Lexham Press
Published: 2019-10-09
Total Pages: 104
ISBN-13: 1683593499
DOWNLOAD EBOOKYou can teach the craft, but you must first form the heart. Many preachers want to preach better, but they don't always know how to go about improving, and most books on preaching focus on the mechanics of the craft. But preaching involves more than the steps from a text to a sermon, because every time a preacher stands up to preach, their character shines through—for better or for worse. In The Heart of the Preacher, Rick Reed focuses on the personal heart preparation required before any preacher is ready to preach. He explores issues preachers often wrestle with—like discouragement, insecurity, and pride. He then offers practices to fight these challenges and form a heart that carries the fruit of the Spirit into the pulpit. It takes more than a good speaker to preach. It takes a Spirit-filled person. This book will help you check your heart and cultivate the most important aspect of preaching: your character.
Author: James A. Wallace
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9780814612248
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPreaching to the Hungers of the Heart is about words, most particularly, it is a book about the Word, the living Word of God, found in the Scriptures, and embodied once and for all in the person of Jesus, the Word made flesh. In Preaching to the Hungers of the Heart Fr. James Wallace offers a nuanced consideration of the homily as nourishment. He focuses on three common liturgical contexts: feasts of the Lord, feasts of Mary and the saints, and the sacramental rites. He relates the preaching that occurs within each area to one of the heart's basic hungers: for wholeness (the great feasts of the Lord), for guidance (feasts of Mary and the saints), and for meaning (various rites). He also addresses the spirituality of the preacher as it is worked out in the process of preparation. For preachers and students in schools of ministry who are preparing to preachPreaching to the Hungers of the Heart will serve as a useful tool to help satisfy the hunger to preach the Gospel. It includes homilies that provide excellent starting points for preachers looking for ideas. Chapter one considers the image of feeding God's people with the Word of God. Chapter two, considering the innermost hunger of the human person, looks to the preaching that takes place on the great feasts of the Lord and how such preaching can nourish the hunger for wholeness. Chapter three returns to the hunger for meaning already mentioned and extends to the other sacramental celebrations the homily's capacity to meet this hunger, including those addressed by the various sacramental celebrations of the Church such as baptisms, weddings, funerals, rites of reconciliation, and anointing of the sick. Chapters four and five present the homily as responding to the hunger to belong. The final chapter considers one other hunger of the heart, unique to the preacher, referred to by John Paul II as a hunger to preach the gospel (Pastores Dabo Vobis, no. 28). Chapters are "Preaching's Task in a New Millennium: Feeding God's People," "Preaching the Feasts of the Lord and the Hunger for Wholeness," "Preaching Within the Sacramental Rites and the Hunger for Meaning, "Preaching Through the Saints and the Hunger for Belonging: I - The Saints," "Preaching Through the Saints and the Hunger for Belonging: II - Mary," and "Cultivating the Preacher's Hunger: 'To Make the Gospel Known and Loved.'" James A. Wallace, CSsR, PhD, is professor of homiletics at Washington Theological Union. His previous works include Preaching Through the Saints and The Ministry of Lectors published by The Liturgical Press. He has also authored numerous articles and has given preaching conferences and workshops in the U.S. and abroad. "
Author: L Watts
Publisher:
Published: 2020-05-06
Total Pages: 46
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFundamental principles to consider in homiletics training.
Author: Cleophus James LaRue
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2000-01-01
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780664258474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLaRue provides important insights on why black preaching is strong and active, and connects with the real-life experiences of listeners. (Christian)
Author: Scott M. Gibson
Publisher: Baker Academic
Published: 2018-12-04
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 1493415603
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScott Gibson and Matthew Kim, both experienced preachers and teachers, have brought together four preaching experts--Bryan Chapell, Kenneth Langley, Abraham Kuruvilla, and Paul Scott Wilson--to present and defend their approaches to homiletics. Reflecting current streams of thought in homiletics, the book offers a robust discussion of theological and hermeneutical approaches to preaching and encourages pastors and ministry students to learn about preaching from other theological traditions. It also includes discussion questions for direct application to one's preaching.
Author: Kate Bruce
Publisher: SCM Press
Published: 2015-09-30
Total Pages: 221
ISBN-13: 0334053218
DOWNLOAD EBOOKKate Bruce argues that imagination can help to engage the hearer in a sermon which seeks to evoke rather than to inform. Imagination frames how we see the world and ourselves in it. As such it has a vital role in how preachers see the preaching task itself, which in turn affects how we go about the task.
Author: Ryan P. Tinetti
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2021-06-22
Total Pages: 126
ISBN-13: 1725269511
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere’s a seemingly innocuous villain that is taking up residence in the pulpits of countless churches, disrupting the connection between the pastor and the people and keeping the proclamation of God’s word from having its full effect. That villain is the preacher’s notes. Preachers know this all too well. Many wish that they could “preach by heart” without the aid of notes, but are unsure how to do so—and are left feeling frustrated and discouraged by the presence of that disruptive interloper. Author Ryan Tinetti shares an unexpected solution in the form of an ancient and time-tested practice known as the method of loci, or Memory Palace. Surveying portions of classical rhetoric that are especially relevant for contemporary preachers and diving deep into the theory and practice of the Memory Palace, Preaching by Heart plunders these ancient treasures that have been so formative for preachers through the ages but too oft neglected in our own time. When pastors preach by heart, they find greater satisfaction in the homiletic task and their proclamation is even more effective. Preaching by Heart shows how to pitch the notes and reach that goal.
Author: Dr. Danette M. Vercher
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: 2017-12-04
Total Pages: 83
ISBN-13: 1543459293
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe greatest principle ministers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ should learn the readiness to serve in a special position within the church without wielding authority and perform the inspired service correspondent to their office. Additionally, they endeavor to introduce exposition, homiletics, and theology as tools for the life of the minister to preach Gods Word with power, boldness, and conviction to change lives; and as called messengers of God, they should be enabled to learn, deliver, and master the art of preaching and teaching.
Author: Stanley Hauerwas
Publisher: Brazos Press
Published: 2009-07-01
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1441212752
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this work, eminent theologian Stanley Hauerwas shows how the sermon is the best context for doing good theology. He writes, "I am convinced that the recovery of the sermon as the context for theological reflection is crucial if Christians are to negotiate the world in which we find ourselves." The book includes seventeen sermons preached by Hauerwas, which he considers his best theological work and hopes exemplify the work of theology. The sermons are divided into four sections: seeing, saying, living, and events. Titles range from Believing Is Seeing and Was It Fitting for Jesus to Die on a Cross? to Only Fear Can Drive Out Fear and To Be Made Human. Each sermon includes where and when it was preached and references relevant Scripture passages. EXCERPT I have increasingly come to the recognition that one of the most satisfying contexts for doing the work of theology is in sermons. That should not be surprising because throughout Christian history, at least until recently, the sermon was one of the primary places in which the work of theology was done. For the work of theology is first and foremost to exposit scripture. That modern theology has become less and less scriptural, that modern theology has often tried to appear as a form of philosophy, is but an indication of its alienation from its proper work. I am, therefore, making these sermons available because I think they are not only my best theological work, but because I hope they exemplify the work of theology.
