Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The ministry of the Word	Robert Eric Charles Browne	These eloquent reflections on the nature and practice of pulpit problems will invigorate the experienced and inspire the new preacher. Canon Browne was clearly ahead of his time in assessing the perp…	OL1390108W
Communicating for a Change	Andy Stanley	When You Talk, Are People Changed? Whether you speak from the pulpit, podium, or the front of a classroom, you don't need much more than blank stares and faraway looks to tell you you're not connect…	OL14957961W
What does the Lord require?	Walter C. Kaiser	Situational ethics, made popular in the 1960s, teaches that "all we need is love." Loving is how we should be, but it does not tell us what to do. A biblical ethic can provide guidance and begins wit…	OL15250576W
How to test prophecy, preaching and guidance	Roxanne Brant	How do you test the spirits? How do you know if a prophecy or teaching is of God...or of the flesh....or of the devil? How can you distinguish the genuine from the counterfeit, God's truth from the e…	OL16078903W
I believe I'll testify	Cleophus James LaRue	xvi, 160 p. ; 22 cm	OL16211485W
Our sufficiency is of God	Gardner C. Taylor,James Earl Massey,Timothy George	Resources for preachers steadily appear, called forth by the perennial need on the part of working pastors for helpful and inspirational materials backed by tested experience, reverent scholarship, a…	OL16341205W
Rewiring Your Preaching	Richard H. Cox	What preachers preach is not necessarily what hearers hear. Have you ever wondered why some hearers are affected by a sermon but not others? The issue may not necessarily be the content or delivery o…	OL16796222W
Privilege the Text!	Abraham Kuruvilla	Privilege the Text! spans the conceptual gap between biblical text and life application by providing a rigorous theological hermeneutic for preaching. Kuruvilla describes the theological entity that …	OL16805327W
Die deutsche Predigt um 1200	Regina D. Schiewer	The importance of early vernacular sermons for the theological horizons of a lay (aristocratic) audience and the history of piety has been gravely underestimated. The present volume is the first to p…	OL16926668W
Preaching to Pluralists	Chris Altrock	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…	OL1805702W
Preaching, sermon, and cultural change in the long eighteenth century	Joris van Eijnatten	This study examines the sermon during the 'long' eighteenth century - the era between Bossuet and Schleiermacher. it offers a broad outline of the history of preaching in this period, an overview of …	OL18716277W
A brief history of preaching	Yngve Brilioth	"Translated from Predikans historia." Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-223). From synagogue to church : the three basic elements -- The Greek homily -- Augustine and his era -- The Midd…	OL20944213W
A reader on preaching	Francis, Leslie J.,Jeff Astley,David Day	"This collection of twenty-nine articles by international experts in the area of homiletics coincides with the revival of interest in preaching over the last twenty-five years. It is practical withou…	OL20947254W
Beyond heterosexism in the pulpit	Emily Askew	This book is not another volume attempting to persuade the reader of the rights of gays and lesbians in society and in the church. Instead It assumes the reader is a minister or student of ministry w…	OL20974266W
Preaching the mystery of faith	Catholic Church. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops	Gives attention to the biblical and theological foundations for effective liturgical preaching. --Back cover.	OL23414704W
Homiletical Handbook	Donald L. Hamilton	Homiletical Handbook is a primer for those who are called to preach. It is intentionally simple in its explanation of the homiletical task and straightforward in getting to the point. It is solid in …	OL4104026W
Black Preaching	Henry H. Mitchell	Transcripts of representative sermons are used to illustrate an appraisal of the language and style of the Black preaching tradition.	OL4466557W
The four voices of preaching	Robert Stephen Reid	The Four Voices of Preaching is not a "How to" book. Rather, it provides a map, not only of contemporary homiletic theory for the first quarter of the 21st century, but also a way of identifying the …	OL5838828W
The Web of Preaching	Richard Eslinger	310 pages ; 23 cm	OL8313965W
Teaching Preaching	Katie Geneva Cannon,Katie G. Cannon	184 p. ; 23 cm	OL8584570W