Author: Nathaniel Judson BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Preaching
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
In Pulpit and Parish
Author: Nathaniel Judson BurtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Preaching
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
No Place for Truth
Author: David F. WellsPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802807472
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Evangelicals, argues Wells, have largely lost the truth that God also stands outside all human experience, that he still summons sinners to repentance and belief regardless of their self-image, and that he calls his church to stand fast in his truth against the blandishments of the modern world.
Pastors in Transition
Author: Dean R. HogePublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802829085
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Whether they leave out of preference for another ministry or due to serious conflict, pastors who relinquish parish ministry face misunderstanding and even hostility. Pastors in Transition brings clarity to this little-examined aspect of the pastorate by examining the main reasons why pastors in five Protestant denominations have left parish ministry. The fruit of careful sociological research, Pastors in Transition presents the findings of the largest-ever study of recently ended ministries. More than 900 ex-ministers, representing the Assemblies of God, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the United Methodist Church, were surveyed or interviewed. Besides gathering facts and figures, the book contains personal stories, forthright opinions, and concrete recommendations from former pastors for strengthening parish ministry in the future.
Rich Church, Poor Church
Author: J. Clif ChristopherPublisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 142674336X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
What is the bottom line at your church?
The Shared Pulpit
Author: Erika HewittPublisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN: 1558967222
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
"Here is a complete workshop to help lay people gain experience writing and preaching a full-length sermon for their congregation. This easy-to-use guide for both facilitators and participants provides a step-by-step lesson plan for eight sessions. Workshop members learn about the theory and theology of preaching, then practice writing and speaking with authenticity, gradually building toward composing quality 20-minute sermons. Workshop leaders learn to foster a supportive environment in which participants offer one another helpful feedback. The Shared Pulpit includes a separate leader's guide, readings for homework, sample sermons, and exercises to help first-time preachers polish their preaching craft."--Back cover.
Resurrecting Excellence
Author: L. Gregory JonesPublisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN: 9780802832344
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description
Resurrecting Excellence aims to rekindle and encourage among Christian leaders an unselfish ambition for the gospel that shuns both competition and mediocrity and rightly focuses on the beauty, power, and excellence of living as faithful disciples of the crucified and risen Christ. Drawing on ancient traditions and on contemporary voices, L. Gregory Jones offer both a theology of excellence and portraits of pastors, lay leaders, and congregations that embody "a more excellent way."--Publisher's description.
Leaving Church
Author: Barbara Brown TaylorPublisher: Canterbury Press
ISBN: 1848253575
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
Tells how a renowned preacher left her ministry to rediscover the authentic heart of her faith. A moving reflection on keeping faith amidst the relentless demands of modern life.
Why Go to Church?
Author: Timothy RadcliffePublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826499562
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Written by a spiritual master this is an important Lent title that examines what it means to celebrate the Eucharist, and in turn reminds us of our capacity for love, hope and faith.
Sermons from Duke Chapel
Author: William H. WillimonPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 0822386968
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Many of America’s greatest Protestant preachers—Paul Tillich, William Sloane Coffin, Barbara Brown Taylor, Fleming Rutledge, Peter J. Gomes, Billy Graham, and others—have spoken powerfully from the pulpit of the “great towering church” that is the spiritual and architectural center of Duke University. This collection of fifty-eight of the most notable sermons proclaimed from that pulpit commemorates the seventy-fifth anniversary of the groundbreaking for Duke Chapel. It is a sweeping panorama of sermons selected and edited by Bishop William H. Willimon, Dean of the Chapel for twenty years and one of the most widely read writers on preaching in America. Opening with the sermon preached in June 1935 at the dedication of the Chapel and closing with one by Willimon delivered at the beginning of the 2003–4 school year, this volume presents Protestant Christianity at its most eloquent and prophetic. Some sermons are pure meditations on biblical texts; others are period pieces in the best sense of the term, reflecting on such contemporary concerns as civil rights, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, and the wars in Europe, Vietnam, and Iraq. Willimon provides a brief introduction to each sermon, commenting on the work and thought of the preacher. Diverse in subject and style, the sermons collected in this volume are a treasure for those who love fine preaching, a resource for those studying the history of homiletics, and a light to rekindle the memories of those who have worshiped in the Chapel over the years.
The First Book of Discipline
Author: James K. CameronPublisher: Zeticula
ISBN: 9781905022182
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
The First and Second Books of Discipline were amongst the constitutional foundation documents of the Scottish Reformation, and for four and a half centuries have been relied on to guide the polity of Presbyterian churches around the world. Their scholarly editing and publication a generation ago helped to revive serious study in the Church's constitutional law; and this reprint makes very important material available in a time of immense organisational change in the Church. Rev Dr Marjory A MacLean Deputy Principal Clerk to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland