More power in the pulpit : how America's most effective Black preachers prepare their sermons /

More power in the pulpit : how America's most effective Black preachers prepare their sermons / Cleophus J. LaRue, editor. - 1st ed. - Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox Press, ©2009. - x, 164 p. ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-164).

The presence and power of Christian preaching ; "You are on God's mind" / Sunday comes early ; "Found by much more than you are looking for" : John 20:11-18 / Listening for God ; "Neckbone faith" / Rightly dividing the Word ; "Whatever happened to Black love?" : Song of Songs 1:1-5, 9-15 / Preaching : a holy and human venture ; "Words we cannot say" : Judges 12:1-6 / How I prepare to preach ; "Ministering to a murderer and all God's children" : Acts 9:10-19 / Preaching the prophetic contradiction ; "When thugs get saved" : Judges 11:1-11 / Preaching from the overflow ; "Wet feet" : Joshua 3:1-13 / The power of narrative preaching ; "Take a journey with me" : Matthew 4:18-22 / Devotion to delivery ; "The Gospel according to the ants" : Proverbs 6:6-8 / Willette Alyce Burgie-Bryant -- William S. Epps -- Veronica R. Goines -- Cynthia L. Hale -- C.E. McLain -- Otis Moss, Jr. -- Otis Moss III -- Raquel A. St. Clair -- Walter S. Thomas Sr. -- Melvin V. Wade Sr. Sermon: Sermon: Sermon: Sermon: Sermon: Sermon: Sermon: Sermon: Sermon: Sermon:

"In this companion and sequel to the best-selling Power in the Pulpit (Westminster John Knox, 2002), which has sold over 11,000 copies, more of America's best-known and most influential African American preachers describe how they prepare their sermons. Each preacher also presents a sermon that highlights his or her particular method of sermon preparation."--Jacket.

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Sermons, American--African American authors.
African American preaching.

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