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What's the matter with preaching today? / edited by Mike Graves.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Louisville, KY : Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: x, 182 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0664226329 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 251 22
LOC classification:
  • BV4207 .W46 2004
Contents:
Harry Emerson Fosdick's timeless question / Mike Graves -- What is the matter with preaching? / Harry Emerson Fosdick -- 1. Showing mercy / David L. Bartlett -- 2. A fearful pulpit, a wayward land / David Buttrick -- 3. A lover's quarrel with preaching / Ernest T. Campbell -- 4. Preaching : an appeal to memory / Fred B. Craddock -- 5. Not what, but who is the matter with preaching? / Marva J. Dawn -- 6. Put away your sword! : taking the torture out of the sermon / Anna Carter Florence -- 7. God of grace and glory : the focus of our preaching / Mike Graves -- 8. Two ships passing in the night / Cleophus J. LaRue -- 9. No news is bad news / Thomas G. Long -- 10. What progress!? / Eugene L. Lowry -- 11. The weekly wrestling match / Barbara Brown Taylor.
Review: "The contributors to this book are a who's who of the best and most thoughtful preachers in the church and classroom today. In their essays, they assess the state of preaching, identify a variety of issues that challenge effective preaching, and offer helpful suggestions for what can be done to improve it. In the process, they help to define what effective preaching is. This book will be helpful to both pastors and students."--BOOK JACKET.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick's timeless question / Mike Graves -- What is the matter with preaching? / Harry Emerson Fosdick -- 1. Showing mercy / David L. Bartlett -- 2. A fearful pulpit, a wayward land / David Buttrick -- 3. A lover's quarrel with preaching / Ernest T. Campbell -- 4. Preaching : an appeal to memory / Fred B. Craddock -- 5. Not what, but who is the matter with preaching? / Marva J. Dawn -- 6. Put away your sword! : taking the torture out of the sermon / Anna Carter Florence -- 7. God of grace and glory : the focus of our preaching / Mike Graves -- 8. Two ships passing in the night / Cleophus J. LaRue -- 9. No news is bad news / Thomas G. Long -- 10. What progress!? / Eugene L. Lowry -- 11. The weekly wrestling match / Barbara Brown Taylor.

"The contributors to this book are a who's who of the best and most thoughtful preachers in the church and classroom today. In their essays, they assess the state of preaching, identify a variety of issues that challenge effective preaching, and offer helpful suggestions for what can be done to improve it. In the process, they help to define what effective preaching is. This book will be helpful to both pastors and students."--BOOK JACKET.

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