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The Renewal of Preaching in the Twenty-first Century, Second Edition

Author: David J. Randolph

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2008-07-01

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 1556359748

Deep Faith Meets High Tech here in The Renewal of Preaching in the Twenty-first Century. A communications revolution is sweeping through the churches leaving some on fire and others burned out. This work shows what makes the difference for church leaders and communities who are using new media to advance Christian preaching. Join them by recovering the great tradition and expanding it through creative use encouraged by artists and filmmakers as well as preachers and professors. This work explores ways to maximize the promise of preaching and confront the perils leading to the renewal of church and society. Beginning with review of the situation today, we proceed step by step through the preparation and presentation of the sermon leading to transformation. The sermon in the local parish is seen as the microcosm of the macrocosm that is the communication of God's good news. "Rooted in a knowledge of and respect for traditional worship, David Randolph accurately assesses the difficulty facing mainline traditions in speaking to today's visual culture. But he doesn't stop there. He eloquently outlines a course of action that gives emphasis to the visual and, in particular, to the use of what he terms `new media.' Renewal of Preaching is a must read, not only as a text for those preparing for ministry, but also for long-time pastors seeking new ways of speaking to today's generation."---Joan Brix Carter Dean of College of Art and Design, Olivet University

Spirit-Led Ministry in the Twenty-First Century Revised and Updated Edition

Author: Thomson K. Mathew

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2017-07-31

Total Pages: 238

ISBN-13: 1512792322

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This book is a comprehensive guide and a one-volume handbook on Spirit-led ministry in the twenty-first century. Written for ministry students, seasoned pastors, and anyone dealing with a sense of calling, this is an inspiring read on Spirit-empowered ministry that expresses itself in word and deed through preaching, teaching, healing, and leadership. In these pages, a pastor, chaplain, and seminary professor who has trained people for ministry in multiple nations addresses the most important aspects of effective Christian ministry. Read this book to encounter biblically sound and theologically balanced information and transformational instruction. Discern, discover, or reaffirm a call to ministry, seek the empowerment of the Holy Spirit, and develop excellence in contemporary ministry.

Retrieving Charisms for the Twenty-first Century

Author: Doris Donnelly

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 188

ISBN-13: 9780814625408

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Retrieving Charisms For The Twenty-First Century

Taking Up Preaching

Author: Blayne A. Banting

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2023-07-21

Total Pages: 177

ISBN-13: 1666771732

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As the complexity of our world increases exponentially, there is need for preachers to understand their identities and roles in this new reality and to navigate the landscape of the new challenges facing the contemporary church. Blayne Banting offers seasoned reflections on how contemporary preachers can build upon what cannot change in ways that frees them to practice their ministries creatively in ways which must change.

Slow of Speech and Unclean Lips

Author: Robert Stephen Reid

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2010-01-01

Total Pages: 217

ISBN-13: 1606085212

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Historically, people who have risen to the occasion to speak of faith for their generation have been keenly aware of their own limitations-whether Moses, who was slow of speech, or Isaiah, who was concerned that he spoke with unclean lips. The question both Moses and Isaiah seem to be asking is, who am I to speak for God? And we wonder in turn, was it they who spoke, or God who spoke through them? These biblical images carry the weight of the question raised by the essays in this volume. How is preaching both the work of God and yet also a function of the individual's own person and identity? How is the preacher to conceive the identity he or she assumes when proclaiming the Word of God? Some of the leading educators in homiletics today propose a variety of possible preaching identities in this volume: preacher as messenger of hope, as lover, as God's mystery steward, as ridiculous person, as fisher, as host and guest, as one out of one's mind, and as one entrusted. The result is an open-ended invitation for readers to identify their own preaching identity either in concert with one of the images presented here or of their own making, appropriately contextualized to their own ministry and theology. Contributors: Andre Resner, Anna Carter Florence, Chuck Campbell, James Kay, John McClure, Lincoln Galloway, Lucy Hogan, Robert Stephen Reid, and Thomas Long

Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century

Author: Alcuin Reid

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-07-14

Total Pages: 368

ISBN-13: 056766807X

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'Because the Sacred Liturgy is truly the font from which all the Church's power flows...we must do everything we can to put the Sacred Liturgy back at the very heart of the relationship between God and man... I ask you to continue to work towards achieving the liturgical aims of the Second Vatican Council...and to work to continue the liturgical renewal promoted by Pope Benedict XVI, especially through the post-synodal apostolic exhortation Sacramentum Caritatis...and the motu proprio Summorum Pontificum... I ask you to be wise, like the householder...who knows when to bring out of his treasure things both new and old (see: Mtt 13:52), so that the Sacred Liturgy as it is celebrated and lived today may lose nothing of the estimable riches of the Church's liturgical tradition, whilst always being open to legitimate development.' These words of Robert Cardinal Sarah, Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship, underline the liturgy's fundamental role in every aspect of the life and mission of the Church. Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century makes available the different perspectives on this from leading figures such as Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone, Abbot Philip Anderson, Father Thomas Kocik, Dom Alcuin Reid, and Dr Lauren Pristas. Considering questions of liturgical catechetics, music, preaching, how young people relate to the liturgy, matters of formation and reform, etc., Liturgy in the Twenty-First Century is an essential resource for all clergy and religious and laity involved in liturgical ministry and formation. Bringing forth 'new treasures as well as old,' its contributors identify and address contemporary challenges and issues facing the task of realising the vision of Cardinal Sarah, Cardinal Ratzinger/Benedict XVI and the Second Vatican Council.

Spirit-empowered Christianity in the Twenty-first Century

Author: Vinson Synan

Publisher: Charisma Media

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 609

ISBN-13: 1616382198

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Spirit-Empowered Christianity in the 21st Century is an authoritative compilation of the presentations from thirty leaders in the Charismatic/Pentecostal movement given at the Empowered 21 Conference in Tulsa, OK, in April 2010. These chapters share emerging insights on how the next generation will handle the profound issues facing Christians within the Charismatic/Pentecostal movement in the 21st century.

THE URGENT and CONTINUAL NEED for EXPOSITORY PREACHING in the TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Author: Ray A Mason

Publisher: Xulon Press

Published: 2020-12-09

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13: 9781632215963

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Dr. Mason enlightens and encourages the reader of this inspirational book affirming expository preaching. In this book you will learn and apply principles for study, interpretation, application and presentation of the Scriptures. The book is relevant, useful, and interesting to read for all who enjoy and love preaching. Students of preaching will be enriched by the information contained in this book, and I recommend it for your library.- Dr. Glenn Mollette, PresidentNewburgh Theological SeminaryThis book will inform, inspire, and bring insight concerning the importance of expository preaching. I commend this book as timely, relevant, and beneficial for students of preaching for generations to come. I say get it, read it, and be blessed by it.- Dr. Paul Richardson, PastorChrist Worship CenterRichmond, VirginiaDr. Mason has successfully put forth an argument for the need of expository preaching in today's churches. He has proven from Scripture that expository preaching is essential to the spiritual health of the twenty-first century church. This book should be read by every pastor who desires to make an impact for the kingdom.- Tim Pearson, Senior PastorMt. Moriah Baptist ChurchMelvin, Alabama Ray A. Mason (PhD in Biblical Preaching, Newburgh Theological Seminary) is the pastor of Voice of Truth Ministries in Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Mason has been in the ministry since 1986 and is known for his passion for sound biblical exposition. He is the author of Understanding Your Call into the Ministry: An Exhortation to Preachers in General and Pastors in Particular.

Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 1

Author: Ronald J. Allen

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2022-06-08

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 1725259613

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Preaching the Manifold Grace of God is a two-volume work describing theologies of preaching from the historical and contemporary periods. Volume 1 focuses on historical theological families: Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, Anabaptist, Anglican/Episcopal, Wesleyan, Baptist, African American, Stone-Campbell, Friends, and Pentecostal. Volume 2 focuses on families that are evangelical, liberal, neo-orthodox, postliberal, existential, radical orthodox, deconstructionist, Black liberation, womanist, Latinx liberation, Mujerista, Asian American, Asian American feminist, LGBTQAI, Indigenous, postcolonial, and process. In each case, the author describes the circumstances in which the theological family emerged and describes the purposes and characteristics of preaching from that perspective.

Preaching Hebrews and 1 Peter

Author: James W. Thompson

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2021-11-12

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 1666705292

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Because commentaries are increasingly complex, preachers face the challenge of mastering the results of critical scholarship and merging the horizons between exegesis and a living word for the congregation. In this volume, Thompson offers a guide for preachers, using the results of current scholarship on Hebrews and 1 Peter to enrich the preaching task. He demonstrates that these ancient letters, which speak to believers whose faith has made them aliens and exiles in their own land, offer insights that speak to believers who are aliens and exiles in a post-Christian culture. While the standard commentaries analyze the historical and grammatical issues in detail, this book demonstrates the focus and rhetorical effect of each section, making it accessible for preaching. He focuses on the argument of each letter and its pastoral dimension for the ancient and contemporary audience. Thompson also demonstrates the path from exegetical insight to the focus and function of each pericope for the sermon. Brief sermon sketches demonstrate the relationship between the focus of the text and the focus of the sermon.