What is included with this book?
Foreword to the 25th Anniversary Edition | p. 6 |
Preface | p. 10 |
Preaching: An Overview | |
Introduction | p. 13 |
Purpose and Format | p. 13 |
Basic Assumptions About Learning to Preach | p. 16 |
Fundamental Convictions About Preaching | p. 22 |
The Sermon in Context | p. 31 |
The Historical Context | p. 33 |
The Pastoral Context | p. 37 |
The Liturgical Context | p. 41 |
The Theological Context | p. 47 |
A Theology of Preaching | p. 51 |
Proceeding from Silence | p. 52 |
Heard in a Whisper | p. 55 |
Shouted from the Housetop | p. 60 |
Preaching: Having Something to Say | |
The Life of Study | p. 69 |
The Importance of the Life of Study | p. 69 |
Hindrances to the Life of Study | p. 71 |
Suggestions for a Life of Study | p. 75 |
Interpretation: The Listeners | p. 84 |
The Listeners as Audience | p. 86 |
The Listeners as Congregation | p. 90 |
Interpretation: The Text | p. 99 |
Selection of the Text | p. 101 |
First Reading of the Text | p. 105 |
Establishing the Text | p. 107 |
Detemining the Parameters of the Text | p. 110 |
Setting the Text in Its Several Contexts | p. 112 |
Being Aware of One's Point of Contact with the Text | p. 117 |
Putting the Text in One's Own Words | p. 121 |
Interpretation: Between Text and Listener | p. 125 |
The Task of the Preacher as Interpreter of Scripture | p. 127 |
Methods Available to the Preacher as Interpreter | p. 136 |
Preaching: Shaping the Message into a Sermon | |
Qualities to Be Sought in the Sermon | p. 153 |
Unity | p. 155 |
Memory | p. 157 |
Recognition | p. 159 |
Identification | p. 162 |
Anticipation | p. 165 |
Intimacy | p. 168 |
The Formation of the Sermon | p. 170 |
The Many Functions of Form | p. 170 |
The Selection of a Form | p. 176 |
Creating a Form | p. 182 |
Putting the Form on Paper | p. 189 |
Enriching the Form | p. 194 |
The Language of Preaching | p. 196 |
Description | p. 200 |
Illustration | p. 203 |
Delivering the Sermon | p. 210 |
Pre-delivery Considerations | p. 211 |
The Delivery Itself | p. 214 |
Suggested Resources for the Preacher | p. 223 |
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