The Passion-Driven Sermon Changing the Way Pastors Preach and Congregations Listen

by Shaddix, James

• ISBN13: 9780805427226
• ISBN10: 0805427228
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-05-01
• Publisher: B&H Academic

Summary

While the primary target of this book is certainly pastors, there are plenty of applications made to those who listen to sermons as well. The needed reformation in contemporary preaching will depend as much on the way we listen to preaching as the way we do it. The preaching event is not primarily about sermon-making, but about proclaiming the Word of God rightly so that He gets the glory. In other words, the emphasis should not be on the preparation of the sermon as an art, but the sermon event as it fleshes out the voice of God. The Passion-Driven Sermon is a practical theology for pastoral preaching, not sermon-making. Areas addressed in The Passion-Driven Sermon include: The philosophy of pastoral preaching, Communicating and listening for God's voice in the sermon, God-centered vs. man-centered preaching, and Preaching for real life-change. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Jim Shaddix currently serves as Dean of the Chapel and Associate Professor of Preaching at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, as well as Pastor-Teacher of Edgewater Baptist Church in New Orleans. He earned a B.S. in Education (1982) from Jacksonville State University in Jacksonville, Alabama, a Master of Divinity (1986) and Doctor of Ministry (1992) from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Ft. Worth, Texas, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Preaching (1996) from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Jim also is founder and president of Burning Heart Ministries, Inc., a nonprofit ministry organization aimed at equipping pastors and students in the practice of biblical exposition. Jim and his wife, Debra, reside in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
PART 1: PASSION-DRIVEN SCRIPTUROLOGY
The Message of Preaching: God's Word vs. Man's Wisdom	9	(20)
The Preacher as Reporter
The Preacher as Reminder
The Preacher as Reflector
The Means for Preaching: God's Power vs. Man's Presentation	29	(14)
The Priority in Preaching
The Preacher in Preaching
The Persuasion in Preaching
The Proof in Preaching
The Motive in Preaching: God's Purpose vs. Man's Pragmatism	43	(20)
The Preacher's Target
The Preacher's Take-away
The Preacher's Temptation
PART 2: PASSION-DRIVEN SHEPHERDOLOGY
The Shepherd's Stewardship: Good Stuff or God's Stuff?	63	(18)
Exalting God, Not Resourcing Man
Explaining Revelation, Not Revealing Information
Edifying Churches, Not Reaching Seekers
The Shepherd's Power: Subjective or Objective?	81	(20)
The Work of the Shepherd
The Work of the Scriptures
The Work of the Spirit
The Shepherd's Relevance: Application or Incarnation?	101	(24)
Reforming Application from the Outside In
Transforming Lives from the Inside Out
PART 3: PASSION-DRIVEN SERMONOLOGY
Preaching as Worship: Biblical Exposition	125	(20)
Magnifying God's Voice in the Pulpit
Magnifying Gods Voice in the Pew
Preaching with Potency: Textual Integrity	145	(16)
Exalting the Power in the Scriptures
Extracting the Power in the Study
Expressing the Power in the Sermon
Preaching for Eternity: Kingdom Relay	161	(14)
Holding on to the Baton
Handing off the Baton
Summation	175	(2)
Endnotes	177