The Shape of Preaching

by Cahill, Dennis M.

• ISBN13: 9780801066115
• ISBN10: 0801066115
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: BAKER BOOK HOUSE

Summary

Many pastors are just too busy to fellow the latest theories on preaching and sermon form. In The Shape of Preaching, Dennis M. Cahill seeks both to educate the working pastor on the current issues of sermon design and enable them to use this design in a way that can change their preaching. After first laying the theoretical groundwork with discussions of the theological, cultural, and literary roots of the new approaches to sermon design, Cahill expertly guides the preacher through a practical process for designing sermons that speak to people in the world today.

Author Biography

Dennis M. Cahill (D.Min., Gordon-Conwell Seminary) has been in the pastorate for more than twenty years. He is the founding pastor of Christ Community Church, a Bible Fellowship Church in New Jersey, and is active in the Evangelical Homiletical Society.

Table of Contents

Introduction to sermon form	p. 17
The shapes that sermons take	p. 25
The theology of design	p. 45
Literary concerns and sermon form	p. 57
Culture and sermon form	p. 67
An evangelical approach	p. 79
Identifying the sermon focus	p. 91
Designing the basic form	p. 103
Considering standard forms	p. 115
Preaching the narrative genre	p. 129
Expanding the sermon form	p. 141
Designing the basic form
Considering standard forms
Designing narrative sermons
Expanding the sermon form
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