Words of Gardner Taylor Vol. 5 : Lectures, Essays, and Interviews

by Taylor, Gardner C. (NA); Taylor, Edward L.

• ISBN13: 9780817014704
• ISBN10: 0817014705
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Judson Pr

Table of Contents

Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction: America's Twentieth-Century Preacher	1	(10)
Gardner C. Taylor
Prologue A Prayer Before the Everlasting Fountain	11	(4)
James M. Washington
Section One: Articles
The Beckoning of a Dream	15	(5)
Some Comments on Race Hate	20	(7)
Alfred T. Davis
Some Musings on a Nation ``Under God''	27	(11)
Titles	38	(5)
William H. Willimon
Richard Lischer
Section Two: Book Excerpts
Shaping Sermons by the Shape of Text and Preacher	43	(7)
Don M. Wardlaw
The Pastor's Commission	50	(10)
Samuel D. Proctor
Gardner C. Taylor
Gary V. Simpson
The Pastor as Administrator	60	(18)
Samuel D. Proctor
Gardner C. Taylor
Gary V. Simpson
The Pastor and Political Realities	78	(11)
Samuel D. Proctor
Gardner C. Taylor
Gary V. Simpson
Section Three: Lectures
Preaching in the Urban Situation (Matthew 26)	89	(7)
Contemporary Preaching	96	(4)
Reflections on the Preaching Responsibility	100	(13)
Great Preachers Remembered	113	(6)
E. K. Bailey
The Black Church --- A Sign of Hope?	119	(9)
A Pilgrimage and a Promise	128	(7)
Samuel DeWitt
The Relationship of Scholar to Pastor	135	(12)
Section Four: Lecture Series
Recognizing and Removing the Presumptuousness of Preaching	147	(12)
The Foolishness of Preaching	159	(12)
Building a Sermon	171	(13)
Preaching the Whole Counsel of God	184	(13)
The Preaching of the Black Patriarchs, Part 1	197	(12)
Gardner C. Taylor
The Preaching of the Black Patriarchs, Part 2	209	(10)
Gardner C. Taylor
The Preacher and the Preacher's Themes, Part 1	219	(8)
The Preacher and the Preacher's Themes, Part 2	227	(7)
The Preacher's Trinity of Needs: The Preacher's Authority	234	(11)
The Preacher's Trinity of Needs: The Message	245	(11)
The Preacher's Trinity of Needs: The Messenger	256	(15)
Section Five: Interviews
Interview with Gardner C. Taylor	271	(20)
Terry Muck
Paul Robbins
An Interview with Gardner Taylor	291
Kirk Byron Jones