A Chorus of Witnesses: Model Sermons for Today's PreacherThomas G. Long, Cornelius Plantinga Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1994 - 306 páginas Wanting to make model sermons more accessible to students, teachers, and pastors, Long and Plantinga have compiled this anthology of mostly contemporary sermons that display excellence in form, aim, style, and content, Developed and delivered by renowned pastors, theologians, and homileticians, the thirty-six superb entries in this volume include sermons that make artful use of their sources, that pursue classic aims, that exhibit particular homiletic forms, and that are suited to special occasions. |
Contenido
THE SOURCES OF THE SERMON | 1 |
The Magnificent Defeat | 3 |
Beginning at the End | 12 |
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector | 21 |
Have You Ever Heard John Preach? | 34 |
Raging Faith | 44 |
Parables and Childrens Sermons | 48 |
From the Sixteenth Floor | 53 |
At the Rivers Edge | 171 |
My Eyes Are Not Raised Too High | 179 |
God and Laughter | 189 |
Things Are Not Always What They Seem | 198 |
The Elder Sons Defense | 204 |
Do We Deserve Peace? | 212 |
Up Against the Powers That Be | 218 |
A Sprig of Hope | 225 |
Of Children and Streets and the Kingdom | 62 |
THE AIMS OF THE SERMON | 71 |
Jesus Is Victor | 73 |
The Weight of Glory | 82 |
You Are Accepted | 92 |
What Time Is It? | 102 |
The Importance of Doubting Our Doubts | 110 |
Life Is a Gift | 120 |
The Reuben Option | 131 |
Blindness | 139 |
The Cult of the Publican | 146 |
The Power of Promises | 155 |
THE FORMS AND DYNAMICS OF THE SERMON | 163 |
Follow Me | 165 |
THE OCCASIONS OF THE SERMON | 235 |
The Eye of the Storm | 237 |
Shall the Fundamentalists Win? | 243 |
Sermon at Nathanaels Grave | 256 |
Alexs Death | 262 |
The Only Question | 267 |
Holy Angels | 271 |
Owning Up to Baptism | 278 |
His Own Clothes | 286 |
The End Is Life | 293 |
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Contributors | 302 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abraham Allan Boesak angels baby baptism Barbara Brown Taylor Bartimaeus become believe Bible biblical blessing blind book of Luke C. S. Lewis called child church comes dark death denarius divine doubt dream earth everything eyes face father feel Fosdick Frederick Buechner fundamentalists gift give glory God's gospel grace happen Harry Emerson Fosdick heard heart heaven holy homiletics hope human Jacob Jesus Christ John Jürgen Moltmann Karl Barth kingdom laugh laughter listeners live look Lord Luke means mercy morning never night Noah ourselves parable Paul Tillich peace person Pharisee pray preacher preaching promise Psalm publican question resurrection Reuben option river's edge sense sermon sinner sixteenth floor soul spirit stand story strange talk tax collector tell Testament theology things truth trying turn William Sloane Coffin women word