A Chorus of Witnesses: Model Sermons for Today's Preacher

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Thomas 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.
 

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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
For Further Reading
301
Contributors
302
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Thomas G. Long is Bandy Professor of Preaching and coordinator of the Initiative in Religious Practices and Practical Theology at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. His other books include The Witness of Preaching and Accompany Them with Singing -- The Christian Funeral. Cornelius Plantinga is president emeritus of Calvin Theological Seminary and senior research fellow at the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship. His previous books include Beyond Doubt, Not the Way It's Supposed to Be, and Engaging God's World, and his many articles and essays have appeared in such periodicals as Books & Culture, Christianity Today, and The Christian Century.

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