Zack Eswine starts this unique pastoral resource with a captivating question: Could I now reach who I once was? Challenging the idea that today's preachers must do away with biblical or expository preaching if they are to reach non-Christian people, Eswine offers a way of preaching that embraces biblical exposition in missional terms. Recognizing all of the different cultural situations in which the gospel must be preached, he gives preachers practical advice on preaching in a global context while remaining faithful to the Bible.
Pastors, seminarians, and church and ministry leaders who speak in various contexts will welcome this fresh, thoughtful examination of bringing the Word to today's multi-everything, post-everything world.
ISBN-13: 9780801091940
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group
Publication Date: 04-01-2008
Pages: 288
Product Dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)
Zack Eswine (PhD, Regent University) is assistant professor of homiletics and associate dean of ministry formation at Covenant Theological Seminary. He is the author of Kindled Fire: How the Methods of C. H. Spurgeon Can Help Your Preaching and lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
Table of Contents
Foreword: Grace as Worldview Bryan Chapell 7
Acknowledgments 9
Introduction: Reaching a Post-Everything World 10
Prepare the Sermon for a Post-Everything World
Preach What Is Real 23
Preach What Is Redemptive 41
Preach the Stories 60
Remember Where You've Been 78
Explore Biblical Models for a Post-Everything World
Follow God's Lead 97
Find a Prophetic Edge 117
Try on a Priestly Paradigm 131
Speak like a Sage 144
Step Outside 163
Engage the Cultures of a Post-Everything World
Account for the Accents 181
Handle the War Passages in an Age of Terror 193
Learn to Speak about Hell 205
Detect Idol Talk 218
Discern Devilish Spin 231
Cry Out for the Holy Spirit 245
Clean the Dish and Light the Candle 260
Sermon Preparation: Use the Four Stories in Six Steps 267
Cultural Discernment: Use the Four Stories to Think about Movies, News, Art, and Literature 269
Notes 271
Scripture Index 280
General Index 286
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