| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 123 pages) |
| Contents |
Preach the big idea -- Go to the Bible to hear God speak -- Soak yourself in the text -- Being biblical and contemporary is the art of christian communication -- Speaking truth to people takes moral courage -- We need both scholarly evangelists and evangelistic scholars -- Sermon preparation is twenty hours of prayer -- Match the mood of the text -- Give your listeners the opportunity to respond to the message -- Make preaching a priority -- Guard your sermon preparation time -- Preach the principle -- Drain the liquid -- Interrupt your preaching plan -- Don't just get feedback, get feedforward -- A wise leader works exercise into his or her schedule -- Lay hold of the Bible until the Bible lays hold of you -- Use your introduction to set up the body of the message -- The essence of good preaching is unity, order, and progress -- Diversify your illustrations -- Conclusions should come to a burning focus -- It doesn't all depend on you -- Preach as a dying man to dying men-- $$a Be yourself when you preach -- Mobilize your language and send it into battle -- The better you know yourself, the better you can serve God in the situation -- In which God has placed you -- Feed my lambs, not my giraffes -- Preach to the outer edge -- In our preaching, less is more -- Remember the ERP factor -- Preach "we" more than "you." -- Study your listeners -- Paper is a poor conductor of heat -- Effective preachers exegete the bible and their people -- Observant preachers make insightful preachers -- Adapt to genderlects -- Preach to one person at a time -- People-pleasing puts the pulpit in peril -- Preach to those you want to come -- Take a survey of who's listening -- Gentleness isn't for wimps -- Preach about money -- We need reminders -- Good preachers own wastebaskets and use them -- You need ten 'atta boys for every one you jerk -- Go to the balcony -- Praise your listeners before correcting them -- Give your listeners verse numbers -- Pastors are soul-watchers -- Preachers can create a culture -- Strengthen yourself in the Lord -- The disease of modern preaching is its search after popularity -- Guest preaching doesn't have to be a guessing game -- Pastors are preachers and preachers are pastors -- A crown awaits elders who lead well |
| Summary |
This volume is a collection of some of the best of the hundreds of Preaching Points that the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary has produced. Preaching Points is a weekly podcast on iTunes U that features conversations on preaching by Haddon Robinson, Jeffrey Arthurs, Matthew Kim, and Patricia Batten-all members of the preaching faculty of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton campus. This book offers diverse topics based upon on how they relate to preaching-the preacher's spiritual life, the way to preach, the way to live life as preachers, their role as a preacher, considerations for listeners, and so forth |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Bible -- Homiletical use.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013660
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Bible fast |
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Preaching.
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Preaching
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Gibson, Scott M., editor
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Robinson, Haddon W., author.
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Arthurs, Jeffrey D., author.
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Batten, Patricia M., author.
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Kim, Matthew D., 1977- author.
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| ISBN |
9781683592099 |
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1683592093 |
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