Preachers Dare: Speaking for God
- ISBN-10
- 1791008062
- ISBN-13
- 9781791008062
- Category
- Religion
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2020-10-06
- Publisher
- Abingdon Press
- Author
- Bishop William H. Willimon
Description
Preachers Dare is adapted from Will Willimon’s Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching at Yale and is inspired by a quote from the great theologian Karl Barth. In a world in which sermons too often become hackneyed conventional wisdom or tame common sense, preachers dare to speak about the God who speaks to us as Jesus Christ. Willimon draws upon his decades of preaching, as well as his many books on the practice of homiletics, to present a bold theology of preaching. This work emphasizes preaching as a distinctively theological endeavor that begins with and is enabled by God. God speaks, preachers dare to speak the speech of God, and the church dares to listen. By moving from the biblical text to the contemporary context, preachers dare to speak up for God so that God might speak today. With fresh biblical insights, creativity and pointed humor, Willimon gives today’s preachers and congregations encouragement to speak with the God who has so graciously and effusively spoken to us.
Get the book
Similar books
-
Listener's Dare: Hearing From God in the Sermon
By Bishop William H. WillimonThe story of Moses and the talking bush is a story of anybody who dares to listen, and in listening, hears, and after hearing steps forth (albeit kicking and screaming in Moses’s case), serving God on the basis of what has been heard.
-
Will Willimons Lectionary Sermon Resource, Year C Part 2
By Bishop William H. WillimonWilliam H. Willimon. WILL WILLIMON'S LECTIONARY SERMON RESOURCE WILL WILLIMON'S LECTIONARY SERMON RESOURCE Front Cover.
-
Countdown to Sunday: A Daily Guide for Those Who Dare to Preach
By Chris William ErdmanThis is a book to challenge and encourage preachers, and is also a book for anyone who is ready to come face to face with the truth."--Sam Wells, Duke Divinity School "Chris Erdman has written a wise, encouraging book for us preachers.
-
Conversations with Barth on Preaching
By William H. WillimonIn this new book Willimon explores that relationship explicitly by engaging Barth’s work on the pitfalls and problems, glories and grandeur of preaching the Word of God.
-
How Odd of God: Chosen for the Curious Vocation of Preaching
By William H. WillimonIf you wonder why you drag yourself into the pulpit every Sunday, if you worry that your sermons aren't reaching past the front pew, then read this book and be encouraged. God chooses; God chooses preachers; God chooses you.
-
An Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll
By Isaac Newton BakerAn Intimate View of Robert G. Ingersoll
-
Last Call for the African-American Church: The Death of Global Missions
By Chester WilliamsBlack preachers dare not leave home without its preparation and anticipation, to answer the bell when it's their turn to take center stage. They may not be successful every week, but not trying won't go over well.