Preaching Mark in Two Voices

Preaching Mark in Two Voices
Author: Brian K. Blount
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664223939
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Brian Blount and Gary Charles team up to introduce us anew to Mark's Gospel. Reinterpreting Mark through sermons preached out of very different socio-cultural contexts, Blount draws parallels between Mark's message and the African American church's heritage of slavery and oppression while Charles wrestles with making the Gospel relevant to well-educated white suburbanites. Each chapter begins with an exegetical study and sermon by one author. Then, the other preacher responds from his own context, offering a different view of the text.

Go Preach!

Go Preach!
Author: Brian K. Blount
Publisher:
Total Pages: 322
Release: 1998
Genre: Religion
ISBN:
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Go Preach! connects the apocalyptic message of Mark's Gospel to principles and programs of socio-cultural transformation in the life of the Black church today. Brian Blount begins his study of Mark by examining the social significance of Jesus' proclamation of the coming Kingdom of God. This was a future event that was at the same time breaking through in the present. Through Jesus, "God's future power invaded and transformed the human present." This experience of the Kingdom empowered the disciples to "Go preach" the Kingdom message in word and deed, to finish the story that Marks narration about Jesus began. Blount goes on to show that the Black church occupies a situation analogous to that in which the Gospel arose, and explores the implications of apocalyptic theology for the pastoral mission of the Black church today. Go Preach! makes an important contribution to understanding the meaning of the Kingdom of God. At the same time it also demonstrates the value of a sociolinguistic approach to scripture, both in interpreting the text in its original context and in unpacking its meaning for today. It is required reading for biblical scholars, students, and clergy.

Prophetic Preaching

Prophetic Preaching
Author: Leonora Tubbs Tisdale
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2010-08-09
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611640970
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Where have all the prophets gone? And why do preachers seem to shy away from prophetic witness? Astute preacher Leonora Tisdale considers these vexing questions while providing guidance and encouragement to pastors who want to recommit themselves to the task of prophetic witness. With a keen sensitivity to pastoral contexts, Tisdale's work is full of helpful suggestions and examples to help pastors structure and preach prophetic sermons, considered by many to be one of the most difficult tasks pastors are called to undertake.

Preaching the Gospel of Mark

Preaching the Gospel of Mark
Author: Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0664229212
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In this engaging treatment of the Gospel of Mark, Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm combines biblical scholarship with a close reading of the Gospel text to meet the needs of preachers today. Swift and purposeful, the Gospel of Mark proclaims God's reign and urges the participation of all God's people in the witness of the good news that God has transformed human reality through Jesus Christ. This insightful commentary helps that message come alive while providing pertinent suggestions about how preachers can proclaim this message to today's churchgoers.

Mark

Mark
Author: David Schnasa Jacobsen
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2014-07-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1451430949
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David Schnasa Jacobsen takes a broad thematic approach to Mark’s Gospel, while at the same time giving exegetical and homiletical insights about individual pericopes in their narrative context. By helping preachers and students make connections between the various lections from Mark throughout Year B in their sermons and studies, they and their parishioners will have a deeper appreciation of Mark’s unique interpretation of the Christ Event and how that influences their approach to living the Christian faith in today’s world.

Feasting on the Word

Feasting on the Word
Author: David Lyon Bartlett
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2008-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0664230962
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We have been honored to work with a multitude of gifted thinkers, writers, and editors. We present these essays as their offering-and ours-to the blessed ministry of preaching." -From the introduction by David L. Bartlett and Barbara Brown Taylor --Book Jacket.

Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 1

Feasting on the Word: Year B, Volume 1
Author: David L. Bartlett
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 474
Release: 2008-06-11
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611641152
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With this new lectionary commentary series, Westminster John Knox offers the most extensive resource for preaching on the market today. When complete, the twelve volumes of the series will cover all the Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, along with movable occasions, such as Christmas Day, Epiphany, Holy Week, and All Saints' Day. For each lectionary text, preachers will find four brief essays--one each on the theological, pastoral, exegetical, and homiletical challenges of the text. This gives preachers sixteen different approaches to the proclaimation of the Word on any given occasion. The editors and contributors to this series are world-class scholars, pastors, and writers representing a variety of denominations and traditions. And while the twelve volumes of the series will follow the pattern of the Revised Common Lectionary, each volume will contain an index of biblical passages so that nonlectionary preachers, as well as teachers and students, may make use of its content.

Preaching Mark

Preaching Mark
Author: Phil Crowter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 2007
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781905564880
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The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry

The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry
Author: John Mark Comer
Publisher: WaterBrook
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2019-10-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0525653104
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ECPA BESTSELLER • A compelling emotional and spiritual case against hurry and in favor of a slower, simpler way of life “As someone all too familiar with ‘hurry sickness,’ I desperately needed this book.”—Scott Harrison, New York Times best-selling author of Thirst “Who am I becoming?” That was the question nagging pastor and author John Mark Comer. Outwardly, he appeared successful. But inwardly, things weren’t pretty. So he turned to a trusted mentor for guidance and heard these words: “Ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life. Hurry is the great enemy of the spiritual life.” It wasn’t the response he expected, but it was—and continues to be—the answer he needs. Too often we treat the symptoms of toxicity in our modern world instead of trying to pinpoint the cause. A growing number of voices are pointing at hurry, or busyness, as a root of much evil. Within the pages of this book, you’ll find a fascinating roadmap to staying emotionally healthy and spiritually alive in the chaos of the modern world.

The Living Church

The Living Church
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 774
Release: 2003-07
Genre:
ISBN:
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