What We're Reading
by Christopher C. Smith
The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, ed. Richard Lischer (Abingdon, 2002).
Homiletic bibliophilia is a condition to which every preacher should aspire. There is a direct correlation between continued reading of all kinds and the liveliness of preaching.
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D.Min. Spotlight on Pastor James Brown
In his first year of study for the Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Preaching, James Brown has been pleased by the variety of backgrounds among the students. Brown serves as groups pastor at Crossroads Community Church, an Evangelical Covenant Church in Cottage Grove, Minn. He hopes ultimately to use his degree to teach.
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Join the Conversation!
by Jeff Goodrich
Astute readers of Workingpreacher.org may have noticed a change to the site in recent weeks. Now, at the end of each commentary on the lectionary passages, one finds a link titled "Join the Conversation!" Following that link brings you to the brand new Workingpreacher.org conversation site.
Launched in early March, the conversation site enables people to gather in online groups for discussion and feedback.
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Using Commentaries Effectively and Faithfully
by Shauna Hannan
Commentaries play an important role in the preacher's exegetical work. Even so, preachers are advised not to let commentaries do their exegetical work.
What follows is an assessment of how and why work with commentaries can be appropriated effectively and faithfully for the sake of preaching. The first point addresses attitude toward commentaries. The second concerns timing. And the third pertains to types of commentaries.
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Gran Torino, Christology, and the American Sensibility for Sacrifice
by Andrew Root
Gran Torino is the latest of many great films to be directed by the acclaimed Clint Eastwood. Yet, though the directing is marvelous, it is Eastwood's acting that has earned him praise for this film.
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In the Company of Preachers - Preaching Parables
"The kingdom of God is like...." Parables offer rich and imaginative insights into the kingdom Jesus preached. To preach them faithfully, however, we need to avoid making them into simplistic analogies or fables. Join a conversation with Anna Carter Florence, Tom Long, Matt Skinner and David Lose about strategies for bringing Jesus' parables to life in the sermon.
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Preachers on Preaching
Surely the preacher's greatest sin is to put people to sleep with the greatest story ever told.
-Bruce Thielemann (Leadership, 8.3: 99)
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