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This quarterly e-newsletter from the Center for Biblical Preaching will bring you:

updates on the activities of the Center
timely articles on biblical preaching
reviews of current books on preaching
information about continuing education resources

The WorkingPreacher.org E-pistle
A Quarterly Newsletter from the Center for Biblical Preaching

Spring 2009

What We're Reading
by Christopher C. Smith

What We're Reading 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. Read more.

D.Min. Spotlight on Pastor James Brown

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. Read more.

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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. Read more.

Using Commentaries Effectively and Faithfully
by Shauna Hannan

Using Commentaries Effectively and Faithfully 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. Read more.

Gran Torino, Christology, and the American Sensibility for Sacrifice
by Andrew Root

Gran Torino, Christology, and the American Sensibility for Sacrifice 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. Read more.

Polish Your Preaching

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In the Company of Preachers - Preaching Parables

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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