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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Abingdon Pr
Publication date
September 1, 2008
Pages
196
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780687646890
ISBN-10
0687646898
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
0.80 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$20.00
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religious
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How Then Shall We Live?: Christian engagement with contemporary issues | Ways of the Word | Be Not Afraid | A Nazareth Manifesto | Without Apology | Shaping the Prayers of the People | The Four Pages of the Sermon | Power & Passion | Learning to Dream Again
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: "Truthâ is a difficult subject in this pluralistic culture, and âthe truthâ is even more troublesome. Speaking the truth from the pulpit can result in an invitation to speak it at your next church. Speaking it in the community can earn you the label of narrow, intolerant, or irrelevant. Yet the preacherâs call is to be a speaker of truthâthe truth of God in Jesus Christ.
What does it take to speak the truth faithfully as a preacher of the gospel, and for that truth to be heard? You can assume the role of the angry prophet, starting every sentence with âThus says the Lordâ . . . and insure that your hearers push the âoffâ button in their heads within two minutes. Or you can become the pronouncer of soothing religious platitudes, and insure that nothing you say will ever have any impact on anyoneâs life.
Or you can learn, as Samuel Wells has learned, that speaking the truth to a reluctant culture means telling the Christian story alongside the contemporary American story. It means helping your hearers perceive both the harmonies and the dissonance between the two. Finally it means inviting them, with both conviction and humility, to decide how their own story is going to be shaped by this truth. Wells shows all preachers how to remain true to their calling as speakers of truth, while being actually heard at the same time.
What does it take to speak the truth faithfully as a preacher of the gospel, and for that truth to be heard? You can assume the role of the angry prophet, starting every sentence with âThus says the Lordâ . . . and insure that your hearers push the âoffâ button in their heads within two minutes. Or you can become the pronouncer of soothing religious platitudes, and insure that nothing you say will ever have any impact on anyoneâs life.
Or you can learn, as Samuel Wells has learned, that speaking the truth to a reluctant culture means telling the Christian story alongside the contemporary American story. It means helping your hearers perceive both the harmonies and the dissonance between the two. Finally it means inviting them, with both conviction and humility, to decide how their own story is going to be shaped by this truth. Wells shows all preachers how to remain true to their calling as speakers of truth, while being actually heard at the same time.
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from Abingdon Pr (September 1, 2008)
9780687646890 | details & prices | 196 pages | 6.00 × 9.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.80 lbs | List price $20.00
About: "Truthâ is a difficult subject in this pluralistic culture, and âthe truthâ is even more troublesome.
About: "Truthâ is a difficult subject in this pluralistic culture, and âthe truthâ is even more troublesome.
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