The Practice of Preaching
by Wilson, Paul ScottEdition: Revised
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2007-08-01
Publisher(s): ABINGDON PRESS
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Summary
Through this remarkable synthesis of rhetoric, poetics, hermeneutics, and oral presentation, the author of Imagination of the Heart and A Concise History of Preaching fosters a love of preaching and a love of language. This "user-friendly" textbook contains dozens of written and oral exercises, definitions, sidebars, and sermon examples.
Author Biography
Paul Scott Wilson is Professor of Homiletics at Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto.
Table of Contents
| Monday: Getting Started | p. 1 |
| Biblical Exegesis | p. 5 |
| Purposes of Preaching | p. 27 |
| The Gospel and the Theme Sentence | p. 39 |
| Tuesday: Connecting the Bible and Today | p. 55 |
| Bridging from the Text | p. 57 |
| Bridging to Today | p. 71 |
| Wednesday: Drawing on Experience | p. 83 |
| Exegesis of Today's World | p. 89 |
| The Use of Stories, Images, and Experiences | p. 109 |
| Thursday: What the Preacher Says | p. 131 |
| Sermon Form I: Surface Structures | p. 133 |
| Sermon Form II: The Deep Structure | p. 157 |
| Friday: Matters of Style and Substance | p. 185 |
| Speaking for the Ear | p. 187 |
| Composing to Persuade | p. 209 |
| Saturday: Gospel Matters | p. 227 |
| Steps Toward the Gospel | p. 229 |
| Preaching the Gospel | p. 247 |
| A Note to Teachers Using This Book | p. 263 |
| A Sermon | p. 267 |
| Notes | p. 273 |
| Index | p. 295 |
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