The foolishness of preaching : proclaiming the Gospel against the wisdom of the world /

The foolishness of preaching : proclaiming the Gospel against the wisdom of the world /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Capon, Robert Farrar.
Imprint:	Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans, ©1998.
Description:	x, 154 pages ; 23 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	The George Craig Stewart lectures for 1996 George Craig Stewart lectures ; 1996.
Subject:	Preaching. Preaching.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13244763

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ISBN:	0802843050 9780802843050
Notes:	committed to retain from JKM Seminaries Library 2023 JKM University of Chicago Library
Summary:	"In Part 1 of the book, "The Bedrock of Preaching," Capon discusses how essential it is to have "a passion for the Passion" (to believe passionately in the Good News of salvation in Christ), how to overcome the stumbling blocks to genuinely accepting grace, and how to relinquish a false sense of control over our salvation. This part of the book also has important things to say to those of us who listen to sermons and who look to the pulpit for words of grace and hope that are truly meaningful to our lives today." "In Part 2, "The Practice of Preaching," Capon concentrates on the mechanics of preaching in anything but a mechanical way. He begins by discussing the ingredients of preaching, emphasizing the importance of not just reading but really hearing the Word in the original Greek and Hebrew, and offers some pointed comments on the Common Lectionary. He then goes on to illustrate how to preach effectively from notes, giving specific, day-by-day suggestions for preparation. He also shows, using the full text of one of his sermons as an example, how to preach from a more fully written manuscript and explains how to move from first notes to final notes for a sermon, again using some of his own notes as an example."--Jacket.

Table of Contents:

Passion play
A passion for the Passion
Stumbling blocks
The biggest obstacle
Grim pills
Antidotes
The ingredients of preaching
Unfinished business
Preaching from notes
Preaching from a manuscript
Synchronicity, serendipity, spontaneity
Epilogue : cigars at our house.