Of seeds and the people of God : preaching as parable, crucifixion, and testimony /

Preachers mount the pulpit steps terribly burdened by the conviction that they are somehow responsible for the growth and spiritual well-being of their congregants. How, they ask themselves, can mere words communicate the reality of God, bring life to a congregation, or foster spiritual growth? This...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Knowles, Michael (Michael P.)
Other Authors: Wilson, Paul Scott
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Eugene : Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2015.
©2015
Subjects:
Jesus Christ > Parables > Homiletical use.
Jésus-Christ > Paraboles > Usage homilétique.
Jesus Christ
Preaching.
Parables.
Homiletical illustrations.
Prédication.
Paraboles.
parables.
Jesus Christ's homiletical use of parables
Homiletical illustrations
Parables
Preaching
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Parables, and parables of growth: who has ploughed these fields before us?
  • "I will watch over them to build and to plant": nature and nation in the world of Jesus' day
  • "Consider the lilies": reading Jesus' agricultural parables
  • "Not with plausible words of wisdom": preaching shaped by the cross
  • "We speak of what we know and testify to what we have seen": homiletics as testimony
  • "God's field, God's laborers": preaching as parabolic testimony to the grace of God.

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