Authors: Thomas G. Long (Editor), Cornelius Plantinga
ISBN-13: 9780802801326, ISBN-10: 0802801323
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Eerdmans, William B. Publishing Company
Date Published: June 1994
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Wanting to make model sermons more accessible to students, teachers, and pastors, Long and Plantinga have compiled this anthology of mostly contemporary sermons that display excellence in form, aim, style, and content, Developed and delivered by renowned pastors, theologians, and homileticians, the thirty-six superb entries in this volume include sermons that make artful use of their sources, that pursue classic aims, that exhibit particular homiletic forms, and that are suited to special occasions.
"Anyone who has occasion to preach, or who enjoys hearing or reading a finely crafted message will take delight in this book.... Those who preach will find themselves returning to these pages for inspiration, encouragement, refreshment, or to be reminded of the value of a well-crafted message."
Editors' Preface | ||
Introduction | ||
The Sources of the Sermon | 1 | |
The Magnificent Defeat | 3 | |
Beginning at the End | 12 | |
The Pharisee and the Tax Collector | 21 | |
Have You Ever Heard John Preach? | 34 | |
Raging Faith | 44 | |
Parables and Children's Sermons | 48 | |
From the Sixteenth Floor | 53 | |
Of Children and Streets and the Kingdom | 62 | |
The Aims of the Sermon | 71 | |
Jesus Is Victor | 73 | |
The Weight of Glory | 82 | |
You Are Accepted | 92 | |
What Time Is It? | 102 | |
The Importance of Doubting Our Doubts | 110 | |
Life Is a Gift | 120 | |
The Reuben Option | 131 | |
Blindness | 139 | |
The Cult of the Publican | 146 | |
The Power of Promises | 155 | |
The Forms and Dynamics of the Sermon | 163 | |
Follow Me | 165 | |
At the River's Edge | 171 | |
My Eyes Are Not Raised Too High | 179 | |
God and Laughter | 189 | |
Things Are Not Always What They Seem | 198 | |
The Elder Son's Defense | 204 | |
Do We Deserve Peace? | 212 | |
Up Against the Powers That Be | 218 | |
A Sprig of Hope | 225 | |
The Occasions of the Sermon | 235 | |
The Eye of the Storm | 237 | |
Shall the Fundamentalists Win? | 243 | |
Sermon at Nathanael's Grave | 256 | |
Alex's Death | 262 | |
The Only Question | 267 | |
Holy Angels | 271 | |
Owning Up to Baptism | 278 | |
His Own Clothes | 286 | |
The End Is Life | 293 | |
For Further Reading | 301 | |
Contributors | 302 |