Von der Reformation ist der evangelischen Kirche aufgegeben, sich als eine der steten Erneuerung bedürftige und zugleich zu solcher Erneuerung befähigte Kirche zu verstehen.
This book is a collection of sermons on the Old Testament preached by the author at home and abroad, in churches and in seminary chapels, intended mainly for a lay audience.
The gospel accounts change when we come to the final days of Jesus' life and for the first time we are given precise timings when things happen, 'It was night', 'the next morning', 'it was nine o'clock in the morning when they crucified him', 'it was noon', 'it was three o'clock in the afternoon'.
There has hardly ever been in my ministry a series of sermons to which I have given more time, more pain and more prayer than I did to this series from Philippians 3.
Preeminent biblical scholar and preacher Walter Brueggemann says the book of Jeremiah is not a sermon, but it does sound the cadences of the tradition of Deuteronomy that serve as sermons--that is, as expositions based on remembered and treasured tradition.
A collection of sermons on a variety of texts and topics, all showing the wit, gifted turn of phrase, narrative skill, and biblical insight of Fred Craddock.
Cleophus LaRue argues that the extraordinary character of black preaching derives from a distinctive biblical hermeneutic that views God as involved in practical ways in the lives of African Americans.
A vital resource for pastors who seek to transform the culture of their churchA Way with Words demonstrates the power of the weekly sermon to change the culture of a congregation.
Scholarly interest in the early modern sermon has flourished in recent years, driven by belated recognition of the crucial importance of preaching to religious, cultural, and political life in early modern Britain.
This book is a collection of sermons on the New Testament preached by the author in churches where he has been a pastor, intended mainly for lay audiences.
Die wirkungskräftige Perspektive vom obrigkeitshörigen und politisch passiven Luthertum bei Max Weber und Ernst Troeltsch prägte lange Zeit das Bild vom Luthertum bis in das gegenwärtige allgemeine Bewusstsein.
To speak of God in pain is to consider no only the biblical accounts of Christ's suffering and death, but also to proclaim that God is present in our pain.
Los Sermones sobre Pablo y Liderazgo han sido seleccionados y escogidos para poder predicar una serie temática, por un año completo, sobre Pablo y el liderazgo en la Biblia.
Suitable for worship leaders of various backgrounds and responsibilities, this book provides ideas, stories, prayers and other forms of worship that can be used as they are presented or readers can adapt them easily for their own needs.
Jochen Cornelius-Bundschuh, Landesbischof der Evangelischen Landeskirche Baden, gelingt es in seinen Predigten, eine Theologie erfahrbar zu machen, die lebendig und lebensnah die biblischen Erzählungen mit den Fragen, Herausforderungen und Gefährdungen des 21.