The Rochester College Sermon Seminar and the series of books it has inspired have been built on the conviction that Christian preaching today needs revision.
Based on a decade's experience of preparing ministry students to become preachers and his own experience as one of today's most gifted preachers, Doug Gay offers an imaginative, practical and inspiring guide for all who are privileged with the task of preaching.
Guidance, advice, and ready-to-use sermons and services for the busy pastorWeddings and funerals are some of the most meaningful events in people's lives, and also some of the most challenging for the pastor to perform.
Preaching as Prophetic Calling is the twelfth in a series of books devoted to presenting examples of preaching excellence from parishes throughout the Episcopal Church.
Preaching Through Holy Days and Holidays is the eleventh in a series of books devoted to presenting examples of preaching excellence from parishes in the Episcopal Church.
For many years the resolution plot has dominated homiletical theory, made most famous by the 'Lowry Loop' - a staple of preaching theory for today's ministry student.
The first decade of the twenty-first century has witnessed a cluster of authors who have attained public notoriety through their mockery of religion and their popularizing of atheism.
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.
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.
