Los cristianos, sean predicadores o no, están familiarizados con el Padrenuestro. Geoff New nos insta en este excelente estudio no sólo a reencontrarnos con la oración de Jesús, sino también a encontrarlo como un texto poderoso, que habla en forma directa acerca de las necesidades y anhelos del corazón humano. Sin lugar a dudas, el autor ha escrito pensando, principalmente, en los desafíos que con frecuencia enfrentan los predicadores tales como la incertidumbre y el desánimo y muestra cóm...

El autor muestra en este libro los beneficios de dos antiguas disciplinas relacionadas con la oración y la reflexión: la lectura orante y la reflexión espiritual en la preparación del sermón. Ambos son dos enfoques contemplativos del estudio de la Biblia que, junto a un análisis histórico y exegético del texto a predicarse, forman parte del proceso de preparación y presentación del sermón bíblico. Vale decir, son ejercicios que ayudan a los predicadores a lograr una relación primordial con...

Most Christians, whether preachers or not, are familiar with the Lord’s Prayer; maybe too familiar. In this excellent devotional, Geoff New urges us to encounter the Lord’s Prayer again – to encounter it as a text that is urgent and powerful, speaking directly to the needs and longings of the human heart. Written primarily with preachers in mind, this book addresses common ministry challenges, such as discouragement and isolation, and demonstrates how the Lord’s Prayer can meet us in every...

El arte de la predicación bíblica: vivir, escuchar y narrar las Escrituras es un libro concebido para guiar a los lectores a través del proceso de preparación del sermón y de escuchar a Dios en las Escrituras. Al graficar sobre la vida y la Palabra de Dios, especialmente el camino que conduce a la narrativa de Emaús en Lucas 24, el autor ilustra que los predicadores viven, escuchan y narran una historia. El lector encontrará en este libro la explicación de un proceso a menudo descuidado en...

From generation-to-generation there has been an anguished cry from preachers about preaching – there is no imagination! The Scriptures present the wondrous hope and vision of “Kingdom Come” and yet contemporary preaching can often be mute and blind by comparison. This book explores what is possible when the Scripture to be preached is prayed through the agency of two ancient prayer disciplines: lectio divina and Ignatian Gospel Contemplation. Through the experiences of eight vocational pas...

Live, Listen, Tell: The Art of Preaching will guide readers through the process of sermon preparation and hearing God through the Scriptures. By drawing on life and Scripture, especially the road to Emmaus narrative in Luke 24, the author illustrates that preachers are living a story, listening to a story and telling a story. This book encourages you to pay particular attention, through prayer, to the story to which you are listening. Geoff New shows how to prayerfully listen to the Script...

The parables of Jesus appear to be simple, and yet they can become difficult for preachers to understand and apply. This book wrestles with the unique challenges of preaching the parables. It provides in–depth and practical tools for studying, interpreting, and applying the parables within the reader’s own setting, while remaining true to the intentions of Scripture. Offering a four–step approach, preachers are invited to consider how a parable operates as a picture, then a mirror, then a ...

Theology and Literature in the Age of Johnson: Resisting Secularism contains seventeen essays exploring the complex relationships between literary intentions and theological concerns of authors writing in the second half of the eighteenth century. The diversity of literary forms and subjects, from Fielding and Richardson to Burke and Wollstonecraft, is matched by a diversity of approaches and theologies. To argue that the age “resisted secularism” is by no means to argue that resi...

New York did not become New York by accident. Before the trains roared underground, the city was trapped in its own streets, choking on horse traffic, elevated steam lines, political corruption, and a growing population that needed a way to move faster than the surface could allow.The answer was audacious: tear open the avenues, dig beneath the busiest city in America, and build a hidden railroad strong enough to carry millions. Sandhogs blasted through bedrock, fought river mud un...

With over 3,500 entries, arranged by topic, fully indexed and up-to-date for the twenty-first century, here is a bumper new collection of witticisms and wisecracks. If you're looking for a quick quip to get the crowd on your side, struggling to put the finishing touches to a wedding speech or just want to cheer yourself and your mates up, this marvellous mammoth book provides all you'll ever need.Entries range from insults, put-downs, gags and one-liners to homespun philosophy, wit...