Discovering a Sermon: Personal Pastoral Preaching

by Robert C Dykstra

Overview

Using contemporary parables and psychological principles, Robert Dykstra introduces a model of sermon preparation that concentrates especially on connecting biblical texts with contemporary life and with the preacher's own experiences. Each chapter introduces a key theme, offers a sermon model, and concludes with an analysis of the sermon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780827206274
Publisher:	Christian Board of Publication
Publication date:	05/21/2012
Pages:	168
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.36(d)

About the Author

Robert C. Dykstra is associate professor of pastoral theology at Princeton Theological Seminary and author of Discovering a Sermon: Personal Pastoral Preaching from Chalice Press.

Table of Contents

	Acknowledgments	ix
	Introduction	1
1	Playing with the Text	11
2	Playing Witness to Life	43
3	Playing with Strangers	75
4	Playing with Fire	105
	Epilogue	127
	Notes	139
	Bibliography	145
	Index	151

Editorial Reviews

"This is a brave book, in which Dykstra does what he counsels others to do. Refusing to add one more tame book on pastoral preaching to an already groaning shelf, he dives deep into the human psyche (which is to say, the human soul) to discover powerful and therefore dangerous resources for faithful transformation."

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