Preaching to a Post-Everything World: Crafting Biblical Sermons That Connect with Our Culture

by Zack Eswine, Bryan Chapell

Overview

Zack Eswine starts this unique pastoral resource with a captivating question: Could I now reach who I once was? Challenging the idea that today's preachers must do away with biblical or expository preaching if they are to reach non-Christian people, Eswine offers a way of preaching that embraces biblical exposition in missional terms. Recognizing all of the different cultural situations in which the gospel must be preached, he gives preachers practical advice on preaching in a global context while remaining faithful to the Bible.
Pastors, seminarians, and church and ministry leaders who speak in various contexts will welcome this fresh, thoughtful examination of bringing the Word to today's multi-everything, post-everything world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780801091940
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/01/2008
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.61(d)

About the Author

Zack Eswine (PhD, Regent University) is assistant professor of homiletics and associate dean of ministry formation at Covenant Theological Seminary. He is the author of Kindled Fire: How the Methods of C. H. Spurgeon Can Help Your Preaching and lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Foreword: Grace as Worldview   Bryan Chapell     7
Acknowledgments     9
Introduction: Reaching a Post-Everything World     10
Prepare the Sermon for a Post-Everything World
Preach What Is Real     23
Preach What Is Redemptive     41
Preach the Stories     60
Remember Where You've Been     78
Explore Biblical Models for a Post-Everything World
Follow God's Lead     97
Find a Prophetic Edge     117
Try on a Priestly Paradigm     131
Speak like a Sage     144
Step Outside     163
Engage the Cultures of a Post-Everything World
Account for the Accents     181
Handle the War Passages in an Age of Terror     193
Learn to Speak about Hell     205
Detect Idol Talk     218
Discern Devilish Spin     231
Cry Out for the Holy Spirit     245
Clean the Dish and Light the Candle     260
Sermon Preparation: Use the Four Stories in Six Steps     267
Cultural Discernment: Use the Four Stories to Think about Movies, News, Art, and Literature     269
Notes     271
Scripture Index     280
General Index     286