Stewards of The Story: The Task of Preaching

by James Earl Massey

Overview

In this insightful study, James Earl Massey offers an expanded version of the Twelfth Annual William E. Conger, Jr. Lectures on Biblical Preaching that he delivered at Beeson Divinity School in February 2004. Through a unique collection of informative lectures and illustrative sermons, the highly esteemed teacher and preacher considers four dimensions of the preacher as steward of the gospel story. Pastors will warmly welcome this book as it provides them with both practical guidance and insight about their identity as preachers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780664229818
Publisher:	Westminster John Knox Press
Publication date:	02/01/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

James Earl Massey is Dean and Professor Emeritus of Biblical Studies and Preaching at Anderson University's School of Theology in Anderson, Indiana. He has preached and lectured at more than one hundred colleges, universities, and seminaries in the United States and on four continents. His books include The Responsible Pulpit, Designing the Sermon, The Burdensome Joy of Preaching, and Sundays in the Tuskegee Chapel.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	ix
	Preface	xv
1	The Preacher as God's Steward	1
2	The Steward as Recitalist	11
3	The Steward and Rhetoric	25
4	The Steward and Ritual	35
5	The Steward and Reality	41
6	The Gracious Imperative: A Sermon	51
7	On Being a Leader: A Sermon	59
8	This Jesus: A Sermon	67
9	On Being Responsible: A Sermon	73
10	Stay in the Race! A Sermon	77
11	When Devotion Meets Difficulty: An Easter Sermon	85
	Notes	93
	Index of Names	103
	Index of Biblical References	107