Preaching Gospel: Essays in Honor of Richard Lischer

by Charles L Campbell (Editor), Clayton J Schmit (Editor), Mary Hinkle Shore (Editor), Jennifer E Copeland (Editor), Peter Storey (Foreword by)

Overview

Teaching preaching, like preaching itself, is a noble endeavor. After nearly four decades of teaching, Richard Lischer has sent legions of preachers across the world to preach gospel. This volume pays tribute to his faith-filled life of preaching and teaching. The contributors, some of whom were taught by Lischer, have received many laurels themselves, so readers will find in these pages wisdom for preaching from many quarters. Some authors include sermons with helpful commentary about the preaching exercise; some offer essays to illuminate the task of sermon writing; all acknowledge the influence of Richard Lischer on their preaching and teaching endeavors.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781498207898
Publisher:	Cascade Books
Publication date:	08/30/2016
Series:	Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching , #9
Pages:	262
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Charles Campbell is Professor of Homiletics at Duke Divinity School. He is the coauthor with Johan Cilliers of Preaching Fools: The Gospel as a Rhetoric of Folly (2012).
 
Clayton J. Schmit is Provost of Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University. He has authored books on preaching and worship and is founder of the Lloyd J. Ogilvie Institute of Preaching Series at Cascade Books.
 
Mary Hinkle Shore is the pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Brevard, North Carolina.

Jennifer Copeland is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Council of Churches and an adjunct instructor at Duke Divinity School. She is the author of Feminine Registers: The Importance of Women's Voices for Christian Preaching (2014).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

List of Contributors xi

Foreword Peter J. Storey xiii

Preaching Gospel: Four Theological Tones Charles L. Campbell 1

Reading the Text with Richard Lischer Will Willimon 16

Preaching Gospel from the Old Testament Rein Bos 29

Preaching Paul's Gospel Mary Hinkle Shore 45

Preaching in the Ruins: Reflections about Words with Sermonic Exhibits Stanley Hauerwas 57

Preaching the Gospel of Resurrection Thomas G. Long 71

The Holy Spirit and Preaching: The Word that Moves William C. Turner, Jr. 88

The Promise of Law and Gospel: Preaching with "Unclipped Wings" Michael Pasquarello III 107

The Gospel and the Missional Church: Significant Preaching and the Agency of God Clayton J. Schmit 122

Gospel Wisdom for Ministry: Sermons for Theology Students Ellen F. Davis 138

Preaching the Gospel of Hope: How the Prophets Navigate between Optimism and Despair Charles L. Aaron 152

Singing the Story: The Gospel According to the Spirituals Luke A. Powery 167

Speaking Gospel in the Public Arena Willie James Jennings 187

Preaching Gospel in a Gendered World Jennifer E. Capeland 198

Memoir and Gospel: The Theater of Gods Grace Heidi Neumark 213

Breakfast on the Shore Gail Godwin 219

Gospel Performance and the Mind of Christ Charles L. Bartow 226

A Final Word on Richard Lischer as Preacher of the Gospel Richard B. Hays 241

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"This fascinating book is so much more than an academic tribute to a retiring professor, although Rick Lischer certainly deserves that as one of our premier theologians of homiletics. This is a collection of some of the finest essays I've seen about the weight and high calling to proclaim gospel, and it has been written by some of the best scholars on the subject we have." 
—M. Craig Barnes, President, Princeton Theological Seminary

Editorial Reviews

"This fascinating book is so much more than an academic tribute to a retiring professor, although Rick Lischer certainly deserves that as one of our premier theologians of homiletics. This is a collection of some of the finest essays I've seen about the weight and high calling to proclaim gospel, and it has been written by some of the best scholars on the subject we have." 
—M. Craig Barnes, President, Princeton Theological Seminary

From the Publisher