Relational Preaching: Knowing God, His Word, and Your Hearers

by Greg Scharf

Overview

Relational Preaching is a guide to help achieve greater depth in your preaching through developing a stronger relationship with the Lord, with Scripture, and with your listeners. Its message is direct and down to earth. Its style is devotional and prayerful. Preachers around the world will be blessed as they join the author in soaking themselves in Scripture and reflecting on what these Scriptures mean for them.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781783682157
Publisher:	Langham Creative Projects
Publication date:	01/14/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	256
File size:	637 KB

About the Author

Greg Scharf is Professor of Homiletics at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois. He previously served in pastoral roles at All Souls, Church, Langham Place, London; Knox Church, Toronto; and Salem Evangelical Free Church in Fargo, North Dakota. He is author of Let the Earth Hear His Voice: Strategies for Overcoming Bottlenecks in Preaching God's Word. Dr. Scharf has facilitated preaching seminars in many countries under the auspices of Langham Preaching. He and his wife Ruth have three married sons and five grandchildren.

Table of Contents

Foreword to the Revised Edition
Foreword to the First Edition
Preface
Acknowledgements
What Is Relational Preaching?
Part One: Our Relationship with God
God the Creator: Day 1-6
God the Revealer: Day 7-8
God the Saviour: Day 9-13
God the Giver: Day 14-19
God the Holy Spirit: Day 20-29
God the Father: Day 30-34
Our Response of Faith and Love: Day 35-41
Our Response of Obedience: Day 42-45
Our Response of Service: Day 46-49
Part Two: Our Relationship with Scripture
The Basics: Day 50-53
Our Calling: Day 54-57
The Work of God's Word: Day 58-61
The Nature of the Bible: Day 62-70
Our Response to God's Word: Day 71-78
Part Three: Our Relationship with Our Listeners
How We Get to Know Our Listeners: Day 79-88
Commonalities and Differences: Day 89-93
Handling Differences: Day 94-96
The Response of Our Listeners: Day 97-101
What We Owe Our Listeners: Day 102-113
Epilogue
Scripture Index

Editorial Reviews

I love this book! I think it is unique in the homiletical literature as a kind of "scriptural theology of preaching" and also as spiritual theology. I strongly recommend it to pastors worldwide, both for individual use and as a resource to be used wherever pastors gather, whether in fraternals in the West or in preaching clubs in the Majority World.

PAUL WINDSOR Director of Langham Preaching

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