Preaching and the Literary Forms of the BibleLong argues that the literary form and dynamics of biblical texts can and should make a difference in the kinds of sermons created from those texts, not only because of what the texts say but because of how they say it. He presents a methodology for taking the literary characteristics of biblical texts into account in the text-to-sermon process and then applies that methodology in separate chapters on preaching on psalms, proverbs, narratives, parables, and epistles. |
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Moving from Text to Sermon | 37 |
Preaching on the Psalms | 43 |
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