[PDF] Accidental Preacher eBook

Author : Will Willimon
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 37,69 MB
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1467457450

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The lively, inspiring memoir of an eminent Christian preacher and leader In this book one of today’s best-known Christian leaders recounts—with his signature wit and humor—memorable moments from his rich and full preaching life. A personal and vocational memoir, Will Willimon’s Accidental Preacher portrays the adventure of a life caught up in the purposes of a God who calls unlikely people to engage in work greater than themselves. Beginning with his childhood in a segregated South and moving through his student years, Willimon gives candid, inspiring, and humorous testimony to his experiences as a seminary professor, rural pastor, globe-trotting preacher, bishop, and popular theologian and writer. Above all, he shows how God has constantly had a call on his life. By turns poignant, hilarious, and thought-provoking—but always irresistibly engaging—Accidental Preacher is sure to join the well-remembered, classic memoir of our time.

Author : William H. Willimon
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 13,46 MB
Release : 2020-02-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1506456383

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In this addition to the new Working Preacher Books series, prolific author William H. Willimon makes the compelling case that two key pastoral tasks--preaching and leadership--complement, correct, strengthen, and inform one another. Preaching is the distinctive function of pastoral leaders. Leadership of the church, particularly during a challenging time of transition in mainline Protestantism, has become a pressing concern for pastors. This book shows how the practices, skills, and intentions of Christian preaching can be helpful to the leadership of a congregation. It will also show how leadership is an appropriate expectation for sermons. In preaching, pastoral leaders can help a congregation face its problems and coordinate its God-given resources to address those problems. Sermons can be an opportunity to articulate, motivate, and orchestrate God's people in doing God's work in the church and in the world. Leading with the Sermon includes chapters on why pastors must be leaders, why preaching is such an essential task in telling the truth about the gospel, how preaching makes better leaders, and how better leaders make better preachers.

Author : Bishop William H. Willimon
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 36,30 MB
Release : 2020-10-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1791008062

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Preachers Dare is adapted from Will Willimon’s Lyman Beecher Lectures on Preaching at Yale and is inspired by a quote from the great theologian Karl Barth. In a world in which sermons too often become hackneyed conventional wisdom or tame common sense, preachers dare to speak about the God who speaks to us as Jesus Christ. Willimon draws upon his decades of preaching, as well as his many books on the practice of homiletics, to present a bold theology of preaching. This work emphasizes preaching as a distinctively theological endeavor that begins with and is enabled by God. God speaks, preachers dare to speak the speech of God, and the church dares to listen. By moving from the biblical text to the contemporary context, preachers dare to speak up for God so that God might speak today. With fresh biblical insights, creativity and pointed humor, Willimon gives today’s preachers and congregations encouragement to speak with the God who has so graciously and effusively spoken to us.

Author : melissa o'brien
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 12,3 MB
Release : 2016-12-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781366620606

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Melissa O'Brien is the pastor of a small Congregational church in Vermont. This book is a collection of stories from her life as a preacher, hospital chaplain and hospice chaplain.

Author : Melissa O'Brien
Publisher : Blurb
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 23,98 MB
Release : 2016-12-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781366627063

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Melissa O'Brien is the pastor of a small Congregational church in Vermont. These are stories from her life as a preacher, hospital chaplain and hospice chaplain.

Author : Bob Plumb
Publisher : Publishamerica Incorporated
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 28,72 MB
Release : 2010-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781615829873

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In my first book, Jack Simon tries his best to "live it up"! In my second book, he tries his best to live his earlier life down! He is lucky he has Carleen for his wife. She is a true helpmate. Jack is unfaithful to her, yet she feels he is worth redeeming and strives to bring out the best in him. He is a big man with a small, glowing streak of kindness, whereas her father, the only other man she ever knew, is the opposite: a small man with a big, mean streak! It is, therefore, not as much of a shock to her when he decides to become a preacher as it is to everyone else who knows him! Such complete turnarounds are rare, but between Jack and Carleen, they pull it off as he becomes a beloved preacher in the Church of the Brethren, which they have picked at random!

Author : Bishop William H. Willimon
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 21,57 MB
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1791023991

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Discipleship and witness are not self-sustainable. Preaching equips God’s people for the work of serving and building up the body of Christ (Eph. 4:11). The gospel is news that passes from the lips of one who has heard to the ears of one who has not yet heard, then (God willing) it burrows in the soul, energizing the hands in daring response to a word received. Preaching is instigated by an astounding claim: Good news; God has spoken to us. The Christian life is what you get when ordinary folk respond: I have heard. The book (a companion to Preachers Dare) is for anyone who listens to sermons—which includes preachers, since there’s no way to preach without gaining skills as a listener. Listening is a human skill, but as God’s word is proclaimed, the hearer experiences a vocal mix of preacher, listener, and God. Praise for Listeners Dare “Books about preaching—how to research, write, and deliver sermons—are legion. But books about how sermons are heard, internalized, and acted upon by ordinary Christians in the pews are rare. Willimon addresses this elusive yet critically important task with his usual wit, acumen, and pastor’s heart. A few hours pondering this thought-filled work will pay handsome dividends come Sunday.” —Grant Wacker, Gilbert T. Rowe Distinguished Professor of Christian History, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC “There is no shortage of resources out there for how to prepare and preach a sermon, and yet faith comes from hearing. In turning our attention to the homiletical process of listening, Willimon has given clergy and laity alike a true gift. Together, we get to listen for God’s daring Word—a word that in our hearing brings about holy obedience, persistent hope, and daring discipleship.” —Karoline M. Lewis, Marbury E. Anderson Chair of Biblical Preaching, Professor of Biblical Preaching, Luther Seminary; Program Director, Festival of Homiletics “Listening to a sermon is a spiritual discipline—that is the simple, profound insight that underpins this rich offering from Will Willimon.” —Lauren F. Winner, Associate Professor, Duke Divinity School, Durham, NC

Author : Bishop William H. Willimon
Publisher : Abingdon Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 2019-12-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1501890972

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Will Willimon is widely acclaimed as one of the top ten preachers in the world. In Preaching the Psalms, he provides just what you need to begin the journey toward sermons based on the Psalms. This guide will stoke, fund, and fuel your imagination while leaving plenty of room to insert your own illustrations, make connections within your congregational context, and speak the Word in your distinctive voice. Guidance from Will Willimon is like sitting down with a trusted clergy friend and asking, “What will you preach next Sunday?” Preaching the Psalms is part of a seven-volume set that also includes lectionary-based preaching resources for Years A, B, and C (2 volumes per year: Part 1 and Part 2) of the Revised Common Lectionary. Sermon resources include: 1. Readings 2. Theme title 3. Introduction to the Readings 4. Encountering the Text 5. Proclaiming the Text 6. Relating the Text