Author: Daniel C. Dennett
Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
ISBN: 1634310225
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
What is it like to be a preacher or rabbi who no longer believes in God? In this expanded and updated edition of their groundbreaking study, Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola comprehensively and sensitively expose an inconvenient truth that religious institutions face in the new transparency of the information age—the phenomenon of clergy who no longer believe what they publicly preach. In confidential interviews, clergy from across the ministerial spectrum—from liberal to literal—reveal how their lives of religious service and study have led them to a truth inimical to their professed beliefs and profession. Although their personal stories are as varied as the denominations they once represented, or continue to represent—whether Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Mormon, Pentecostal, or any of numerous others—they give voice not only to their own struggles but also to those who similarly suffer in tender and lonely silence. As this study poignantly and vividly reveals, their common journey has far-reaching implications not only for their families, their congregations, and their communities—but also for the very future of religion.
Caught in the Pulpit
Author: Daniel C. Dennett
Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
ISBN: 1634310225
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
What is it like to be a preacher or rabbi who no longer believes in God? In this expanded and updated edition of their groundbreaking study, Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola comprehensively and sensitively expose an inconvenient truth that religious institutions face in the new transparency of the information age—the phenomenon of clergy who no longer believe what they publicly preach. In confidential interviews, clergy from across the ministerial spectrum—from liberal to literal—reveal how their lives of religious service and study have led them to a truth inimical to their professed beliefs and profession. Although their personal stories are as varied as the denominations they once represented, or continue to represent—whether Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Mormon, Pentecostal, or any of numerous others—they give voice not only to their own struggles but also to those who similarly suffer in tender and lonely silence. As this study poignantly and vividly reveals, their common journey has far-reaching implications not only for their families, their congregations, and their communities—but also for the very future of religion.
Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing (US&CA)
ISBN: 1634310225
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 307
Book Description
What is it like to be a preacher or rabbi who no longer believes in God? In this expanded and updated edition of their groundbreaking study, Daniel C. Dennett and Linda LaScola comprehensively and sensitively expose an inconvenient truth that religious institutions face in the new transparency of the information age—the phenomenon of clergy who no longer believe what they publicly preach. In confidential interviews, clergy from across the ministerial spectrum—from liberal to literal—reveal how their lives of religious service and study have led them to a truth inimical to their professed beliefs and profession. Although their personal stories are as varied as the denominations they once represented, or continue to represent—whether Catholic, Baptist, Episcopalian, Methodist, Mormon, Pentecostal, or any of numerous others—they give voice not only to their own struggles but also to those who similarly suffer in tender and lonely silence. As this study poignantly and vividly reveals, their common journey has far-reaching implications not only for their families, their congregations, and their communities—but also for the very future of religion.
Lies Behind the Pulpit
Author: Barbara Farris
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425941352
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
You will meet in these pages a traveler without tickets, a lonely frog, and a reluctant consumer, seen with appreciation from the writer's unique point of view. Others are a small-town schoolboy, a farmer who loves his land, and a grandfather whose late-model car "has everything on it." The modern-day manipulators in suits and ties are here, along with the kindly old woodsman of the nursery tale and a wolf who openly deplores his loss of habitat. In these essays, individuals and families share the joys and challenges of their own times and seasons, having much to gain if the world can go forward without increased rumblings with wheels.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781425941352
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
You will meet in these pages a traveler without tickets, a lonely frog, and a reluctant consumer, seen with appreciation from the writer's unique point of view. Others are a small-town schoolboy, a farmer who loves his land, and a grandfather whose late-model car "has everything on it." The modern-day manipulators in suits and ties are here, along with the kindly old woodsman of the nursery tale and a wolf who openly deplores his loss of habitat. In these essays, individuals and families share the joys and challenges of their own times and seasons, having much to gain if the world can go forward without increased rumblings with wheels.
At the Pulpit
Author: Jennifer Reeder
Publisher: Church Historian's Press
ISBN: 9781629722825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Church Historian's Press
ISBN: 9781629722825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Expository Exultation
Author: John Piper
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433561166
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
“God has appointed preaching in worship as one great means of accomplishing his ultimate goal in the world.” —John Piper John Piper makes a compelling claim in these pages about the purpose of preaching: it is intended not merely as an explanation of the text but also as a means of awakening worship by being worship in and of itself. Christian preaching is a God-appointed miracle aiming to awaken the supernatural seeing, savoring, and showing of the glory of Christ. Distilling over forty years of experience in preaching and teaching, Piper shows preachers how and what to communicate from God’s Word, so that God’s purpose on earth will advance through Biblesaturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered preaching—in other words, expository exultation.
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433561166
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
“God has appointed preaching in worship as one great means of accomplishing his ultimate goal in the world.” —John Piper John Piper makes a compelling claim in these pages about the purpose of preaching: it is intended not merely as an explanation of the text but also as a means of awakening worship by being worship in and of itself. Christian preaching is a God-appointed miracle aiming to awaken the supernatural seeing, savoring, and showing of the glory of Christ. Distilling over forty years of experience in preaching and teaching, Piper shows preachers how and what to communicate from God’s Word, so that God’s purpose on earth will advance through Biblesaturated, Christ-exalting, God-centered preaching—in other words, expository exultation.
Pigs in the Pulpit
Author: J. Michael Wittman
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
ISBN: 9781439246078
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Pigs In The Pulpit - Identifying and exposing systematic abuse, cult-like tendencies and deception in the Christian church.
Publisher: Booksurge Publishing
ISBN: 9781439246078
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
Pigs In The Pulpit - Identifying and exposing systematic abuse, cult-like tendencies and deception in the Christian church.
Help! I'm Married to My Pastor
Author: Jani Ortlund
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433569809
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Ministry is hard. And every ministry wife needs—and deserves—encouragement. A woman marries a man, not his ministry. But all too often her husband's calling complicates their life together. What if ministry life isn't what she bargained for? What happens when her children make mistakes? How does she deal with church gossip, or even slander? As a pastor's wife of almost fifty years, Jani Ortlund addresses these questions, along with many others, as she offers encouragement and guidance to ministry wives. Jani reminds readers that God works out his delightfully good purposes in and through their sacrifices.
Publisher: Crossway
ISBN: 1433569809
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Ministry is hard. And every ministry wife needs—and deserves—encouragement. A woman marries a man, not his ministry. But all too often her husband's calling complicates their life together. What if ministry life isn't what she bargained for? What happens when her children make mistakes? How does she deal with church gossip, or even slander? As a pastor's wife of almost fifty years, Jani Ortlund addresses these questions, along with many others, as she offers encouragement and guidance to ministry wives. Jani reminds readers that God works out his delightfully good purposes in and through their sacrifices.
Pastoral Preaching
Author: Conrad Mbewe
Publisher: Langham Preaching Resources
ISBN: 1783681802
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
More and more pulpits are occupied by motivational speakers rather than preachers. Church congregations are not being given a comprehensive, biblical understanding of the faith. Drawing on his own experience as a pastor in Zambia, Conrad Mbewe tackles issues such as the content of pastoral preaching, how pastoral preaching relates to church life, finding the time to prepare pastoral sermons, and dealing with discouragement. Throughout the book, it is clear that the author’s conviction is to see preachers grow strong churches, to build a people for God.
Publisher: Langham Preaching Resources
ISBN: 1783681802
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
More and more pulpits are occupied by motivational speakers rather than preachers. Church congregations are not being given a comprehensive, biblical understanding of the faith. Drawing on his own experience as a pastor in Zambia, Conrad Mbewe tackles issues such as the content of pastoral preaching, how pastoral preaching relates to church life, finding the time to prepare pastoral sermons, and dealing with discouragement. Throughout the book, it is clear that the author’s conviction is to see preachers grow strong churches, to build a people for God.
Passion in the Pulpit
Author: Jerry Vines
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 0802496849
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Biblical exegesis doesn’t stop with the words alone. Faithful preachers exegete the emotion of the text as well. It’s easy to let our own personalities dictate the emotional dimension of our sermons, but the best preachers mirror the Bible’s emotive intent in their sermons. In Passion in the Pulpit, Jerry Vines and Adam Dooley will teach you how to exegete not just the verbal content of Scripture, but its emotional appeal as well. They show you the role the Bible’s emotional intent should play in each stage of sermon prep, and: Offer exegetical steps to discern the biblical pathos Teach you how to avoid manipulation while making your sermons emotional Help you determine the appropriate limitations of emotional appeal Give you verbal, vocal, and visual techniques to help convey the biblical emotional intent in your sermons When we elevate the Bible’s emotional intent above our own, we preach truth rather than personality.
Publisher: Moody Publishers
ISBN: 0802496849
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 302
Book Description
Biblical exegesis doesn’t stop with the words alone. Faithful preachers exegete the emotion of the text as well. It’s easy to let our own personalities dictate the emotional dimension of our sermons, but the best preachers mirror the Bible’s emotive intent in their sermons. In Passion in the Pulpit, Jerry Vines and Adam Dooley will teach you how to exegete not just the verbal content of Scripture, but its emotional appeal as well. They show you the role the Bible’s emotional intent should play in each stage of sermon prep, and: Offer exegetical steps to discern the biblical pathos Teach you how to avoid manipulation while making your sermons emotional Help you determine the appropriate limitations of emotional appeal Give you verbal, vocal, and visual techniques to help convey the biblical emotional intent in your sermons When we elevate the Bible’s emotional intent above our own, we preach truth rather than personality.
Pimps in the Pulpit
Author: Shannon R. Bellamy
Publisher: Infinity Pub
ISBN: 9780741456632
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: Infinity Pub
ISBN: 9780741456632
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Fit for the Pulpit
Author: Chris McCurley
Publisher: Start2finish Books
ISBN: 9780615925202
Category : Church work
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to assist the preacher with some of the more common problems presented in ministry. All too often, preachers leave the pulpit, the ministry, or even the church because of the hardships associated with church work. -- Introduction
Publisher: Start2finish Books
ISBN: 9780615925202
Category : Church work
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to assist the preacher with some of the more common problems presented in ministry. All too often, preachers leave the pulpit, the ministry, or even the church because of the hardships associated with church work. -- Introduction