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setting words on fire putting god at the center of the sermon with cdrom
in the second half of the twentieth century a profound shift took place in how we think about preaching . we moved away from a vertical focus on the preacher who hands down the authoritative teaching to more relational narrative and conversational models . yet common to both of these understandings says paul scott wilson is the idea that preaching is primarily about teaching that it mainly conveys information about god.important as this emphasis on preaching as teaching has been wilson believes that the time for a new approach has arrived . that new approach which he names preaching as proclamation has begun to arise from a variety of euro american and african american sources . its primary aim is not to convey information but to engender an encounter with god s grace in christ . more than guiding people to say yes now i understand it hopes to lead them to proclaim i am redeemed ; we are saved . more than telling the gospel story it renders the gospel s claim on human lives leading to conviction of sin repentance and transformation . pulling together the disparate strands of this new homiletical school wilson constructs a comprehensive introduction to preaching focusing on its character as proclamation of the sovereign grace of god .
paperback abingdon pr 2008 isbn13 9780687647187 isbn10 0687647185
book type nf isbn 13 9780687647187 number of pages 293 publisher abingdon press release date 62135769600000