If you are looking for religious information on the web you can not do any better than going to the Wabash Center. They have a list of Preaching Related links as well as a list of Preaching Syllabi that is regularly updated.
Month: September 2006
New Book for Professor Kent Anderson
Dr. Kent Anderson has just written a book entitled Choosing to Preach. In it he provides various sermon structures for faithful preaching.
7 Steps to a Good Sermon or How To Create and Preach a Sermon
I am writing this to include in the Problogger.net How To Group Writing Project. At this link you can find a number of Bloggers giving “how to’s” on a ton of subjects…
This post has been expanded into a free ebook that you can find information about at this link
Review: As One Without Authority
What is the New Homiletic and how has it affected homiletics? This book by Fred Craddock is often referred to as the book that started a big change to the homiletic horizon. As I read it today many things sound almost axiomatic due to the strong influence of the work.
Dr. Renita Weems Ministry WebSite
The Rev Dr. Renita Weems has a website entitled Somthing Within. The website is specifically directed to thinking women of faith.
Annotated Bibliography for Preaching
Dr. Tim Sensing of Abilene Christian University has compiled an annotated bibliography for preachers that you can obtain at this link.
Dr. Frank Thomas Audio Sermons
Audio sermons from Frank Thomas of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis Tennessee is featured on this page.
Dr. Cleophas LaRue Black Preaching Lecture
Here is an Audio lecture on Black Preaching by Cleophas LaRue, Professor at Princeton Divinity School
Authenticity and Preaching
What is the role of authenticity in preaching? Should it equate to authority? Why or Why not? Here are 4 things preachers should keep in mind when discussing the term authenticity
Prophetic Preaching
What is prophetic preaching? Zach Mills, one of my collegues in the Modern Homiletics Theory course, summarized prophetic preaching as:
[P]reaching that creatively speaks-on behalf of others-of the injustices and inadequacies of the present and the hopeful possibilities of the future.
Kerygma and Didache
While studying for a class in Modern Homiletic Theory I came across these two important terms. The terms of interest to me now are the comparison between Kerygma and Didache in preaching. Often didache is seen as the “ethical instruction” in preaching. Kerygma’s purpose is seen as making new converts. Here we see a difference in purpose. Didache is for the converts and Kerygma is for the outsiders.