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2016

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Wording The Sunday Sermon, Cornelius Plantinga Jr. Jan 2016

Wording The Sunday Sermon, Cornelius Plantinga Jr.

Symposium on Worship Archive

One of the preacher’s big challenges is finding language for the Sunday sermon that will engage the most of her or his listeners. But what kind of language is that? What are some of its features? Using multiple examples from published sermons, this workshop will identify, discuss, and recommend certain excellent features of well-worded Sunday sermons.


How The News Shapes Our Prayers And Preaching: Deepening Our Lovign Engagement With The World God Loves, Elizabeth Dias, Richard J. Mouw, John D. Witvliet, Anne Zaki Jan 2016

How The News Shapes Our Prayers And Preaching: Deepening Our Lovign Engagement With The World God Loves, Elizabeth Dias, Richard J. Mouw, John D. Witvliet, Anne Zaki

Symposium on Worship Archive

If our public prayers and preaching are at all responsive to the needs of the world, then how we glean information about the world is crucial. Whether through new or old media, journalists have a key role to play in whether and how we pray and preach about everything from the persecution of Christians, conflict in the Middle East, creation care, and abortion to local concerns related to public education and social services. Join a conversation with a leading national journalist (Elizabeth Dias), a public theologian (Richard Mouw), and a seminary professor and preacher (Anne Zaki) that can inform your …