Telling The Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy and Fairy Tale

This novelist-preacher insists you have to understand the Gospels unblinking reflection of everyday reality. They record the tragedy of human failure, the comedy of being loved overwhelmingly by God despite that failure, and the fairy tale of transformation through that love. With grace, literacy, and beauty Frederick Buechner introduces us to this vision that, once found, cannot be forgotten.

Finally Comes The Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation

The Christian gospel, says Brueggemann, is too easily preached and heard. Too often technical reason and excessive religious certitude reduce the gospel to coercive, debilitating pietisms that mask the text's meaning and freeze the hearers heart. With skill and imagination, Brueggemann demonstrates how the preacher can engage in daring speech-differently voiced and therefore differently hear…

Preaching Jesus Christ

Edisi

First Published

ISBN/ISSN

0-8006-1147-0

Deskripsi Fisik

94 pgs.; 21,5 cm.

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

251 BUT p