
Preaching in the Inventive Age
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can we tell it more effectively? Pagitt takes on these questions and
investigates the goals and roles of preaching in the Inventive Age.
From the book: "I find myself wanting to live with the people of my
community, where I can preach ... but not allow that to become an act of
speech making. Instead, I want it to be a living interaction of the
story of God and the story of our community being connected by our truth
telling, our vulnerability, and our open minds, ears, and eyes - all
brought together by the active work of the Spirit of God...."
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- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- The Inventive Age
- Section 1: Preaching Beyond Speaching
- Section 2: A Move to Something New
- 1. Speaching vs. Preaching
- 2. Understanding Progressional Dialogue
- 3. Peter and Cornelius
- 4. The Roots of Speaching
- 5. How I Became a Speacher
- 6. My Wake-Up Call
- 7. A Low-Grade Fever
- 8. Generic Messages
- 9. Preaching from a Stranger
- 10. Preaching to Strangers
- 11. Implication vs. Application
- Section 3: Why We're Reluctant to Change
- 12. Holding on to Speaching
- 13. Those for Whom This Conversation Will Seem Unnecessary
- 14. Fear of Being Wrong
- 15. Centralized Control
- 16. Fear of Heresy
- 17. Truth
- 18. The Power of Control
- 19. Pastoral Authority
- 20. Transmitting the Message
- Section 4: Why We Need to Change
- 21. The Priesthood of All Believers
- 22. Trusting the People
- 23. The Role of the Pastor
- 24. Prophetic Function
- Section 5: How to Make the Move
- 25. New Outcomes
- 26. A Deep Ecclesiology
- 27. The Need for New Skills
- 28. Too Much Input
- 29. Dissension
- 30. Improvisation
- 31. Preparation
- 32. Relationship with the Bible
- 33. The Bible in Speaching
- 34. The Bible as Community Member
- 35. Provisional Statements and Authenticity
- 36. Tone of Voice
- 37. Physical Setup
- 38. Microphones and Power
- 39. Listening as the Primary Skill
- 40. The Voice of the Church
- 41. A Few Final Thoughts
- Works Cited
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