The Four Pages of the Sermon
A Guide to Biblical Preaching
Published on 1. September 2010
192 pages
978-1-4267-2471-8 (ISBN)
Description
Doing justice to the complexity of the preaching task and the questions that underlie it, Wilson organizes both the preparation and the content of the sermon around its "four pages." Each "page" addresses a different theological and creative component of what happens in any sermon. Page One presents the trouble or conflict that takes place in or that underscores the biblical text itself. Page Two looks at similar conflict--sin or brokenness--in our own time. Page Three returns to the Bible to identify where God is at work in or behind the text--in other words, to discover the good news. Page Four points to God at work in our world, particularly in relation to the situations described in Page Two.
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Person
Paul Scott Wilson is Professor of Homiletics at Emmanuel College of the University of Toronto. He is one of the most respected and recognized teachers of homiletics in North America. He is the author of a number of books, including The Practice of Preaching, Imagination of the Heart, God Sense: Reading the Bible for Preaching, and The Four Pages of the Sermon, all published by Abingdon Press. He is the General Editor of The New Interpreter's Handbook of Preaching.
Content
- Cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter One Movies, Pages, and God
- Section I Getting Started: Monday
- Chapter Two Ensuring Sermon Unity
- Chapter Three Introducing the Sermon
- Section II Page One: Tuesday
- Chapter Four Trouble in the Bible
- Chapter Five Filming Trouble in the Bible
- Section III Page Two: Wednesday
- Chapter Six Trouble in the World
- Chapter Seven Filming Trouble in the World
- Section IV Page Three: Thursday
- Chapter Eight God's Action in the Bible
- Chapter Nine Filming Grace in the Bible
- Section V Page Four: Friday
- Chapter Ten God's Action in the World
- Chapter Eleven Filming Grace in the World
- Section VI Varieties of Sermons
- Chapter Twelve Imagining a Complete Sermon
- Chapter Thirteen Reshuffling and Varying the Four Pages
- Appendix Sermon Checklist
- Notes
- Index of Names
- Index of Bible Passages
