Power in the pulpit : how America's most effective Black preachers prepare their sermons

Author:Cleophus James LaRue

Summary:Examines how twelve of America's most popular African American preachers prepare their sermons and offers examples

Print Book, English, 2002

Edition:View all formats and editions

Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, KY, 2002

Genre:Aufsatzsammlung

Physical Description:viii, 191 pages ; 23 cm

ISBN:

9780664224813, 0664224814

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:49326859

Subjects:

African American preaching

Prédication noire américaine

Schwärze

Sermons américains Auteurs noirs américains

Sermons, American African American authors

USA

Vorbereitung

Zwarten

Contents:

Introduction

(11)

Contributors

(1)

Preaching from the Heart and Mind

(16)

Charles G. Adams

Sermon: ``Faith Critiques Faith'' Isaiah 58:6-9

(11)

The Wedding of Biblical Truth with Social Justice

(13)

Charles E. Booth

Sermon: ``Three Responses to a Miracle'' Acts 16:25-32

(8)

Explaining What the Text Means

(17)

H. B. Charles Jr.

Sermon: ``God Uses Weak People'' 2 Corinthians 4:7

(10)

Encountering the Text

(15)

Prathia L. Hall

Sermon: ``Encounters with Jesus from Dying to Life'' Mark 5:21-43

(7)

Enabling the Word to Happen

(15)

Zan Holmes

Sermon: ``Are We for Real?'' John 13:34

(6)

Preaching as an Intimate Act

(20)

Carolyn Ann Knight

Sermon: ``When All Hell Breaks Loose'' Job 1:1-5, 13-22

101

(8)

The Gloom, Glamour, and Glory of Preaching

109

(8)

Joe Samuel Ratliff

Sermon: ``Manipulated Blessings'' 2 Kings 5:15-27

113

(4)

Preaching with Passion

117

(16)

Cheryl Sanders

Sermon: ``The Parable of the Sower'' Luke 8:5-8

129

(4)

How Can They Hear without a Preacher?

133

(13)

J. Alfred Smith Sr.

Sermon: ``Foundations of Our Faith'' 1 Corinthians 15:12-18

141

(5)

A Holy Pursuit

146

(15)

Gardner Calvin Taylor

Sermon: ``Look Up!'' Luke 21:25-27

156

(5)

Whence Comes the Sermon Idea?

161

(14)

William D. Watley

Sermon: ``Healing Shadows'' Acts 5:14-15

169

(6)

Weaving the Textual Web

175

(12)

Ralph West

Sermon: ``Declare These Things'' Titus 2:11-15

187