Postils for Preaching: Commentaries on the Revised Common by John Rollefson PDF

By John Rollefson

ISBN-10: 1498290493

ISBN-13: 9781498290494

ISBN-10: 1498290515

ISBN-13: 9781498290517

Postils for Preaching repristinates an outdated time period for commentaries at the appointed texts by means of helping preachers of their known calling of preaching the be aware. "Post illa," a few imagine, most likely refers back to the reflecting "after this" (meaning upon the texts) that preachers needs to do within the context of the lives in their congregations and bigger groups. those essays don't objective to be sermons yet sermon-starters, goads and incitements to think about the assigned texts with critical mind's eye and solid humor, all within the context of the church yr and its inter-textual connections. The goal of this book is to dip right into a life of that exegetical and homiletical "bag of methods" as Jesus himself obliquely advised whilst he famous how "every scribe who has been proficient for the dominion of heaven is just like the grasp of a family who brings out of his treasure what's new and what's outdated" (Matt 13:52). Please reflect on those postils a "thesaurus" ("treasury") from which to borrow insights, references, and allusions as wanted and located of value.

"These reflections at the texts from 12 months B of the Revised universal Lectionary might be splendidly precious to preachers. The essays are refreshingly casual and provocatively considerate. Karl Barth as soon as wrote that preaching instruction comprises explication, meditation, and alertness. Rollefson is helping with explication and alertness, yet i believe the booklet might be helpful in that crucial time of meditation the place the preacher displays prayerfully and imaginatively on textual content and congregation alike. And preachers may be convinced to not pass the preface, which isn't only a preface yet a treasury of recommendation from a smart and skillful pastor and preacher."
--David Bartlett, Yale Divinity institution and Columbia Theological Seminary, Emeritus

John Rollefson is a retired Lutheran pastor (ELCA) having served city and campus congregations in San Francisco, Milwaukee, Ann Arbor, and la. His education has taken him from Decorah to New Haven to Edinburgh, and from London to Berkeley, with stops alongside the best way at Collegevillle and Cambridge Massachusetts. He lives in San Luis Obispo, California, together with his spouse Ruth, a retired vocal song instructor and church musician.

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