Urgency of Preaching - Hardcover

Haselden, Kyle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060637307 ISBN 13: 9780060637309

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1963

Synopsis

From the dust jacket: Why has the American pulpit lost the sense of urgency it felt so keenly a few decades ago? The author gives many provocative answers in his new book, and illustrates vividly how the modern preacher can regain a sense of eagerness - by realizing he is not man's, but God's, appointee, and responsible to Him to preach the gospel. By seeing the minister as preacher rather than as minister and preacher. By revealing to each member of the congregation the sacramental quality of even routine lives. By recognizing that by preaching at the level of the advertiser he contributes to the preoccupation with mundane things. The author explains these views and shows what factors have sapped the vitality from today's preaching. He suggests that only a fundamental change in the minister's attitude toward himself, his message, and his instrument will restore the joy, power, and effectiveness of the great periods of preaching. The diagnosis and prescription the author offers in his forceful book will be welcomed by every minister searching for a new sense of urgency in his own sermons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1963
• ISBN 10: 0060637307
• ISBN 13: 9780060637309
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1