Passion in the Pulpit: How to Exegete the Emotion of Scripture - Hardcover

Vines, Jerry; Dooley, Adam

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0802418384 ISBN 13: 9780802418388

Publisher: Moody Publishers, 2018

Synopsis

Biblical exegesis doesn’t stop with the words alone. Faithful preachers exegete the emotion of the text as well.

It’s easy to let our own personalities dictate the emotional dimension of our sermons, but the best preachers mirror the Bible’s emotive intent in their sermons. In Passion in the Pulpit, Jerry Vines and Adam Dooley will teach you how to exegete not just the verbal content of Scripture, but its emotional appeal as well. They show you the role the Bible’s emotional intent should play in each stage of sermon prep, and:

• Offer exegetical steps to discern the biblical pathos
• Teach you how to avoid manipulation while making your sermons emotional
• Help you determine the appropriate limitations of emotional appeal
• Give you verbal, vocal, and visual techniques to help convey the biblical emotional intent in your sermons

When we elevate the Bible’s emotional intent above our own, we preach truth rather than personality.

About this title

About the Author

DR. ADAM DOOLEY serves as the senior pastor of Sunnyvale First Baptist Church on the northeast side of Dallas. He is a two-time graduate of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he has also served as an adjunct professor. He is married to Heather, and they have three sons and one daughter.

DR. JERRY VINES (B.A., Mercer University; Th.D., Luther Rice Seminary; PhD, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary) retired as pastor of First Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida in 2006, where he served for 40 years. He served two terms as president of the Southern Baptist Convention. Jerry is author of a number of books including Power in the Pulpit: How to Prepare and Deliver Expository Sermons, and A Practical Guide to Sermon Preparation. He and his wife, Janet, have four adult children and five grandchildren.

From the Back Cover

Emotions are the Missing Exegetical Link

When we preach, the question is not if people will feel, but what they will feel. If we preach the emotions that are at the heart of the passage, then our congregations will feel what God intended. If we preach the emotions of our personality’s choosing—or with no emotions at all—we misrepresent the text.

Discover the importance of biblical pathos and how to faithfully proclaim it through your preaching. In Passion in the Pulpit you’ll also learn how to:

• recognize and appreciate the gift of Scripture’s emotional coloring
• discern the biblical pathos using reliable exegetical steps
• make your sermons faithfully emotive while avoiding manipulation
• determine the appropriate limitations of emotional appeal
• use verbal, vocal, and visual techniques to convey the biblical emotional intent of the passage

And more

Preaching what God says without also respecting how He said it is not an option. No matter the cost, we must preach with the passion God desires.

Edition details

• Publisher: Moody Publishers
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0802418384
• ISBN 13: 9780802418388
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208