Setting words on fire :

Wilson, Paul Scott, 1949-

Setting words on fire : putting God at the center of the sermon / Paul Scott Wilson. - Nashville : Abingdon Press, c2008. - xvi, 293 p. ; 23 cm. + 1 CD (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-279) and indexes.

Introduction -- A challenge for preaching -- Becoming better teachers -- Preaching as good teaching? -- Teaching principles from the new homiletic -- Teaching and polar language -- Teaching about the Gospel -- What does the Bible say about the Gospel? -- Practical helps in teaching the Gospel -- Becoming better proclaimers -- What is proclamation? -- Proclamation and sermon subforms : three precedents -- Trouble genres of proclamation -- Condemnation -- Lament -- Stern exhortation -- Genres of proclamation of the Gospel -- Testimony -- Prayer -- Nurturing exhortation -- Proclamatory statements -- Doxology -- Celebration -- Assessing proclamation -- The effects of genres of proclamation -- Proclamation : an outdated practice or a new beginning? -- Fulfilled in your hearing.

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