Creation-Crisis Preaching
Title | Creation-Crisis Preaching PDF eBook |
Author | Leah D. Schade |
Publisher | Chalice Press |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2015-09 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0827205414 |
How can we proclaim justice for God's Creation in the face of global warming? How does fracking fit with "the earth and its fullness are the Lord's?" Creation-Crisis Preaching works with the premise that all of Creation, including humankind, needs to hear the Good News of Jesus' resurrection in this age in which humanity is "crucifying" Creation. Informed by years of experience as an environmental activist and minister, Leah Schade equips preachers to interpret the Bible through a "green" lens, become rooted in environmental theology, and learn how to understand their preaching context in terms of the particular political, cultural, and biotic setting of their congregation. Creation-Crisis Preaching provides both theoretical grounding and practical tips for preachers to create environmental sermons that are relevant, courageous, creative, pastoral, and inspiring.
Creation-Crisis Preaching
Title | Creation-Crisis Preaching PDF eBook |
Author | Leah D. Schade |
Publisher | Chalice Press |
Pages | 224 |
Release | 2015-09-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0827205422 |
How can we proclaim justice for God's Creation in the face of global warming? How does fracking fit with "the earth and its fullness are the Lord's?" Creation-Crisis Preaching works with the premise that all of Creation, including humankind, needs to hear the Good News of Jesus' resurrection in this age in which humanity is "crucifying" Creation. Informed by years of experience as an environmental activist and minister, Leah Schade equips preachers to interpret the Bible through a "green" lens, become rooted in environmental theology, and learn how to understand their preaching context in terms of the particular political, cultural, and biotic setting of their congregation. Creation-Crisis Preaching provides both theoretical grounding and practical tips for preachers to create environmental sermons that are relevant, courageous, creative, pastoral, and inspiring.
Preaching Creation
Title | Preaching Creation PDF eBook |
Author | John C. Holbert |
Publisher | Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 2012-01-06 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1621891380 |
The human race, along with the animals and plants that make up the creation of God, face a difficult future due to the multiple ways that the ecosystem on which they all depend is currently under stress. Temperatures are rising along with the oceans. Rain forests are falling along with the polar ice caps. Questions of the environment are now front and center in any catalog of concerns. Those who are called to preach need to include in the subjects of their sermons these environmental issues. Our Bible contains significant resources, often overlooked, as bases on which powerful environmental sermons can be preached. This book introduces the subject of preaching and the environment, offering close looks at important biblical passages that address the cosmos of God, and presenting sample sermons founded on those passages. The book calls for preachers both to name the vast problems we face and to offer the hope of the gospel of God to address them.
Our Father's World
Title | Our Father's World PDF eBook |
Author | Edward R. Brown |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 2008-03-24 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 0830834842 |
What does the Bible have to say about creation care and the responsibility of Christians? Edward Brown offers a biblical framework for creation care as well as practical steps that ordinary Christians can take to exercise good ecological stewardship.
Let Creation Rejoice
Title | Let Creation Rejoice PDF eBook |
Author | Jonathan A. Moo |
Publisher | InterVarsity Press |
Pages | 191 |
Release | 2014-05-02 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 083089635X |
The Bible is full of images of God caring for his creation in all its complexity. Yet experts warn us that a so-called perfect storm of factors threatens the future of life on earth. The authors assess the evidence for climate change and other threats that our planet faces in the coming decades while pointing to the hope God offers the world and the people he made.
The Season of Creation
Title | The Season of Creation PDF eBook |
Author | Norman C. Habel |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Pages | 242 |
Release | 2011-07 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 145141658X |
"As the global climate crisis worsens, many churches have sought to respond by instituting a movement to observe a liturgical season of creation. Scholars who have pioneered the connections between biblical scholarship, ecological theology, liturgy, and homiletics provide here a comprehensive resource for preaching and leading worship in this new season. Included are theological and practical introductions to observance of the season, biblical texts for its twelve Sundays in the three-year lectionary cycle, and astute commentary to help preachers and worship leaders guide their congregations into deeper connection with our imperiled planet"--Publisher description.
Preaching in the Purple Zone
Title | Preaching in the Purple Zone PDF eBook |
Author | Leah D. Schade |
Publisher | Rowman & Littlefield |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2019-04-23 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1538119897 |
Preaching in the Purple Zone is a resource for helping the church understand the challenges facing parish pastors, while encouraging and equipping preachers to address the vital justice issues of our time.This book provides practical instruction for navigating the hazards of prophetic preaching with tested strategies and prudent tactics grounded in biblical and theological foundations. Key to this endeavor is using a method of civil discourse called “deliberative dialogue” for finding common values among politically diverse parishioners. Unique to this book is instruction on using the sermon-dialogue-sermon process developed by the author that expands the pastor’s level of engagement on justice issues with parishioners beyond the single sermon. This book equips clergy to help their congregations respectfully engage in deliberation about “hot topics,” find the values that bind them together, and respond faithfully to God’s Word.