Overview
From generation-to-generation there has been an anguished cry from preachers about preaching - there is no imagination! The Scriptures present the wondrous hope and vision of ""Kingdom Come"" and yet contemporary preaching can often be mute and blind by comparison. This book explores what is possible when the Scripture to be preached is prayed through the agency of two ancient prayer disciplines: lectio divina and Ignatian Gospel Contemplation. Through the experiences of eight vocational pastor-preachers this study tracks the difficulties, discoveries and delights as they commit to utilizing these prayer disciplines as part of their regular sermon preparation. The reader will be orientated to what a biblical imagination entails and how praying the Scriptures affects the preacher, sermon and listener. Careful explanation of how to pray using lectio divina and Ignatian Gospel Contemplation is included. This work is, in places, a raw examination of the forces that regularly conspire against the preacher as they endeavour to faithfully expound the Scriptures. The study is a rousing exclamation of the joy experienced when a preacher's imagination and their preparation is formed by the Spirit, bringing the Scriptures to bear on all who speak and hear it.
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Author: Geoff New
Publisher: Langham Publishing
Imprint: Langham Academic
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 1.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.245kg
ISBN: 9781783688999
ISBN 10: 1783688998
Pages: 178
Publication Date: 14 October 2015
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Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
. . . this work on imaginative engagement with the Scriptures might be the most important book that many preachers read, apart from the Scriptures into which it leads them. John GoldinGay David Allan Hubbard Professor of Old Testament, School of Theology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USA I am drawn to any exposition of imagination in the practice of faith. This remarkable volume focuses on imagination, but sets it squarely in the midst of the great triad of pastor-prayer-congregation. This is pastoral theology at its best, inviting pastors and church leaders to let the power of the Spirit - via the generative force of Scripture - to be in de ning play in ministry. Walter BrueGGemann Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, USA
Author Information
GEOFF NEW is a Presbyterian minister in New Zealand. He is the Dean of Studies at Knox Centre for Ministry and Leadership, Dunedin, New Zealand. He was the minister of Papakura East Presbyterian Church from 1997 to 2015. Geoff is a trainer for Langham Preaching in South Asia (langham.org) and also heads up Kiwimade Preaching (kiwimadepreaching.com) which seeks to resource and encourage preachers in NZ. Geoff graduated with a Doctor of Ministry from the Australian College of Theology in 2011. He is married to Ruth and they have three grown children.
