How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon
By: Frank A. Thomas
4.01
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
Learn to use four characteristics of "preaching with moral imagination" to proclaim freedom for all…
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1. Telling the Truth: The Gospel as Tragedy, Comedy, and Fairy Tale
By: Frederick Buechner
3.58
Format: 24 pages, Hardcover
A fresh, creative look at the underlying meaning of the Gospels that stresses the many dimensions o… read more
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2. Liturgy of the Ordinary: Sacred Practices in Everyday Life
By: Tish Harrison Warren
4.08
Format: 31 pages, Paperback
Many of us go through the day feeling like we don't have time for God. But God can become present t… read more
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3. The First Thousand Years: A Global History of Christianity
By: Robert L. Wilken
3.80
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
How did a community that was largely invisible in the first two centuries of its existence go on to… read more
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4. Decoded
By: Jay-Z
4.12
Format: 543 pages, Hardcover
Decoded is a book like no other: a collection of lyrics and their meanings that together tell the s… read more
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5. Feminist Ethic of Risk
By: Sharon D. Welch
3.56
Format: None pages, Paperback
A Feminist Ethic of Riskproposes a new model for ethics and new life orientation for social justice… read more
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6. Strengthening the Soul of Your Leadership: Seeking God in the Crucible of Ministry
By: Ruth Haley Barton , Leighton Ford
3.71
Format: 234 pages, Hardcover
"I'm tired of helping others enjoy God.""I just want to enjoy God for myself." With this painful ad… read more
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7. Parable of the Talents (Earthseed, #2)
By: Octavia E. Butler
4.02
Format: 293 pages, Paperback
This Nebula Award-winning sequel to Parable of the Sower continues the story of Lauren Olamina in s… read more
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8. Determining the Form: Structures for Preaching
By: O. Wesley Allen Jr.
3.76
Format: 180 pages, Paperback
This fifth title in the Elements of Preaching series offers preaching students and clergy an overvi… read more
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9. Blue Note Preaching in a Post-Soul World
By: Otis Moss III
3.16
Format: 91 pages, Paperback
"Can preaching recover a Blues sensibility and dare speak with authority in the midst of tragedy? A… read more
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10. The Cross and the Lynching Tree
By: James H. Cone
4.51
Format: 202 pages, Hardcover
The cross and the lynching tree are the two most emotionally charged symbols in the history of the … read more
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"For [Martin Luther] King nonviolence was more than a strategy; it was the way of life defined by love for others—the only way to heal broken humanity."-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The gospel of Jesus is not a rational concept to be explained in a theory of salvation, but a story about God’s presence in Jesus’ solidarity with the oppressed, which led to his death on the cross. …"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
"The cross and the lynching tree interpret each other. Both were public spectacles, shameful events, instruments of punishment reserved for the most despised people in society. Any genuine theology an…"-James H. Cone, The Cross and the Lynching Tree
11. Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds
By: Adrienne Maree Brown
3.65
Format: 192 pages,
Inspired by Octavia Butler's explorations of our human relationship to change, Emergent Strategyis … read more
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12. Preaching for Special Services
By: Scott M. Gibson
3.21
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
Sooner or later, every pastor will be called on to conduct special services. Baptisms, weddings, fu… read more
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13. Preaching as Testimony
By: Anna Carter Florence
3.21
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
By exploring the historical, theoretical, and practical elements of the tradition of testimony, Ann… read more
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14. The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
By: Beth Allison Barr
4.40
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Biblical womanhood--the belief that God designed women to be submissive wives, virtuous mothers, an… read more
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"Glorifying the past because we like the story better isn't history; it's propaganda."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"When we differentiate women because of their sex, we objectify them and deny them their humanity."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Like racism, patriarchy is a shapeshifter—conforming to each new era, looking as if it has always belonged."-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
"Historically, one of the greatest problems for women is that we do not remember our past and we do not work together to change our future. We do not stand together. But what if we did?"-Beth Allison Barr, The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
15. The Way of Integrity: Finding the Path to Your True Self (Oprah's Book Club)
By: Martha N. Beck
4.17
Format: 327 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author, life coach, and sociologist Martha Beck explains why “ integrity ”— needed now … read more
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16. On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
By: Danya Ruttenberg
4.46
Format: 243 pages, Hardcover
A crucial new lens on repentance, atonement, forgiveness, and repair from harm--from personal trans… read more
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- theology
"Before we even understand what repentance is, we’re instructed to name, out loud, the harm that we have caused."-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
"[W]e all know that sometimes people mean well but cause harm nonetheless—out of ignorance, out of carelessness, out of deeply ingrained ways of thinking they haven't examined, out of an emotional rea…"-Danya Ruttenberg, On Repentance and Repair: Making Amends in an Unapologetic World
17. How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon
By: Frank A. Thomas
4.01
Format: 156 pages, Paperback
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18. Ingenuity: Preaching as an Outsider
By: Lisa L. Thompson
3.90
Format: 209 pages, Paperback
Ingenuity introduces a theology and practice of preaching that emerges from the faith and wisdom of… read more
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19. Beauty of Preaching: God's Glory in Christian Proclamation
By: Michael Pasquarello lll
4.05
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
What does beauty have to do with healing the fragmentation within our churches? According to Michae… read more
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20. The Homiletic of All Believers: A Conversational Approach to Proclamation and Preaching
By: O. Wesley Allen Jr.
3.90
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
Preaching, says professor and author O. Wesley Allen Jr., should be considered as a form of convers… read more
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21. When Prophets Preach: Leadership and the Politics of the Pulpit
By: Jonathan C. Augustine
4.44
Format: 166 pages, Kindle Edition
In When Prophets Preach: Leadership and the Politics of the Pulpit, Jonathan C. Augustine urges twe… read more
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22. Injustice and the Care of Souls: Taking Oppression Seriously in Pastoral Care
By: Sheryl A. Kujawa-Holbrook
4.16
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
Pastoral care is often focused on individual problems, but much ofwhat harms and impedes us stems f… read more
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23. Loving Our Own Bones: Disability Wisdom and the Spiritual Subversiveness of Knowing Ourselves Whole
By: Julia Watts Belser
4.47
Format: 276 pages, Hardcover
A transformative spiritual companion and deep dive into disability politics that reimagines disabil… read more
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24. Fearless Dialogues: A New Movement for Justice
By: Gregory C. Ellison II
4.17
Format: 186 pages, Paperback
Drawing on all the community's collective voices--from "doctors to drug dealers"--Fearless Dialogue… read more
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25. Creation and the Cross: The Mercy of God for a Planet in Peril
By: Elizabeth A. Johnson
4.38
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
In this fresh creative approach to theology, Elizabeth Johnson asks how we can understand cosmic re… read more
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26. Ways of the Word: Learning to Preach for Your Time and Place
By: Sally A. Brown
4.07
Format: 265 pages, Paperback
Preaching, and the discipline of preaching, is at a crossroads. The changing realities of church an… read more
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27. Preaching Without Notes
By: Joseph M. Webb
3.75
Format: 140 pages, Kindle Edition
In this important book, Webb makes two central claims. First, that effective preaching without a ma… read more
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28. Fashion Me a People: Curriculum in the Church
By: Maria Harris
3.62
Format: 204 pages, Paperback
Curriculum as described by Maria Harris's book is viewed as an activity, the practice of Christian … read more
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29. Best Advice for Preaching
By: John S. McClure
3.31
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
A bright new resource for the working preacher, Best Advice for Preaching garners the preaching wis… read more
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30. Soul Work: Anti-Racist Theologies in Dialogue
By: Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley
4.18
Format: 245 pages, Paperback
Book by read more
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31. Ethical Approaches to Preaching: Choosing the Best Way to Preach About Difficult Issues
By: John S. McClure
3.80
Format: 117 pages, Kindle Edition
Different ethical situations require different homiletical responses. John McClure organizes recent… read more
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