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Good preaching is not simply a matter of communicating the gospel message. Rather, it is an invitation to encounter the living God who dwells within that message.
Distilling forty years of preaching experience into a single book, God Is in the House is a highly practical tool for all those seeking to strengthen their preaching ministry. It draws on Scripture’s many images of God as architect and builder to guide its readers through the process of shaping effective sermons. Both manifesto and manual, it addresses the overall role and significance of preaching, while also exploring the specific elements a sermon should contain. Full-length examples are included for illustration, and each chapter has practical exercises to aid the reader in integrating new tools into their homiletic practice.
This book offers a fresh and imaginative model for thinking about the process of designing and delivering sermons. It is an excellent resource for both experienced and developing preachers.

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Religion

Christianisme

Preaching

Christian Ministry

Philosophie et théologie

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Publié par	Langham Creative Projects
Date de parution	31 mai 2022
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781839736643
Langue	English
Poids de l'ouvrage	1 Mo

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God Is in the House is for those with the responsibility and privilege of preaching, whether they be new to it and on a steep learning curve, or those with a lifetime of experience eager to further develop. All will gain as they read and reflect how to effectively communicate the many rich and life-giving treasures in the Scriptures. This book is a toolbox, full of wisdom, insights, illustrations, encouragements and practical advice.
Mike Betts
Founder, Relational Mission, Aylsham, UK
Do yourself a favour and read this. Doing so will place you in the presence of a seasoned preacher and a skilled teacher of preachers. Through the familiar but evocative image of a house, John covers all the facets of the preaching task, from preparation to delivery, with helpful suggestions, gentle challenges and fresh insights from Scripture along the way. Read it yourself. Read it with other preachers. Reflect together on its significance for your practice of preaching, for the good of your congregations and the greater glory of God.
Antony Billington
Senior Pastor, Beacon Church, Ashton-in-Makerfield, UK
Theology Advisor, London Institute for Contemporary Christianity, UK
Imaginative, holistic and resourceful! Dr. Woods is an experienced preacher and teacher in homiletics. This innovative book demonstrates his homiletical wisdom, experience and reflexivity. Using the image of a house, Dr. Woods gives a creative model for designing a sermon. The crucial roles of the porch, front door, rooms, hallways, stairs, windows, exit door, ambience etc., are explored systematically and comparatively for designing a sermon. In addition, the practical advice to develop an instinct for Christocentric preaching, reflective exercises and the sample sermons at the end make this book indispensable for anyone wanting to develop their preaching. Even experienced preachers will find this book refreshing and beneficial.
Seidel Abel Boanerges
Dean of Ministerial Formation,
Spurgeon’s College, London, UK
John Woods attempts and succeeds, in my view, in providing a helpful lens through which preachers like myself can reflect on their preaching; while also providing useful tools to aid us in our sermon preparation. I loved his Bill Bryson quote about houses and appreciated very much the many insights drawn from the analogy of sermon preparation being like the building of a house. I was challenged by his chapter on prayer, to revive my pattern of reading through the whole Bible in a year as opposed to approaching it like a coffee table book. And who cannot but be challenge by the truth that “No aspect of life, no act of service including preaching, can be conducted without prayer” (p. 29).
I found particularly helpful and stimulating his chapter on “Clarifying the Architects Intention.” But for me one of the main highlights was his many insights into approaching one of my favourites passages in the Bible: Mark 4:35–41, and the many insights that can be gleaned from contemporary commentaries not written by white, middle-class males from the West. I appreciated the three sample sermons at the end of the book, which sought to model the approach to preaching advocated in the rest of the book. And most especially the funeral sermons, given John’s years of experience in pastoral ministry. All in all a very enjoyable and stimulating read. I shall be buying copies for my preaching group and look forward to reading and learning again from its many insights with them.
Raymond Brown
Senior Pastor, East London Tabernacle,
London, UK
I found this book really helpful. John Woods gives us a fresh way of thinking about expository preaching that will be of equal benefit to younger and more experienced preachers. Their congregations will benefit too!
Julian Hardyman
Minister, Eden Baptist Church,
Cambridge, UK
Preaching the word of God has always been a privilege that comes with a lot of responsibility. Today, in a world of “fake news” and “cancel culture” it is even more essential to “correctly handle the word of truth" (2 Tim 2:15). For those of us who are called to this important ministry, here is a book that contains a life’s worth of experience and study presented in a very practical and user-friendly style. Using the metaphor of a house, all aspects and contours of crafting a sermon are explored. Dr. Woods also includes exercises to develop your preaching skills at the end of each chapter. This is no doubt a book that should be in every preacher’s life.
Captain Sarah Ilsters
Assistant Regional Leader,
The Salvation Army in Latvia
If you have ever wished you could be the apprentice of a wise and practised Bible preacher, this is the book for you! Comparing sermon construction with the planning and building of a house, from his forty years of experience, John Woods brings together a wide range of practical helps and examples, including tools for preparation, analysis of texts and example sermons, along with fresh, imaginative ideas and many quotations from other “builders.” While no-one can do the hard work for you, this book will instruct and stimulate you to want to do the work for yourself.
David Jackman
Former President, The Proclamation Trust,
London, UK
Integrating decades of pastoral and preaching experience, Woods’ effective image of preaching and home construction is a welcome addition to the field of homiletics. This book is both comprehensive and insightful. Well worth reading!
Matthew D. Kim, PhD
George F. Bennett Professor of Preaching and Practical Theology,
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, USA
I started reading this book in a hurry; I soon slowed down because there’s gold on every page. All good preachers, like John, will have a relentless restlessness to improve and help others to do so too. Wise, practical, pithy – whether you’ve been preaching for four months or forty years, this book will help you be a better preacher; it certainly has me.
Phil Moon
Vicar, Christchurch Bishop Hannington,
Hove, UK
What a joy to read a book about sermon preparation that both informs and inspires. It is replete with a breadth of well referenced quotations, imbued with a life time of preaching, evident pastoral insight and cross cultural experience. The reader enters and explores the sermon through the metaphor of a house.
It is a book that is grounded, practical and intelligent, full of insights and aha moments. As we walk through the front door of the sermon, travel its corridors and discover its spaces, John takes the prospective preacher on a tour from sermon preparation to delivery.
Once inside the front door, the reader is introduced to the colour, texture and detailed content of each room. Everything is arranged carefully to reflect the character of the owner of the house.
The preacher is drawn ever forward to stop and carefully take in new spaces and vistas. Each is decorated with ancient commentaries, modern philosophers, novelists, theologians and testimonies.
Pictures adorn the walls, music resonates and accompanies the tour, senses are heightened as the ambience, mood and tone of the house are explored.
Everything is arranged to connect the preacher to the world of Scripture and to build a bridge from that world to the world of the present day congregation.
The book reflects a mind that is expansive, well read and attuned to the author of Scripture. Like a good sermon it is both christological and doxological. The reader is left wanting to explore the house more in order to know the owner better.
Whether you are just starting out or have spent decades communicating the word of God there is something for each to grow in our calling to correctly handle the word of truth.
Tony Swanson
Regional Executive Officer,
Africa Inland Mission’s Eastern Region, Kenya
If you’ve ever had the privilege of choosing a new house, you’ll remember the excitement of exploring it. John Woods chooses the framework of a house to explore the many facets of preaching and generates equal excitement. The image serves him well, providing plenty of room to develop the varied dimensions and multiple features involved in good sermon preparation and delivery. While it is all based on good foundations, one of the joys of the book is the breadth of its content, combining personal experiences and wide reading with clear application. Any preacher, new or experienced, around the world will find this a delight to read as it provides sound instruction about our privileged task.
Derek Tidball, PhD
Retired Minister and Former Principal of London School of Theology, UK
Jesus’s metaphor of a house of many rooms is adapted here to conceive of the sermon. John Woods invites us in and gives a marvelous tour. In the process he teaches preachers how to be better lovers of God and neighbour and better proclaimers of the One who seeks us in and through the word.
Paul Scott Wilson, PhD
Professor Emeritus of Homiletics,
Emmanuel College in the University of Toronto, Canada
John Woods is a highly experienced and gifted preacher and teacher of preaching who has reflected long and deep about the nature and craft of the sermon. His new book God Is in the House uses the suggestive imagery of planning and building a house to outline a series of detailed steps through which a preacher can construct a message and welcome a listener in. The convictions that the God who has spoken must be at the centre of this building, and that Scripture should provide both the raw materials and the design, shine through. With its engaging style, helpful exercises and sample sermons, this book will be an inspiring and practical resource for preachers around the world.
Stephen I. Wright, PhD
Vice Principal, Academic Director,
Spurgeon’s College, London, UK