Table of contents
Changing Lives Through Preaching and Worship
These books, originally published by Leadership Journal, offer deep dives on pressing issues of ministry and leadership from veteran ministry experts like Eugene Peterson, Fred Smith, Marshall Shelley, and others.
- Introduction
- Balancing Form and Freedom
- Voice of Authority or Fellow Struggler?
- Passion or Polish?
- The Art of Positive and Negative Preaching
- Illustrating with Simplicity and Power
- Making Applications Personal
- Offering an Honest Invitation
- A Tough Audience: The Jaded
- A Tough Topic: Godly Sex
- A Tough Time: Crisis Moments
- The Sweet Torture of Sunday Morning
- The Tunes of Preaching
- Putting the Sermon in Its Place
- Can Worship Leaders Worship?
- How I Prepare Myself
- Listening to the Listeners
- Worship Worthy of the Name
- Prayer-Fed Preaching
- The Cleansing Power of Public Prayer
- The Crux of Communion
- How to Light the Fire
- When Worship Styles Clash
- Helping People Sing Their Hearts Out
- A Structure Runs Through It
- A Dramatic Addition to Worship
- Worshipful Weddings
- Life-Giving Funerals
- Mastering Ceremonies
- What Is Successful Preaching?
- Your Preaching Is Unique
No pastor wants to go through the motions. But how can we make sure preaching and worship change lives? How do we unpack ancient truths for the MTV generation? How do we speak to construction workers as well as university professors? How can our words stir hope in those who are about to give in or give up?
Changing Lives Through Preaching and Worship, the first volume in the Library of Christian Leadership, provides skilled guidance. Its authors offer no untried theories. They write out of their practice. Their advice has been refined in the crucible of day-to-day ministry. Now, in a never-before-collected lineup, are thirty chapters of expert advice.
