A sermon conclusion that gives the impression that engagement with the text has been completed and implies that all that remains is a series of steps which the preacher has discerned and provided doesn’t invite ongoing engagement with the text. A conclusion is not the end of the conversation with the text, it is the …
In Preaching Jeremiah Walter Brueggemann seeks to ground preaching in the context of Biblical communication. This is not so much stylistic, but rather a recognition that relying on literary artifice to build a bridge between speaker and hearers softens the reality that the proclamation of God’s kingdom is a “word from beyond”. …sermons do not …
Passage To Marseille is consciously a successor to Casablanca, sharing many cast and crew members, most notably Humphrey Bogart (this time cast as a French citizen, which is helpful to be told because he makes no attempt at an accent of any type). And though wartime uncertainties and evocative exotic cities are held in common, …
I’m not a serious person by nature, really I’m not. Any appearances that I am are entirely due to environmental factors that have come into play. poorly drawn lines channels my life
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