Please note: In order to keep Hive up to date and provide users with the best features, we are no longer able to fully support Internet Explorer. The site is still available to you, however some sections of the site may appear broken. We would encourage you to move to a more modern browser like Firefox, Edge or Chrome in order to experience the site fully.

Spirit Speech : Lament and Celebration in Preaching, EPUB eBook

Spirit Speech : Lament and Celebration in Preaching EPUB

EPUB

Please note: eBooks can only be purchased with a UK issued credit card and all our eBooks (ePub and PDF) are DRM protected.

Description

That the Holy Spirit is present in preaching is something we take for granted.

How the Spirit is present is a question we seldom ask.

Luke Powery suggests that we fail to ask that question to the detriment of our preaching.

Drawing on the tradition of African American preaching, he locates the Spirit's activity in the sermon in two primary places; First, in celebration, the joyous acceptance of God's gifts to the church and to the world.

But equally as powerful is the expression of lament, the lifting up of our sorrow, grief, and suffering.

In these two experiences the Spirit plays the decisive role, enabling the preacher to lay the congregation's joys and sorrows at the feet of the living God, and announcing God's presence in both our celebration and our lament.

Information

Information