Preaching for Special Services

by Scott M. Gibson, Haddon Robinson (Foreword by)

Overview

A pastor Must be able to step with ease into a number of different speaking venues. In addition to a regular preaching schedule, you as a pastor face an endless parade of special occasions at which you are asked to speak. Some occasions are planned, others are unexpected, but for all occasions you must be ready to communicate the Word of God in a way that complements the liturgy and worship.

Preaching for Special Services gives you practical guidance on how to develop and deliver clear, listener-sensitive sermons for special occasions such as weddings, baptisms, and funerals. Each chapter examines the history and theology of preaching for a particular occasion and then centers on the development of the sermon for that event. Scott M. Gibson's approach to sermon construction is based on Haddon W. Robinson's central-idea preaching described in his Biblical Preaching.

Preaching for Special Services also offers an extensive list of resources for each special occasion and specific exercises to help you put the principles in this book into practice.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441215154
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	04/01/2001
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	140
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Scott M. Gibson (D.Phil., Oxford) is the Haddon W. Robinson Professor of Preaching and Ministry and Director of the Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and one of the founders of the Evangelical Homiletics Society.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	9
	Acknowledgments	11
1	Preaching for Special Services	15
2	Wedding Sermons	25
3	Funeral Sermons	43
4	Baptism and Infant Presentation Sermons	65
5	Preaching at the Celebration of the Lord's Supper	85
6	Speaking on Other Occasions	101
Appendix 1	Special-Occasion Sermon Worksheet	111
Appendix 2	Ten Commandments for Funeral Messages	113
	Notes	115