Relational Preaching

Greg Scharf

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Relational Preaching is a guide to help achieve greater depth in your preaching through developing a stronger relationship with the Lord, with Scripture, and with your listeners. Its message is direct and down to earth. Its style is devotional and prayerful. Preachers around the world will be blessed as they join the author in soaking themselves in Scripture and reflecting on what these Scriptures mean for them.

Informations

• Publié par: Langham Creative Projects
• Date de parution: 14 janvier 2017
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781783682157
• Langue: English

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RELATIONAL PREACHING
Knowing God, His Word, and Your Hearers
Revised and Updated
Greg R. Scharf

Copyright © 2017 by Greg R. Scharf
Published 2017 by Langham Preaching Resources
an imprint of Langham Creative Projects
Langham Partnership
PO Box 296, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA3 9WZ
www.langham.org
ISBNs:
978-1-78368-214-0 Print
978-1-78368-216-4 Mobi
978-1-78368-215-7 ePub
978-1-78368-217-1 PDF
First edition published in 2010 by Langham Preaching Resources.
Greg R. Scharf has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988 to be identified as the Author of this work.
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher or the Copyright Licensing Agency.
All Scripture quotations, unless otherwise indicated, are taken from The Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV®. Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
Scripture quotations marked ESV are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations marked NASB are from the New American Standard Bible. Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Italics within Scripture quotations indicate emphasis added.
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN: 978-1-78368-214-0
Cover & book design: projectluz.com

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Contents

Cover


Foreword to the Revised Edition


Foreword to the First Edition


Preface


Acknowledgements


What Is Relational Preaching?


Part One


God the Creator


Day 1


Day 2


Day 3


Day 4


Day 5


Day 6


God the Revealer


Day 7


Day 8


God the Saviour


Day 9


Day 10


Day 11


Day 12


Day 13


God the Giver


Day 14


Day 15


Day 16


Day 17


Day 18


Day 19


God the Holy Spirit


Day 20


Day 21


Day 22


Day 23


Day 24


Day 25


Day 26


Day 27


Day 28


Day 29


God the Father


Day 30


Day 31


Day 32


Day 33


Day 34


Our Response of Faith and Love


Day 35


Day 36


Day 37


Day 38


Day 39


Day 40


Day 41


Our Response of Obedience


Day 42


Day 43


Day 44


Day 45


Our Response of Service


Day 46


Day 47


Day 48


Day 49


Part Two


The Basics


Day 50


Day 51


Day 52


Day 53


Our Calling


Day 54


Day 55


Day 56


Day 57


The Work of God’s Word


Day 58


Day 59


Day 60


Day 61


The Nature of the Bible


Day 62


Day 63


Day 64


Day 65


Day 66


Day 67


Day 68


Day 69


Day 70


Our Response to God’s Word


Day 71


Day 72


Day 73


Day 74


Day 75


Day 76


Day 77


Day 78


Part Three


How We Get to Know Our Listeners


Day 79


Day 80


Day 81


Day 82


Day 83


Day 84


Day 85


Day 86


Day 87


Day 88


Commonalities and Differences


Day 89


Day 90


Day 91


Day 92


Day 93


Handling Differences


Day 94


Day 95


Day 96


The Response of Our Listeners


Day 97


Day 98


Day 99


Day 100


Day 101


What We Owe Our Listeners


Day 102


Day 103


Day 104


Day 105


Day 106


Day 107


Day 108


Day 109


Day 110


Day 111


Day 112


Day 113


Epilogue


About Langham Partnership

Endnotes
Foreword to the Revised Edition
I love this book!
I think it is unique in the homiletical literature as a kind of “scriptural theology of preaching” (as Greg describes it) – and also as spiritual theology. I strongly recommend it to pastors worldwide, both for individual devotions and as a resource to be used wherever pastors gather, whether in fraternals in the West or in Langham preaching clubs in the Majority World. Reading, discussing and praying through one of these meditations at the start of each meeting will add so much to the time together.
Valuable as the first edition of this book was, the second has even more to offer in terms of Scripture-saturated thinking and praying. Each meditation is now anchored in a specific passage of Scripture, which is cited at the start of the text, and each meditation is now followed by a sample prayer that will no doubt prompt further prayers and soul-searching on the part of all who read. The scriptural passages concerned are now all cited in an index of references, should you wish to return to or preach on a particular passage.
Eight entirely new meditations have been added, several of which are devoted to the important issue of what John Stott called “double listening” – that is, listening to both God’s word and the world in which we proclaim it.
May meditating on this book bless you as a preacher proclaiming the Living Word to the world through the spoken word on the basis of the written word, in dependence upon the inspiring, illuminating, authenticating, and anointing work of the Spirit of God who leads people to Jesus.
Paul Windsor
D irector of Langham Preaching
July 2016
Foreword to the First Edition
In many parts of the world, pastors and lay preachers proclaim God’s word without the help of resources that Christians in the West tend to take for granted. These pastors faithfully serve their congregations by preaching the Bible week by week, but often with relatively little training, very few books, and only limited support.
Greg Scharf, although teaching in a resource-rich environment in the USA, has seen these pastors and lay preachers at work as he has travelled on behalf of Langham Preaching to Africa, Asia and Europe. He knows something of the challenge they face in teaching the Bible with little else to hand. That is why his book is so timely. Yet it is not simply for those with limited resources; it is for all preachers in all cultures.
In a series of accessible and thought-provoking meditations, Dr Scharf helps us see that God has provided what we need for the task of preaching. He introduces us to the reciprocal relationships between preacher, God, the Scriptures and our listeners, and demonstrates how the dynamics of these relationships can transform our preaching. Although homiletical techniques have their place, what really matters for preachers is our relationship with the God who spoke his word in Scripture – and through that word still speaks to his people – along with our relationship with our fellow believers in the church.
If we take each of these meditations to heart, our preaching will be transformed as we trust God’s word, depend on God’s Spirit, proclaim God’s Son, and build up God’s people. Then, like Martin Luther, we will be able to say: “I just threw the Bible into the congregation and the word did the work.”
I warmly commend this boo