Preaching Paul

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Introduction. Truth in advertising: is this book for you? -- A book about preaching: a pragmatic approach -- A book about Paul: a pragmatic person -- Preaching Paul: Paul as a messenger of the Gospel -- Preaching Paul: Paul's letters in service of the Gospel -- A twenty-second time-out: why preach from Paul? The opportunities -- The obstacles -- A word on biblical authority and accountability -- What is preaching? God's news we can use. Insights from Romans 10 -- God's news we can use -- The faithfulness of preaching: cross-shaped proclamation -- The passion of preaching: no homiletical half-stepping -- The usefulness of preaching: portable proclamation -- Who was Paul? Exploring Paul's convictions and communities. Paul's identity and religious experience -- The Pharisees and Paul -- Paul's central convictions -- The empire: Paul's social and political context -- The Ekkles̄ia: Paul's alternative community -- Preaching Paul: Paul as a messenger of the Gospel. Devotional interpretation: exploring the ancient for the modern -- Devotional interpretations of why we preach -- Why do we preach? We preach because we must! -- Why do we preach? We preach because we can! -- Preaching Paul: interpreting Paul's letters for proclamation. Preaching and the Bible -- Selecting a Pauline text for preaching -- An interpretive approach -- From the Good Book to the Good News -- Preaching Paul: proclaiming the news from Paul's letters. A Pauline sermon on Romans 8 -- Second wind -- Theological and rhetorical analysis of the sermon -- More Pauline preaching -- Dead and alive -- Hanging loose in an uptight world.