suggest that there is a desire to connect their lives of faith and the preached word. The author argued the need for more attention to be paid to the listening audience and their collective desire for catechesis towards discipleship. Michael Jordan, “Preaching as Cultural Literacy: Preacher as Narrator and Character.” This paper examined the view of preaching in James K. A. Smith’s “Cultural Liturgies” trilogy and argued that a preacher who handles story well can make preaching fit better within Smith’s framework.
Plans for the Future Tim Ralston, “Bridging the Two Horizons in Preaching: Understanding and Teaching a Biblical-Theological Model”; Sunggu Yang, “The First Female Preacher—Mary Magdalene after Christ: Her Appearance in the Sermons of Contemporary Women Preachers”; Michael Pasquarello, “The Beauty of Preaching: an Aesthetic Way of Life”; Tim Leitzke, “The Trinity in Luther’s Preaching: The Johannine Sources.”
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