Preaching Parables to Postmoderns (Fortress Resources for Preaching) - Softcover

Book 7 of 9: Fortress Resources for Preaching

Brian C. Stiller

 
9780800637132: Preaching Parables to Postmoderns (Fortress Resources for Preaching)

Synopsis

Stiller argues that Jesus' parables, through theirnarrative, personal, and oral dimensions and reversal ofexpectations, provide unique access to Christianity for thosewhose experience and hopes we label "postmodern."Aligning contemporary scholarship with today's culturalassumptions, Stiller offers preachers a working knowledge ofpostmodern sensibilities, an understanding of the parablegenre, an analysis of ten parables, and a sample of how onemight preach them effectively.

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About the Author

Brian C. Stiller is President of Tyndale University College and Seminary, Toronto. As a longtime leader in Canadian Evangelical circles, Stiller headed Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, founded the national magazine Faith Today, and hosted the national television program Cross Currents. He is author of eight other books, including When Life Hurts: A Three-fold Path to Healing, What Happens When I Die? and Jesus and Caesar: Christians in the Public Square.

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