Learning from a Legend: What Gardner C. Taylor Can Teach Us about Preaching - Hardcover

Alcántara, Jared E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1498226116 ISBN 13: 9781498226110

Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2016

Synopsis

In April 2015, America's last pulpit prince died. When Gardner C. Taylor (1918-2015), former senior pastor of Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, departed this life at the age of ninety-six, the United States lost one of the greatest preachers of the twentieth century. Unfortunately, not enough preachers today know his name or why his preaching can enrich and bless the church today. Learning from a Legend: What Gardner C. Taylor Can Teach Us about Preaching provides Christian preachers with much-needed lessons, wisdom, and insights from Dr. Taylor, the dean of American preaching. It highlights six lessons that Dr. Taylor can teach preachers in the twenty-first century about pain, redemption, eloquence, apprenticeship, context, and holiness. Not only did Dr. Taylor teach and preach these lessons, he lived them. Those wanting to learn more about Dr. Taylor's preaching while also sharpening their own preaching ought to read this book.

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About the Author

Jared E. Alcantara (PhD, Princeton Theological Seminary) is associate professor of preaching at Baylor University's George W. Truett Theological Seminary in Waco, Texas. An ordained Baptist minister, he has served as a youth pastor, associate pastor, and teaching pastor in Illinois, Oregon, Massachusetts, and New Jersey. Jared lives in the Waco area with his wife, Jennifer, and their three daughters.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1498226116
• ISBN 13: 9781498226110
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 160