Biblical preaching on the death of jesus / William A. Beardslee. -- [et.al]. - 240 p. ; 21 cm.

Includes indexes

Part I-PREACHING IN THE SERVICE OF THE SPIRIT --
Introduction --
Chapter one - the aim of preaching --
1. Contemporary reflection on preaching --
2. The spirit preaching serves --
Chapter two - preaching and freedom --
1. Expanding the hearers' world --
2. Freedom through the conflict of proposals --

Chapter three - THE ENDS OF PREACHING --
1. Building the church --
2. Realization of the truth --
3. Evocation of feeling --
4. The diversity of hearers --

Part II - PREACHING ON THE DEATH OG JESUS --
Introduction --
A. MARK --
Chapter four- Mark's tory of Jesus' death --
1. Narrative ambiguity and unfinished readings --
2. Jesus' death as a violent story --
3. Interpretive framework: blood covenant and ransom --
4. Tensions in Mark's story --
5. Mark's ending --
6. Jesus' death and our knowledge of God --
7. Conclusion --

Chapter five - TOWARD A THEOLOGY OF SUFFERING: INTERPRETING MARK'S STORY OF JESUS' DEATH --
1. Issues in telling the story --
2. Approaches to suffering in Mark's world and ours --
3. Ways of dealing with suffering in Mark --
4. Suffering and God's power --
5. Evil forces --
6. Faith and protest --
7. Suffering and the resurrection: Mark's ending to the story of Jesus' death --
8. Conclusion --

Chapter six - SELF-DENIAL": A SERMON ON MARK 8:34 BY JOHN B. COBB, JR. --
B. PAUL --
Chapter seven- PAUL'S INTERPRETAION OF JESUS' DEATH --
1. Narrative elements in Paul's letters --
2. Jesus' death as Jesus' story --
3. Jesus' death as God's story --
4. Jesus' death as the church's story --
5. Jesus' death in Paul's pastoral theology --
6. Jesus' death in Paul's tradition and interpretation --

Chapter eight-PREACHING GOD'S JUSTICE: INTERPERETING JESUS; DEATH IN THE LETTERS OF PAUL --
1. Issues in telling the story --
2. Rediscovering our interrelatedness: the death of Jesus in Jesus' story --
3. Discerning God's justice: Jesus' death in God's story --
4. Called to liberation: Jesus' death in the church's story --
5. Conclusion --
Chapter nine- "DELIVERANCE FROM AN EVIL AGE": A SERMON ON GALATIANS 1:1-5

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JESUS CHRIST--CRUCIFIXION
PREACHING
JESUS CHRIST--CRUCIFIXION--SERMONS
SERMONS, AMERICAN

BT 453 / B38 1989