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Summary: A useful book for preachers
Review: A collection of essays by an American preacher in the Reformed tradition exploring the rule of God in the human world, and how we can preach it. After re-constructing what Jesus understood by "the kingdom" (from what we know of the meaning of the phrase in the Judaism in which he grew up) and after refining it in the light of the resurrection experience, he asks in what sense is this kingdom among us? How can we have the future in the present? And how can preachers point to it, especially bearing in mind that preaching is not talking about it but enabling hearers to share in it. One way, he suggests, is with the Parables, where we begin with Jesus in this world and then suddenly find ourselves in another world - "the kingdom," and what follows is a stimulus to preachers not only to preach on the parables of Jesus but to find their own parables and preach those. An important, readable and useful book as much for established preachers who care about their calling as for those just beginning. Alec Gilmore, University of Sussex.
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Summary: Preaching the Kingdom of God
Review: This book is a useful tool in the ever-evolving discussion of Christian preaching. As always, David Buttrick is not short of opinions as to what is wrong with the church. He tirades about the shortcomings of the church so much so that you get the impression that God has given up on the church. With Buttrick, one is sure that the church is not the Kingdom of God; however, is it useless as he seems to say? Buttrick is perfectly happy with Jewish concepts of kingdom (rule) but the church is just no good. One gets the impression that for Buttrick the post modern Christian is just a good Democrat. Aside from this, Buttrick is always interesting to read. His use of words is interesting and engaging.
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Summary: Preaching the Kingdom of God
Review: This book is a useful tool in the ever-evolving discussion of Christian preaching. As always, David Buttrick is not short of opinions as to what is wrong with the church. He tirades about the shortcomings of the church so much so that you get the impression that God has given up on the church. With Buttrick, one is sure that the church is not the Kingdom of God; however, is it useless as he seems to say? Buttrick is perfectly happy with Jewish concepts of kingdom (rule) but the church is just no good. One gets the impression that for Buttrick the post modern Christian is just a good Democrat. Aside from this, Buttrick is always interesting to read. His use of words is interesting and engaging.
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