Contents
Anabaptist Preaching
A Conversation Between Pulpit, Pew, and Bible

Foreword by Brian McLaren 7
Editors’ Preface and Acknowledgments 10
Eastern Mennonite Seminary Preaching Institute Preface 12

1 What Exactly Is Anabaptist-Mennonite Preaching?
A Nod to the Ancestors  17

2 Weaving Enchantment: Preaching and Postmodernity  30

3 Premodern Text to Postmodern Ears: Steps Across
the Hermeneutical Bridge . . . Or Joining the Circle Dance  47

4 Preaching and the Bible: First We Have to Read It  61

5 God’s Word in The World:
Prophetic Preaching and the Gospel of Jesus Christ  76

6 The First Covenant in the Twenty-first Century: Mining the
Old Testament for the Postmodern Anabaptist Pulpit  94

7 Collaborative Preaching in the Community of Interpreters  108

8 Theological Preaching in an Age of Doctrine Lite  121

9 Thunderstruck to Hear Their Own Mother Tongues:
Preaching in Multicultural Contexts  135

10 Preaching for a Hearing—The Sermon in Human Consciousness: Buttrick and Anabaptists  147

11 Let Me Tell You a Story: Narrative Preaching  161

12 Acting the Word: Preaching in the Context of Worship  171

13 The Ethics of Persuasion in Preaching  186

14 Preaching Grace to Hardworking People  200

The Study Guide 214
The Index 229
The Contributors 233
The Editors 237

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