360-Degree Preaching: Hearing, Speaking, and Living the Word
Overview
Many in ministry see preaching and church leadership as separate responsibilities. “Most writing on Christian leadership omits preaching, and most books on preaching leave out leadership,” observes Michael Quicke. But effective Christian ministry requires preachers to rediscover leadership through preaching. By adapting a workable and realistic leadership model, Quicke shows how preaching is the main vehicle for leading congregational change.
With 360-Degree Preaching, veteran preacher Michael Quicke brings expository preaching to a postmodern world. As someone who preaches every Sunday, he has witnessed the transforming power of preaching first hand for over thirty years. As he teaches students and pastors the art of preaching, his goal is to encourage preachers and those who train to be preachers.
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Top Highlights
“Paradigms can be thought of as lenses through which the world is viewed” (Page 68)
“Listen to the word of the Lord,’ they had a conviction that God had spoken and was now present, expressing himself through the prophet’s words.” (Page 20)
“the universe functions like a machine and does not need God. Second, human beings are basically good and rational” (Page 70)
“culture, paradigm shifts, modernity, postmodernity, orality shifts, and hermeneutics” (Page 65)
“hears with its eyes and thinks with its feelings.’66” (Page 80)
[Quicke] challenges a popular metaphor for preaching, suggests a better alternative, and encourages preachers. The result is a book that takes seriously the challenges of preaching in the 21st century but faces them with a hopefulness rooted in God's character and activity.
—Evangelical Homiletics Society
Michael Quicke has written a comprehensive and practical guide to developing sermons. Throughout, his clear voice, engaging personality, honest mind, and deep passion for the gospel are present.
—Thomas G. Long, Brandy Professor of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, Emory University
- Title: 360-Degree Preaching: Hearing, Speaking, and Living the Word
- Author: Michael J. Quicke
- Publisher: Baker
- Publication Date: 2003
- Pages: 240
Michael J. Quicke is C.W. Koller Professor of Preaching and Communication at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois, and preaches and lectures across the world.