Background
Abbey, Merrill Ray was born on April 19, 1905 in Luverne, Minnesota, United States. Son of Ray Schuyler and Harriet L. (Henton) Abbey.
(Subtitled "Biblical Preaching in the Present Tense," auth...)
Subtitled "Biblical Preaching in the Present Tense," author Merrill R. Abbey seeks to create a combination of the theoretical and the practical that will help any minister make the Bible come alive. Dr, Abbey utilizes fresh insights from the work being done in the field of interpretation, using the key concept that the biblical message becomes God's Word to any hearer when it gets inside their mind and speaks with inner authority, showing them themselves in the mirror of divine encounter.
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(Although this book addresses itself specifically to the w...)
Although this book addresses itself specifically to the work of preaching, it speaks to all who are in earnest about Christian witness that reaches the life of this time: teachers of adults, counselors of youth, those concerned about Christian communication through the vast possibilities of the mass media, all who work with the outreach of the gospel.
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Abbey, Merrill Ray was born on April 19, 1905 in Luverne, Minnesota, United States. Son of Ray Schuyler and Harriet L. (Henton) Abbey.
Bachelor, Hamline University, 1929. Master of Divinity, Garrett Theological Seminary, 1930. Doctor of Divinity (honorary), Hamline University, 1942.
Pastor, First Methodist Church, Milwaukee, 1941-1946;
pastor, First University Methodist Church, Madison, Wisconsin, 1946-1953;
pastor, First United Methodist Church, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1953-1958;
professor Preaching, Garrett Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1959-1973;
retired, Garrett Theological Seminary, Evanston, 1973. Visiting professor Southern Methodist U., 1976-1977. President Wisconsin Council Churches, 1949-1952.
Trustee Methodist Hospital, Madison, 1946-1953. President Ann Arbor-Washtenaw Council Churches, 1954-1957. Delegate General Conference Methodist Church, San Francisco, 1954.
(Although this book addresses itself specifically to the w...)
(Traces the history of the preaching tradition of the Unit...)
(Shape Of The Gospel, The: Interpreting The Bible Through ...)
(Subtitled "Biblical Preaching in the Present Tense," auth...)
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President Wisconsin Temperance Federation, 1948-1952. Member Rotary, Masons.
Married Lucy Marie Robinson, September 9, 1927 (deceased September 1987). Children: Mary Ruth, Stuart Gilbert. Married Bessmary Doty Torgerson, August 22, 1988.