Background
Long, Thomas Grier was born on October 12, 1946 in Atlanta. Son of Hazel Hemphill and Belle Pressly (Smith) Long.
(Based on texts from the Revised Common and Catholic lecti...)
Based on texts from the Revised Common and Catholic lectionaries, Thomas Long provides inspirational messages to motivate and help preachers through their most difficult preaching time of the year, the seasons of Lent and Easter. The road to Easter takes us through the most sacred stretch of the Gospel story, and the narratives simply overwhelm us ... Congregations who blithely assume that their pastor eagerly relishes the chance to preach the passion and resurrection of Jesus are, for the most part, mistaken. To be sure the pews are more crowded as Easter approaches, the choirs are well-rehearsed and in full voice, and an electric charge courses through the sanctuary, but the preacher stands there with the obligation to proclaim the truths of Jesus' death and resurrection, and it seems, at one and the same time, to be a set of claims too little to go on in a secular and cynical age and a range of mysteries too profound to speak. (from author's foreword) Thomas Long is Francis Landey Patton Professor of Preaching and Worship at Princeton Theological Seminary and is one of the most well-known teachers of preachers in America. This is his second book published by CSS.
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(Long argues that the literary form and dynamics of biblic...)
Long argues that the literary form and dynamics of biblical texts can and should make a difference in the kinds of sermons created from those texts, not only because of what the texts say but because of how they say it. He presents a methodology for taking the literary characteristics of biblical texts into account in the text-to-sermon process and then applies that methodology in separate chapters on preaching on psalms, proverbs, narratives, parables, and epistles.
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( This thorough and detailed revision of The Witness of P...)
This thorough and detailed revision of The Witness of Preaching is even clearer and more helpful than the first edition. Long has updated the language, expanded the key chapter on biblical exegesis, and included more examples of sermon forms, illustrations, and conclusions. He continues to critically engage the best thinkers in the field of homiletics, bringing into the conversation both important new voices and the latest works of those who appeared in the first edition. In addition, he addresses some of the new forces at work, such as the use of video clips and PowerPoint presentations in sermons.
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Long, Thomas Grier was born on October 12, 1946 in Atlanta. Son of Hazel Hemphill and Belle Pressly (Smith) Long.
Bachelor, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina., 1968; Master of Divinity, Erskine College, Due West, South Carolina., 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1980.
Pastor, McElroy Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, 1971-1973; professor, Erskine College Theological Seminary, 1975-1978; professor, Columbia Theological Seminary, Atlanta, 1978-1983; professor preaching and worship, Princeton (New Jersey) Theological Seminary, 1983-1997; director, Geneva Press, since 1997.
(Based on texts from the Revised Common and Catholic lecti...)
(Long argues that the literary form and dynamics of biblic...)
( This thorough and detailed revision of The Witness of P...)
( This is a newly revised edition of one of the standard ...)
(Christianity)
Member Academy Homiletics (national president 1991).
Married Sherrill Terry, August 17, 1968 (divorced December 1995). Children: Melanie Elizabeth, David Montgomery.