Preaching John's Gospel: the World It Imagines

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-168). Biographical Note: David Fleer is professor of religion and communication and special assistant to the president of Lipscomb University in Nashville. During the last calendar year he preached for churches in 30 different communities and he regularly presents at conferences, seminars, and lectureships in the Churches of Christ. Dave Bland is professor of preaching at Harding University Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, Tennessee where he has taught for sixteen years and where he directs the Doctor of Ministry program. Dave complements his teaching activity with preaching responsibilities at the Church of Christ at White Station in Memphis where he has served as one of the preaching ministers for the past twelve years. Publisher Marketing: This title from Fleer and Bland is again designed specifically for preachers. Combining essays from top scholars and sermons from respected homileticians, Preaching John's Gospel includes contributors from a wide variety of Mainline and Evangelical denominations who value the role of scripture in faith development and preaching. Developed from the Rochester Sermon Seminar, the book is divided into two parts: The first includes essays on preaching the gospel of John, and is structured around the work of Gail O'Day's guiding essay "Preaching with John: Preaching as an Act of Friendship." The second half of the book consists of ten sermons from specific texts that incorporate the theoretical underpinnings of the book's first section. The essays and sermons are bound together by the same question: How can we draw our congregations into the world John has imagined for us? Contributors include: Gail O'Day, Richard B. Hays, Gregory Stevenson, Thomas H. Olbricht, Tom Boomershine, D'Esta Love, Alyce M. McKenzie, David Fleer, Dave Bland, and others. Contributor Bio:  Fleer, David DAVID FLEER is professor of religion and communication and special assistant to the president at Lipscomb University in Nashville. Contributor Bio:  Bland, Dave DAVE BLAND is professor of homiletics at Harding University Graduate School of Religion in Memphis, where he also directs the Doctor of School Ministry program. He is one of the preaching ministers at White Station Church of Christ. Contributor Bio:  O'Day, Gail Gail R. O'Day is Almar H. Shatford Professor of Preaching and New Testament and Senior Associate Dean of Faculty and Academic Affairs at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. She is the author of numerous books and articles on the Gospel of John, including the John commentary for the New Interpreter's Bible. In addition to the Gospel of John, her research and teaching interests include literary criticism and biblical studies, history of biblical interpretation, and biblical hermeneutics and preaching. Contributor Bio:  Hays, Richard Richard Hays is professor of New Testament at Duke Divinity School. He is noted for his work in the fields of New Testament ethics and Pauline theology. Contributor Bio:  McKenzie, Alyce Rev. Dr. Alyce M. McKenzie, Associate Professor of Homiletics, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TexaxContributor Bio:  Craddock, Fred Fred Craddock is Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament, emeritus, at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and is minister emeritus of Cherry Log Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He is a sought-after lecturer, an author of several books, and a captivating storyteller.