Puritan paperbacks The art of prophesying ; with, the calling of the ministry
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0851516890
ISBN 13
9780851516899
OCLC
34974401
Category
Church Management ( 教會研究 )
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Publication Year
1982
Publisher
Pages
191
Subject
BV4210
Series Name
Abstract
Few things are more evident in contemporary churches than the decline in the importance attached to what is said from their pulpits. The deeper tragedy is that in many places the church has become a valley of dry bones. Something is needed to waken the dead and to breathe new life into the people of God. It was in similar times of need that William Perkins (1558-1602) exercised a preaching ministry of such power in Cambridge that it left an impression on both town and church which would last for decades. Perkins provides basic guidance to help all Christians to read and use the Bible intelligently. He has a particularly powerful message for those who lead God's people and especially those who preach. The Art of Prophesying is a slender volume, but it carries sparks capable of igniting a preacher. It should be beside every minister's desk as a book to turn to again and again. - Back cover.
Description
The art of prophesying. Originally published: as Prophetica, sive, De sacra et unica ratione concionandi tractatus. Cambridge : J. Legatt, 1592. First published in English : [s.l.] : [s.n.], 1606 -- The calling of the ministry. Originally published as: Of the calling of the ministerie, two treatises. London: I.R. for W. Welby, 1605.
Foreword / Sinclair B. Ferguson -- The Art of Prophesying. Preface -- Introduction -- The art of prophecy -- The Word of God -- The contents of scripture -- The interpretation of scripture -- Principles for expounding scripture -- Rightly handling the Word of God -- Use and application -- Varieties of application -- The use of the memory -- Preaching the Word -- Public prayer -- Summary -- The Calling of the Ministry. Part one. Introduction -- The titles of true ministers -- The scarcity of true ministers -- The office of true ministers -- The blessing of the work of true ministers -- The commission and authority of true ministers -- Part two. Introduction -- The vision of God -- Divine consolation -- Renewed and recommissioned.
Foreword / Sinclair B. Ferguson -- The Art of Prophesying. Preface -- Introduction -- The art of prophecy -- The Word of God -- The contents of scripture -- The interpretation of scripture -- Principles for expounding scripture -- Rightly handling the Word of God -- Use and application -- Varieties of application -- The use of the memory -- Preaching the Word -- Public prayer -- Summary -- The Calling of the Ministry. Part one. Introduction -- The titles of true ministers -- The scarcity of true ministers -- The office of true ministers -- The blessing of the work of true ministers -- The commission and authority of true ministers -- Part two. Introduction -- The vision of God -- Divine consolation -- Renewed and recommissioned.
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