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The Heart is the Target

Preaching Practical Application from Every Text [Paperback]

by Murray Capill

    • Author

      Murray Capill

    • Book Format

      Paperback

    • Publisher

      P & R Publishing

    • Published

      July 2014

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      "The Heart is the Target" presents a model for developing varied and penetrating application in expository sermons. It helps preachers explore the rich applicatory potential of the biblical text and then drive the applications home to people’s hearts.

      With biblical balance and pastoral wisdom, Dr. Murray Capill’s Living Application addresses the preacher’s vital task of serving the heart-transforming purposes for which God has given his Word. Experienced preachers are well aware of the pitfalls that pervade the terrain of application in preaching: moralism that imposes duty and guilt without grounding Christian living in the grace of the gospel; in reaction to such moralism, avoiding any application that calls listeners to repent and resist sin; fixation on behavioral change instead of piercing into the heart’s motives and affections; and speaking in vague generalities that float above our listeners’ concrete spiritual struggle, rather than following Scripture’s lead in bringing specific realistic, and diverse exhortations.

      Living Application not only provides biblical and theological correctives to such errors and imbalances, but also offers practical guidance in the preparation processes that yield sermons that serve the transformative purposes for which God has given the Bible.

      Introduction: What’s Preaching All About?

      A Beginner’s Guide To Application

      Part 1: The Living Application Preaching Process
      The Living Word: It Has Work To Do
      The Life of the Preacher: A Full Reservoir
      The Lives of our Hearers: The Heart is the Target
      The Lives of our Hearers: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
      Applications that Live: Shooting Sharp Arrows

      Part 2: Putting Living Application into Practice
      Preaching the Kingdom
      Engaging with Stories
      Preaching the “ives”
      Preparing Holistically

      Concluding Thoughts
      Appendix: Living Application Tools
      Bibliography

      Specification

      • Author

        Murray Capill

      • Book Format

        Paperback

      • Publisher

        P & R Publishing

      • Published

        July 2014

      • Weight

        441g

      • Page Count

        272

      • Dimensions

        150 x 229 x 18 mm

      • ISBN

        9781596388413

      • ISBN-10

        1596388412

      • Eden Code

        4261339

      More Information

      • Author/Creator: Murray Capill

      • ISBN: 9781596388413

      • Publisher: P & R Publishing

      • Release Date: July 2014

      • Weight: 441g

      • Dimensions: 150 x 229 x 18 mm

      • Eden Code: 4261339


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