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Giving Blood
A Fresh Paradigm for Preaching
Leonard Sweet
In this groundbreaking resource, bestselling
author Len Sweet introduces
readers to what he terms a “transductive”
epistemology: a new model
for understanding and communicating
truth that will profoundly affect
the way the church communicates to
a new generation. Sweet argues that
“knowing” is no longer simply a linear
movement from propositions (deduction)
or towards propositions (induction).
He shows why older attempts
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that preach deductively (“telling ‘em
Hardcover • 336 pages what we’re going to tell ‘em—and telling
‘em what we’ve told ‘em,”) are no
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longer effective today, yet neither are
inductive methods where people are
encouraged to come to their own conclusions.
Sweet offers an alternative to both approaches, showing us
how to communicate the Bible as God’s storybook, his handiwork—and
not just a rulebook of “do’s” and “don’ts” or a handbook
for living. He challenges long-held assumptions about
communicating the Bible, offering a fresh paradigm for preaching
and teaching in the 21st century church.
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Leonard Sweet (PhD, University of Rochester) holds the
E. Stanley Jones chair at Drew University. Founder and president of
SpiritVenture Ministries, he also serves as a distinguished visiting
professor at George Fox University, and he is the chief writer for
preachingplus.com. Sweet is a popular speaker and has written
numerous books, including Jesus Drives Me Crazy, SoulTsunami,
SoulSalsa, Carpe Mañana, and (with Brian McLaren and Jerry
Haselmeyer) A Is for Abductive: The Language of the Emerging Church.
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Church Ministry & Preaching
Center Church
Doing Balanced, Gospel-Centered Ministry in Your City
timothy keller
book
In Center Church, Timothy Keller
offers challenging insights and provocative
questions based on over
twenty years of ministry in New York
City. This book outlines a theological
vision for ministry—based on classic
doctrines but rethinking our assumptions
about church for our time and
place—organized around three core
commitments:
• Gospel-centered: The gospel of
grace in Jesus Christ changes,
everything, reshaping the content,
tone, and strategy of all that we do.
• City-centered: With a positive
approach toward our culture, we
learn to affirm that cities are won -
derful, strategic, and underserved
places for gospel ministry.
• Movement-centered: Instead of
building our own tribe, we seek the
prosperity and peace of our commu -
nity as we are led by the Holy Spirit.
timothy keller is senior pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian
Church in Manhattan, and New York Times bestselling author of The
Reason for God.
WINNER:
• Christianity Today, Book of the Year, Church / Pastoral Leadership, 2013
• Leadership Journal, Book of the Year, The Leader's Outer Life,
Best of the Best, 2012
• Outreach Magazine, Book of the Year, Leadership, 2012
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