Baker Academic Fall 2021 Catalog

PRACTICAL THEOLOGY, SPIR TUALITY and FO M

BIBLE and INTERPRETATION

PREACHING TO PEOPLE IN PAIN How Suffering Can Shape Your Sermons and Connect with Your Congregation Matthew D. Kim

Veteran preacher and teacher Matthew Kim encourages pastors to preach on pain to help their congregants identify and share their suffering in Christian community for the purpose of healing and transformation.

“Kim helps those of us who preach take up the holy responsibility of proclaiming that every part of our lives—including our sorrow and pain—is something that we address as a church and is, more importantly, a place to encounter God.” —TISH HARRISON WARREN, Anglican priest; author of Liturgy of the Ordinary and Prayer in the Night “An important contribution to pastoral ministry, to preaching, and to the field of homiletics.” —SCOTT M. GIBSON, Truett Seminary, Baylor University MATTHEW D. KIM (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the George F. Bennett Professor of Preaching and Practical Theology, director of the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching, and director of Mentored Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He is the author of Preaching with Cultural Intelligence , the 2018 Preaching magazine Book of the Year. THE BIG IDEA COMPANION FOR PREACHING AND TEACHING A Guide from Genesis to Revelation Matthew D. Kim and Scott M. Gibson, editors This accessible resource helps preachers and teachers determine the big idea of each book of the Bible, allowing them to check their interpretation of par- ticular biblical books and passages. Some thirty-five veteran preachers and professors demonstrate that Haddon Robinson’s “big idea” approach to expos- itory preaching still works in today’s diverse cultures and fast-paced world.

NOW AVAILABLE • 240 pp. • paper • $24.99 • 9781540961297

“Timeless yet up to date, The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching will benefit anyone who desires to herald the Word.” —JEFFREY ARTHURS, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

MATTHEW D. KIM (PhD, University of Edinburgh) is the George F. Bennett Professor of Preaching and Practical Theology, director of the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching, and director of Mentored Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. SCOTT M. GIBSON (DPhil, University of Oxford) is the David E. Garland Chair of Preaching and director of the PhD program in preaching at Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University.

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• 640 pp. • cloth • $39.99 • 9781540961792

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