Merges preaching and teaching functions for holistic sermon preparation
Provides tools for addressing difficult and contentious topics in congregational settings
Draws on critical pedagogy to reframe preacher as teacher
Offers practical strategies for speaking in divided or socially charged communities
Supports preachers in navigating modern social crises and ethical dilemmas
Summarized by Shop
Preaching to Teach merges the related functions of preaching and teaching, and equips the reader to accomplish both. Preachers stand up to speak each week in challenging times to unsettled congregations. Each week seems to bring a new difficult subject: mass shootings and other forms of violence; hard conversations around race, ethnicity,