Guidance and wisdom for maintaining good practice and avoiding temptation in preaching. With insight and wisdom, Derek Tidball reviews a selection of idols to which preachers are particularly vulnerable, under four headings: the self, the age, the task and the ministry. His aim is not to condemn, but to alert.

Derek Tidball

Preacher, keep yourself from idols

The idols of the self

The idols of the age

The idols of the task

The idols of the ministry

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Preface

Introduction: The Nature Of Idolatry

1. The Idol Of The Pulpit

Affirmations about preaching

Preaching as idolatry

Preaching and the modern sermon

The practical impact of how we estimate the value of preaching

Conclusion

2. The Idol Of Authority

The rightful authority of the preacher

The abuse of authority

The right exercise of authority

3. The Idol Of Popularity

Popularity: good and bad

The wisdom of John Chrysostom

4. The Idol Of Sucess

The idol of success

Faithfulness and fruitfulness

Critics of the success model

A way forward

5. The Idol Of Entertainment

The impact of television and the post-television age

Responding as preachers

Preaching as entertainment

6. The Idol Of Novelty

Forms of novelty found in preachers

The place of novelty in preaching

Conservation and innovation

Preaching as a reminder

7. The Idol Of Secularization

Pluralism

Relativism

Secularization from within

8. The Idol Of Oratory

Key techniques

The teaching of Jesus

Historical examples

Paul and the theology of rhetoric

9. The Idol Of Immediacy

Appeals: traditional and contemporary

The effect of appeals

Biblical reflections

The place of seeking a response

10. The Idol Of Professionalism

The pressure to be professional

The peril of being a professional preacher

The key to toppling the idol of professionalism

The best sort of professionalism

11. The Idol of Busyness

The compulsive work habits of ministry

The effect on preaching

The priority of preaching

12. The Idol Of Familiarity

Triviality

Cynicism

Hype

Epilogue

Notes

Introduction

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

'Once again, Derek Tidball has hit the mark. In a creative way he addresses the potential problem of preaching itself being an idol for the preacher, especially looking at how the pulpit can be used to enhance the power and popularity of the preacher, and how falling into this temptation is, in fact, idolatry ... The book deserves careful reflection.'  
   
 Kenneth L. Swetland, Senior Professor of Ministry, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary

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