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As kingfishers catch fire : a conversation on the ways of God formed by the words of God / Eugene H. Peterson.

by Peterson, Eugene H., 1932-

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WaterBrook, 2017.

Peterson, Eugene H., 1932- -- Sermons.

Christ Our King (Church : Bel Air, Md.) -- Sermons.

Bible -- Sermons.

Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) -- Sermons.

Sermons, American -- 20th century.

9781601429674 (hc.)

xxi, 372 pages ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

"He Spoke and it Game to Be": Preaching in the Company of Moses -- Introduction -- Genesis 1: "In the Beginning God Created" -- Genesis 12: "Friend of God" -- Genesis 21: "And Sarah Conceived" -- Exodus 32: "Make Us Gods" -- Leviticus 19: "Love Your Neighbor as Yourself" -- Numbers 23: "You Have Done Nothing but Bless" -- Deuteronomy II: "Your Eyes Have Seen" -- "All My Springs are in You": Preaching in the Company of David -- Introduction -- Psalm 110: "From the Womb of the Morning" -- Psalm 116: "Land of the Living" -- Psalm 29: "The Beauty of Holiness" -- Psalm 108: "I Will Awake the Dawn" -- Psalm 114: "The Mountains Skipped like Rams" -- Psalm 23: "Surely Goodness and Mercy" -- Psalm I: "Blessed" -- "Prepare the Way of the Lord": Preaching in the Company of Isaiah -- Introduction -- Isaiah 6: "Holy, Holy, Holy" -- Isaiah 61: 'A Garland Instead of Ashes" -- Isaiah 11: "The Root of Jesse" -- Isaiah 9: "For to Us a Child Is Born" -- Isaiah 40: "Speak Tenderly to Jerusalem" -- Isaiah 42: "Behold My Servant" -- Isaiah 35: "Strengthen the Weak Heart" -- "On Earth as it is in Heaven" Preaching in the Company of Solomon -- Introduction -- Song of Solomon 8: "Many Waters Cannot Quench Love" -- Job 38: "Out of the Whirlwind" -- Proverbs I: "Wisdom Cries Aloud" -- Proverbs 22: "Train Up a Child" -- Proverbs 8: "I Was Beside Him" -- Ecclesiastes 5: "Sacrifice of Fools" -- Ecclesiastes 9: "Let Your Garments Be Always White" -- "Yes and Amen and Jesus": Preaching in the Company of Peter -- Introduction -- Mark 8: "Who Do Men Say That I Am?" -- Mark 1: "With the Wild Beasts" -- Matthew 5: "Jesus Went up the Mountain" -- Mark 10: "Do for Us Whatever We Ask" -- Luke 13: "Sir, Let It Alone" -- Mark 15: "The Death of Death" -- Mark 16: "He Is Not Here" -- "Christ in You the Hope of Glory" Preaching in the Company of Paul -- Introduction -- Romans 3: "But Now the Righteousness of God" -- 1 Corinthians 1: "Jews Demand Signs and Greeks Seek Wisdom" -- Galatians 5: "For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free" -- Ephesians 4: "Speaking the Truth in Love" -- Philippians 4: "In Him Who Strengthens Me" -- Colossians 3: "Aspire to the Realm Above" -- Philemon 1: "On Behalf of My Child, Onesimus" -- "In the Beginning was the Word": Preaching in the Company of John of Patmos -- Introduction -- John 12: "Father, Glorify Thy Name" -- John 10: "I Am the Good Shepherd" -- John 14: "I Am the Way" -- John 16: "I Am Leaving ... I Am Sending" -- John 21: "Why Peter?" -- I John 3: "See What Love" -- Revelation 19: "The Marriage Supper of the Lamb".

"Sixty years ago I found myself distracted," Eugene Peterson writes. "A chasm had developed between the way I was preaching from the pulpit and my deepest convictions on what it meant to be a pastor." And so began Peterson's journey to live and teach a life of congruence - congruence between preaching and living, between what we do and the way we do it, between what is written in Scripture and how we live out that truth. Nothing captures the biblical foundation for this journey better than Peterson's teachings over his twenty-nine years as a pastor. A collection of these teachings for anyone longing for a richer, truer spirituality. Peterson's strikingly beautiful prose and deeply grounded insights usher us into a new understanding of how to live out the good news of the Word made flesh. This is one man's compelling quest to discover not only how to be a pastor but how to be a human being. Eugene H. Peterson, translator of The Message: The Bible in Contemporary Language, is professor emeritus of spiritual theology at Regent College, British Columbia, and the author of more than thirty books.

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