Ethiopia Rising
A Journey Through Progress and Promise
PREACHING · IN AMHARIC
About the book.
የስብከት አዘገጃጀትና አቀራረብ · A practical guide to homiletics
A practical Amharic handbook for pastors, evangelists, Sunday-school teachers and anyone who teaches the Bible. It explains what preaching is and why the preacher’s life and calling matter, then walks through the three main kinds of sermon (textual, topical and expository), how to choose and interpret a text, and how to build an introduction, body and conclusion with illustrations.
Exercises run through the chapters, and the closing sections cover preparing a sermon, knowing your audience and delivering it well.
Preaching · Amharic · With exercises · First printed 2015 · Available by enquiry
BACK COVER · THE AUTHOR
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The back cover of Sermon Preparation and Delivery carries a photograph of the author with a short note about him. It opens with the question the book itself begins with: what is preaching?
ስብከት ማለት፥ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ሞትና ትንሳኤ ስለተገኘው የኃጢአት ይቅርታና ደህንነት ለሰዎች የምሥራቹን ማወጅ ማለትነው።
Preaching means declaring to people the good news of the forgiveness of sins and salvation, won through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus.
It describes preaching as passing on to others the message one has received from God; as a life awakened by the breath of God breathing that life into someone else; and as bringing the truths of Scripture to people so that change shows in their character and lives.
View the back cover full size ↗CONTENTS
Inside the book.
18 sections, in the author’s own order.
- What preaching is, and Homiletics
- The main goal of preaching
- The preacher, God’s messenger, and what he needs before he preaches
- Preaching in the Old Testament
- Preaching in the New Testament
- Kinds of sermon: the textual sermon and its advantages
- How to choose a text
- How to interpret a text
- The topical sermon and choosing a topic
- The expository sermon and how to prepare it
- The introduction: purpose, sources, guidelines
- The body of the sermon
- The conclusion
- Illustrations: their value and where to find them
- Preparing a sermon
- Knowing the people you preach to
- Delivering the sermon
- Advice to the preacher
EXCERPT
ስብከት ማለት ምንድንው? ስብከት ማለት፥ በክርስቶስ ኢየሱስ ሞትና ትንሳኤ ስለተገኘው የኃጢአት ይቅርታና ደህንነት ለሰዎች የምሥራቹን ማወጅ ማለትነው። … ስብከት ተራ ንግግር ሳይሆን በሰዎች ነፍስ ላይ ያተኰረ ሥራ ነው።
What is preaching? Preaching means declaring to people the good news of the forgiveness of sins and salvation, won through the death and resurrection of Christ Jesus. … Preaching is not ordinary speech; it is work that is focused on people’s souls.
From the introduction · translated from the Amharic
