Divine therapeia and the sermon
Subtitle: theocentric therapeutic preaching
By: Neil Pembroke
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 151
ISBN-13: 9781620324400
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: Pastoral counseling; Psychology; Preaching; Christianity
Description: Therapeutic preaching is badly in need of rehabilitation. Administering mini-doses of psychological self-help from the pulpit simply will not do. Therapeutic preaching that is theocentric draws listeners more deeply into God's healing love. It involves setting up a creative conversation between divine and human therapy. In a novel and deeply insightful way, Neil Pembroke shows how metaphors and analogues drawn from psychotherapy can be employed to draw out the power in divine therapeia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-147) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Preaching and counseling in dialogue : an historical overview; title: The model in outline; title: God in Christ at the center of the sermon; title: Connecting two worlds : the case for correlation; title: Metaphors, analogues, and therapeutic God-talk; title: Two sermons with commentary.