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Testimony : talking ourselves into being Christian / Thomas G. Long.

By: Series: Practices of faith seriesPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 179 pages ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0787968323
  • 9780787968328
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Contents:
Talking ourselves into being Christian -- Can I get a witness? -- Sunday words -- First light -- Walking the walk, talking the talk -- The six o'clock news -- Whispered secrets and bedtime prayers -- A last word.
Summary: In this groundbreaking book, Thomas G. Long -- a theologian and respected authority on preaching—explores how Christians talk when they are not in church. Testimony breaks the stained-glass image of religious language to show how ordinary talking in our everyday lives -- talk across the backyard fence, talk with our kids, talk about politics and the events of the day -- can be sacred speech. In a world of spin, slick marketing, mindless chatter, and easy deceptions, Testimony shows that the hunger for truthful, meaningful, and compassionate speech is ultimately grounded in truth about God.
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Main Collection Theology House BV4520 LON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available A00306343

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index.

Talking ourselves into being Christian -- Can I get a witness? -- Sunday words -- First light -- Walking the walk, talking the talk -- The six o'clock news -- Whispered secrets and bedtime prayers -- A last word.

In this groundbreaking book, Thomas G. Long -- a theologian and respected authority on preaching—explores how Christians talk when they are not in church. Testimony breaks the stained-glass image of religious language to show how ordinary talking in our everyday lives -- talk across the backyard fence, talk with our kids, talk about politics and the events of the day -- can be sacred speech. In a world of spin, slick marketing, mindless chatter, and easy deceptions, Testimony shows that the hunger for truthful, meaningful, and compassionate speech is ultimately grounded in truth about God.

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