Testimony : talking ourselves into being Christian / Thomas G. Long.
Series: Practices of faith seriesPublication details: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xvi, 179 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 0787968323
- 9780787968328
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.