Preaching character reclaiming wisdom's paradigmatic imagination for transformation / [electronic resource] :
Dave Bland and David Fleer, editors.
- Abilene, Tex. : Abilene Christian University Press, c2010
- 1 online resource (252 p.)
Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction : wisdom's journey of transforming character / Wisdom as paradigmatic in scripture / The good life (Psalm 133) / The lord set his heart on you (Song of Songs 8:6-7) / Astonished and silent (Matthew 7:21-29) / Proverbs, persuasion, and preaching / The beginning of wisdom (Proverbs 1:1-8) / Caution : contents may be hot (Proverbs 3:1-26) / The proverbial dead end street : finding wisdom at the end of our rational rope (Proverbs 14:12; 16:25; 30:1-4) / Vanity of vanities : Ecclesiastes and wisdom's discontents / Where is our position on disaster? (Job 1-4) / Qoheleth's question (Ecclesiastes 1:12-2:26) / From occupation to vocation (Ecclesiastes 5:8-20) / Preaching wisdom from the flipside / Leaves from the notebook of a recovering fool (Proverbs 15:1-4, 14) / The house of mirth is empty (Ecclesiastes 6:12-7:10) / The character wisdom shapes / Creating conflict (Proverbs 27:14-19) / Rising up after the woman of strength (Proverbs 31:10-31) / The unsettling power of mercy (James 3:13-18) / James' secret : wisdom in James in the mode of receptive reverence / Christian civility? (James 1:19-21) / Doing gospel (James 2:1-19) / What's your problem? (James 4:1-10) / Dave Bland and David Fleer -- Tremper Longman -- Callie Plunket Brewton -- Paul Koptak -- Thomas G. Long -- Glenn D. Pemberton -- Thomas G. Long -- Karl J. McLarty -- Kevin J. Youngblood -- Thomas G. Long -- David Fleer -- Ken Durham -- Jerry Taylor -- Alyce M. Mckenzie -- Stephen C. Johnson -- Micki Pulleyking -- Dave Bland -- Dave Bland -- Jennifer Green -- Sally A. Brown -- Scot McKnight -- Jim Kitchens -- Jonathan Storment -- Chris Smith.