Baptist Preaching: A Global Anthology

Contents

v a b ContentS Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I Africa 1 Live to Be Remembered for Good 9 Stephen K. Asante (Kumasi, Ghana) 2 The Unchanging Lord, Jesus the Christ 21 Deji Ayegboyin (Ogbomoso, Nigeria) 3 The Purpose of a Favored Life 29 Solomon Ademola Isholah (Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria) 4 Thank God, Grace Looked My Way 37 Michael Okwakol (Kampala, Uganda) 5 The Plight of the Boy 45 Manuel Moises Quembo (Beira, Mozambique) 6 The Holy Spirit and Missions 50 Elijah Morris Wanje (Nairobi, Kenya) Part II Asia–Pacific Rim 7 God’s Last Page: His Message to a Spiritually Open but Confused World 55 Ross Clifford (Macquarie Park, Australia) vi Contents 8 Christian Identity in a Turbulent World 65 John Kok (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) 9 A Sinhalese Funeral Sermon 75 Paul Koralage (Kelaniya, Sri Lanka) 10 The God We Worship 80 Simon Pau Khan En (Yangon, Myanmar) 11 Renewal of the Community 89 A. K. Lama (Assam, India) 12 Sovereignty: One Who Is Fit for the Kingdom of God 99 Timothy Hyunmo Lee (Daejeon, Korea) Part III Caribbean 13 Resource Sharing 107 Neville Callam (MacLean, Virginia, United States; Jamaica) 14 How to Dance in Graveyard Situations 114 Simeon B. Hall (Nassau, The Bahamas) 15 The Essence of True Worship: A Sermon Preached at the Dedication of a New Church Sanctuary 121 Karl Henlin (St. Catherine, Jamaica) 16 Commemorating Jamaica’s Emancipation 128 Karl B. Johnson (Kingston, Jamaica) 17 Holistic Evangelism 136 Karen Kirlew (St. Ann, Jamaica) 18 Developing an Excellent Spirit 142 Anselm Warrick (Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago) Part IV europe 19 Were You There? 149 Lina Andronovienè (Prague, Czech Republic) 20 Handing on the Tradition 155 Myra Blyth (Oxford, United Kingdom) Contents vii 21 Unity in Our God 162 Teodor B. Oprenov (Sofia, Bulgaria) 22 The Upside-down Kingdom 173 Toivo Pilli (Prague, Czech Republic) 23 Building Our Future on God’s History with Us 182 Teun van der Leer (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) Part V north America 24 See How He Loves 193 J. Peter Holmes (Toronto, Canada) 25 Beauty’s Truth 203 George A. Mason (Dallas, Texas, United States) 26 The Old Testament Witness to Jesus 210 John Piper (Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States) 27 It’s a Family Thing 219 Jacqueline A. Thompson (Oakland, California, United States) 28 Now What Do We Do? 230 Tonya Vickery (Cullowhee, North Carolina, United States) 29 Preaching in a Heterodidactic Age 236 Ralph D. West, Sr. (Houston, Texas, United States) Part VI Latin America 30 Faith: A Path to Resistance or Escape Route 247 Parrish Jacome (Guayaquil, Ecuador) 31 Our Task 253 Norton Riker Lages (Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil) 32 Common People Who Set Standards: Jabez, the Man Who Made a Covenant with God 260 Gilberto Gutiérrez Lucero (Mexico City, Mexico) 33 The Blessings of the Triune God 270 Victor Guillermo Olivares (Santiago, Chile) viii Contents 34 A Family to Whom the Father Is Speaking 277 Othoniel Jose Sepulveda Torres (Mussa, Santiago, Chile) 35 Three Steps for Overcoming Affliction 290 Pepe Luis Flores Varas (Lima, Peru) Appendix Paradigm 1: The Four Codes of John McClure 301 Paradigm 2: An Overview of Robert Reid’s Four Voices of Preaching 305 Notes 307 ...