Honest to God Preaching: Talking Sin, Suffering, and Violence
About this ebook
Asserting that keeping secrets can lead to a kind of sickness, Strawn uses texts from the Pentateuch and the Psalms to model honesty about sin, without which there can be no reconciliation, and honesty about suffering, without which there can be no healing. He also looks at the book of Joshua and various psalms to model honesty about violence, which can serve as a way to contain, limit, and ultimately transcend violence.
Strawn frames these themes specifically for working preachers, so they can create sermons that speak to these thorny themes with depth and clarity.
About the author
Brent A. Strawn is professor of Old Testament and professor of law at Duke Divinity School. His is the author of over 200 articles and has edited or coedited over twenty volumes. He has also authored four books, including The Old Testament Is Dying: A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment (2017) and The Old Testament: A Concise Introduction (2019).
