The Ministry of the Word – William M. Taylor
In his address to the theological students at Yale, William Taylor pressed the truth of the laborious nature of the ministry. This book has rendered a great service to our generation of pastors and churches by making this volume available again.
Table of Contents:
1. The Nature and Design of the Christian Ministry
2. The Preparation of the Preacher
3. The Preparation of the Preacher
4. The Theme and Range of the Pulpit
5. The Qualities of Effective Preaching – In the Sermon
6. The Qualities of Effective Preaching – In the Sermon
7. Expository Preaching
8. On the Use of Illustrations in Preaching
9. The Conduct of Public Worship – Reading of the Scripture
10. The Conduct of Public Worship – Praise and Prayer
11. The Pastorate and Pastoral Visitation
12. The Relation of the Pulpit to Present Questions
Hints and Helps in Pastoral Theology – William S. Plumer
The republication of this book at this time is, indeed, a good providence of God. The author was William Plumer (1802-80). Plumer was a theologian of great intellect and spirituality. He was a pastor and churchman of considerable note who lived through societal changes produced by bitter wrangling over political ideology, a bloody war, and substantial cultural conflicts. You will be impressed upon reading this volume. You will be impressed by a man who took Gods Word seriously and applied it diligently to the ministry of the Church.
Table of Contents:
1. Sources of Information in Pastoral Theology
2. The Importance of the Ministry
3. A Call to the Ministry
4. The Character of a True Minister
5. Benefits of Genuine Piety
6. Other Good Fruits of Piety
7. Ministerial Education
8. A Minister’s Studies
9. The Right Temper for a Theologian
10. A Minister’s Difficulties
11. Various Suggestions
12. Public Worship – Reading, Singing, Praying
13. Public Worship – Who Shall Attend?
14 The Matter of Preaching
15. The Manner of Preaching
16. Manner of Preaching – Continued
17. Earnest Preaching
18. Popular Preaching
19. Mooted Points About Preaching
20. The Use of Proverbs
21. Religious Excitements
22. Means of Promoting Revivals
23. Pastoral Visiting
24. Visiting the Sick
25. Care of the Poor
26. Sabbath-Schools
27. Doing Good with the Pen
28. Should I Becomes a foreign Missionary?
29. The Duty of Americans
30. The Relations of America o Other Lands
31. The Sure Success of Evangelization
32. Sayings for Ministers