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Bookmark: Without Apology — Sermons for Christ’s Church

BookmarkWithout Apology — Sermons for Christ’s Church
by Stanley Hauerwas
Seabury Books, New York. 169 pages.

Hauerwas is a theologian with a razor wit that he uses in the service of the Church of Jesus Christ. He is also a teacher who believes theology is for the purpose of preaching which, in turn, is for the strengthening of the church’s radical witness to the way of Jesus. These sermons delivered in local congregations demonstrate rich theology that sustains without being arcane or incomprehensible. Preachers will take delight in them and learn from them – not so much to imitate Hauerwas, as to see how theology can be embedded into sermons without losing their connection to the people. In this collection, I came away again stirred up with the conviction that being a Christian has consequences in the world; that baptism has significance to the way in which Christians consider death and resurrection; and the narrative to which we all belong has Christ at the center. There is also an essay on sex and ministry. In short, this collection is another effort ”to help us recover the ability to speak Christian without apology.” 

 

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