PRAYER AND PREACHING

by Karl Barth

CONTENTS

PREFACE to the British Edition by Professor James S. Stewart

I PRAYER IN THE REFORMATION

II CHRISTIAN PRAYER ACCORDING TO THE REFORMERS

1 The Problem of Prayer

2 A Gift of God

3 Prayer as Man's Action

III THE INTERPRETATION OF THE LORD'S PRAYER ACCORDING TO THE REFORMERS

1 Our Father in Heaven

2 The Petitions

3 Hallowed Be Thy Name

4 Thy Kingdom Come

5 Thy Will Be Done

6 The Last Three Petitions

7 Our Daily Bread

8 Forgive Us Our Debts

9 Deliver Us from the Evil One

10 The Doxology

IV PREFACE TO PREACHING

1 Some Personal Words

2 Basic Definitions

V ESSENTIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PREACHING

1 Preaching and Revelation

2 Preaching and the Church

3 Preaching and Doctrine

4 The Example of the Apostles

5 The Provisional Character of Preaching

6 Preaching and the Scriptures

7 Originality in Preaching

8 Adapting Preaching to the Congregation

9 The Inspiration of Preaching

VI PREPARING A SERMON

1 The Choice of a Text

2 The Receptive Attitude

3 The Direction of the Text

4 The Application of the Text

5 Composing the Sermon

A SERMON ON ASCENSION DAY

Appendix OUTLINE SERMONS

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