Westerhoff, John H. Spiritual Life: The Foundation for Preaching and Teaching

"Author "Westerhoff , John H "Title "Spiritual Life : The Foundation for Preaching and Teaching "Total no of pages "108 "Publication "Westminster John Knox press "Date of publication "Dec-02 "Table of contents "1 "Exploring the spiritual life "2 "Preaching and Teaching in a New Day "3 "The Spirituality of Preachers and Teachers "4 "The Spirituality of Preaching and Teaching "5 "Various Ways of Living Spirituality "6 "Developing a spiritual discipline "Conclusion "Exploring the spiritual life "Chapter 1 :1- "Preaching and Teaching in a New Day "Chapter 2 : page 15-28 "An emphasis on christian faith that requires both word and action "Didache is

gospel teaching that gives shape to a christian character and kerygma "can be explained as proclaiming gospel towards working of christian way of life "as explained in Matt 9 :35 "Time spent : 20 minutes "The Spirituality of Preachers and Teachers "Chapter 3 : page 29-40 "Take my yoke " said Jesus and that yoke is the suffering that has to be endured "of both personal as well world 's . It is important to maintain a intense "relationship with God for preachers and teachers "Easter " is because of "good Friday " an establishment of truth how evil "can be defeated by God "Time spent : 15 minutes "The Spirituality of Preaching and Teaching "Chapter 4 : page :41-52 "The teaching of spirituality must produce good results with the fact that both "soul winner and soul saver receive the Holy spirit teaching and preaching of "spirituality "Time spent : 20 min "Various Ways of Living Spirituality "Chapter 5 : page 53-64 "Time spent : 20 min "Prayer is a devotional activity to converse with God and to strengthen christian faith "It is also important to gain a deeper knowledge of prayer schools (1 ) speculative-kataphatic (2 ) affective-apophatic (3 ) affective-kataphatic (4 ) speculative-apophatic "Developing a spiritual discipline "Chapter 6 :page 65-74 "Time spent : 5 min .only on

.70 "Christians need to read daily scriptures of God , spend time in prayer "which on daily basis extends experience with God and develops deeper "relationship with God "pages are restricted to view "Conclusion page : 75 "Through ever enduring presence of Holy Spirit , God 's presence is within us "whereas it is important to make a home for God in our hearts through ceaseless "prayer "Time spent : 10 min...