Preaching Proverbs

Proverbs abound in contemporary culture and in biblical texts. But surprisingly, the use of proverbial wisdom is conspicuously absent in the contemporary pulpit. Alyce McKenzie offers preachers an effective way to reclaim proverbs in preaching, highlights their usefulness in contemporary situations, and demonstrates their ability to confirm (or subvert) the status quo.

Alyce M. McKenzie is Consultant in Preaching to pastors of the Eastern and Central Pennsylvania Annual Conferences of the United Methodist Church.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Preacher as Sage
Wisdom Is Vindicated by Her Deeds: What Makes Proverbs Work	p. 3
With the Judgment You Make: What Proverbs Do	p. 10
No Good Tree Bears Bad Fruit: How to Create Sermons on Proverbs	p. 17
The Wise, When Rebuked, Will Love You: Biblical Proverbs That Create Order	p. 27
Increasing Knowledge Increases Sorrow: Biblical Proverbs That Subvert Order	p. 41
All Who Exalt Themselves Will Be Humbled: Jesus' Subversive Sayings	p. 59
No Fear, Just Do It: Contemporary Proverbs	p. 79
The Proof Is in the Pudding: Preaching Proverbs That Create Order	p. 103
Set for the Rise and Fall of Many: Preaching Proverbs That Subvert Order	p. 127
Notes	p. 151
Index	p. 169
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