Book Review

Student Name: Institution Date: Book Review Prophetic Preaching: A Pastoral Approach by Leonora Tisdale The book by Leonora Tisdale is not only a good read, but it is bound to make an impact on the church as a whole through its targeted advocacy for prophetic preaching. Tisdale addresses the need to combine pastoral needs with prophetic teaching to achieve balanced spiritual nourishment. Tisdale relies heavily on the work of Marvin McMickle who originally wrote “Where Have All the Prophets Gone?” replicating this title in her first chapter. Her book, which is mainly guided by personal experiences, challenges preachers to stop avoiding prophetic witness and instead take the bold step to...

DIDACHE Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date of Submission Didache The article, The Didache: Teachings of the 12 Apostles, is a non-canonical literature handbook for Christian converts believed to be written by the twelve apostles of Jesus. The book guides Christian’s converts on how to be Christians and live according to the teachings of Jesus. The first chapters of the book describe the Christian lessons such as the commandments. The next four chapters of the book describe the Christian ceremonies and their importance to Christians such the fasting and baptism. The last six chapters of the book give an in-depth description of church organization such as the bishop’s...

Review on Look Before you Lead Book Name of the Student Name of the Affiliate Institution Date Look Before you lead (How to discern and Shape your Church Culture). By Aubrey Malphurs The purpose of writing this book, Look before you lead (How to discern and Shape your Church Culture), was to help today’s and emerging leaders discover how to form spiritually healthy congregational cultures in church. This book talks about congregational culture and how church leaders can create, implement and re-implement it to reward and motivate movement toward the church's mission and vision. The book has three parts. The first part has six chapters. It talks about the basics of congregational culture,...