Index of Subjects
A
Acts, Book of, images in 173–76
Adultery, image of idolatry 53–54, 95, 130, 143, 198, 342, 348
Agricultural images of the church 183
Alliteration 229, 234–35, 315, 360
Amos, images in 152
Analysis
problems with analysis 24, 28, 35, 37, 82, 164, 221–24, 233, 292, 313
six questions we ask in
study 309–16
Anniversary sermons 268–70
Apocalypse, images in 195–98
Army, church as 180–81
“Assumptions, The Ten” 87
Athletic images of the church 181–82
B
Bereaved, preaching to
images of death in the Bible 252–57
Biographical preaching
study guide 240–41
values of 237–46
Body, image of church 184–85
Bread, image of church 185
Bride, image of church 185–86
Building, image of church 186–87
C
Canaan, image of spiritual
inheritance 106, 214
Christmas, sermons for 260–62
Chronicles, images in 117
Church
compared to a university 81
images of church in the epistles 53, 91–94, 96, 179–92
images of the church in the Gospels 53, 169–70
Circumcision
spiritual meaning 143–44, 343
church as “the circumcision” 191
“Connecting” 33, 42, 47, 61–62, 77–78, 80, 81, 91, 127–28, 138, 154, 166, 173–74, 306–7
Creativity 289–300
D
Daniel, images in 149–50
David, at Ziklag 215–16
Death, biblical images 252–57
Deuteronomy, images in 107–8
Disciple 28, 47, 77, 92, 116, 161–62, 166–67, 170, 187, 208, 212, 228–31, 242, 253, 263, 330, 343, 359, 363
E
Ecclesiastes, images in 132–33
Evangelism, pictures of 192, 281
Evangelistic preaching 262, 279–81
Exodus, images in 104–6
Ezekiel, images in 147–49
F
Family, image of church 187–88
Fragrance, images related to 54, 95, 102–3, 129, 133, 181
G
Genesis, images in 89–103
H
Habakkuk, images in 154
Haggai, images in 155
Heaven, pictures of 37, 64, 68, 90, 93, 106, 127–28, 156, 160–61, 168, 190–91, 196, 198, 252, 255, 281–84
Hell, pictures of 107, 281–84
Hosea, images in 150–51
Humor
biblical humor 274–76
psychology of 273–74
I
Imagination
“American Protestant” 67
Bible a book of 28
Bushnell on 27, 83
Calvin on 33, 331
definition 25, 119
Emerson’s approach to 33, 37, 42, 211, 238, 307, 318, 321, 331–32, 352–53, 357–58, 373, 378–79,
fancy and 26
Hushai’s use of 18, 31
Jesus and 28, 34–35, 42, 53, 59, 64, 77, 92, 94, 96, 99, 111, 160–62, 164–66, 170, 253
psychiatry and 24, 61–62, 78, 215, 229, 283, 324–25, 358, 363, 372, 374, 380
“starved” 60–61, 67–71
Spurgeon on 35, 179, 204, 299, 304, 337, 360, 371
Tozer on 36
Isaiah, images in 137–42
Hezekiah’s psalm 140
image of the highway 138
images of judgment 138–40
images of the kingdom 142
images of salvation 137–38
The Suffering Servant 138, 140–41
J
Jeremiah, images in
image of circumcision 143–44
images of ministry 142
images of the nation of Judah 147
image of the yoke 143, 145
Jesus Christ
philosophy of preaching/teaching 160–63
use of metaphors 160
use of Parables 164–65
Job, images in
images of death 120
images of Job’s friends 120–21
images of life 120
images of suffering 120
judicial image 121
warfare image 120
Joel, images in 151–52
John, images in Gospel of 168–69
Jonah, images in 152–53
Joshua, images in 111
Judges, images in 112
K
Kings, images in 115–16
L
Lamentations, images in 146–47
Luke, images in Gospel of 167–69
M
Malachi, images in 156
Mark, images in Gospel of 167
Matthew, images in Gospel of 166–67
“conduit” metaphor 43–44
“dead” metaphor 47
definition 42
for sexual sins 45
in daily speech 43
Kittay on metaphor 46–47
Nathan’s use of metaphor 51–55
sheep metaphor 53
metaphor for temptation 53
in preaching 81–83
Micah, images in 153
Myth
“American myths” 326
Greek and Roman myths 323–24
Joseph Campbell on 323, 380
in the New Testament 323–24
N
Nahum, images in 153
Narrative preaching
study guide for 247
Numbers, images in 106–7
O
Obadiah, images in 152
Outhning
four facts to know 221–27
P
Parables
definition 164
The Sower 92, 183, 281
The Ewe Lamb 45
People
“People of God, ” image of church 190–91
Poetry, relation to preaching 297
Pornography 69–71, 334–35
Preaching
biblical preaching 303–8
definition 304–5
images of 306–7
Priesthood, church as 188–89
Prostitution, image of idolatry (see adultery)
Proverbs
images of wisdom 130
speech and the tongue 131
Psalms, images in Book of 122–29
Q
Questions we ask as we study 309–16
R
Radio 74–75
Robertson, F.W., approach to preaching 163–64
“Romantic Movement” 321–22
Ruth, images in 112–13
S
Salvation, images of 284–86
Samuel, images in 113–15
Scribes, approach to Scripture 161–62
Sheep, church as flock 189–90
Sodom and Gomorrah 90, 101, 117, 138, 152, 154, 350
Song of Songs 133–34
Special day preaching
Advent 260–62
Lent 262–64
National holidays 264–66
T
Television 71–74, 335–36
W
Witness, preaching as 210, 305, 307
Z
Zechariah, images in 155–56
Zephaniah, images in 154