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The Case for Expository Preaching What's the Big Idea? Tools of the Trade The Road from Text to Sermon The Arrow and the Target The Shapes Sermons Take Making Dry Bones Live Start with a Bang and Quit All Over The Dress of Thought How to Preach So People Will Listen A Final Word Sample Sermon and Evaluation Student Exercises Answers to Student Exercises Scripture Subject

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EDITOR'S FOREWORD AUTHOR'S PREFACE PRINCIPAL ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION 1. A NEW DIRECTION FOR MARCAN STUDIES 2. THE TRADITION CONCERNING THE GoSPEL THE LIFE SITUATION THAT OcCASIONED THE GosPEL 4. THE DATE OF THE GosPEL THE AUTHOR OF THE GoSPEL 6. THE PLACE OF COMPOSITION 7. SoME CONSIDERATIONS ON STYLE AND LITERARY METHOD 8. ANALYSIS OF THE GoSPEL AcCORDING TO MARK 9. SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY TEXT, EXPOSITION AND NOTES CHAPTER 1 CHAPTER 2 CHAPTER 3 CHAPTER 4 CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTER 7 CHAPTER 8 . SON OF MAN IN MARK CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 . CHAPTER 11 . CHAPTER 12 .

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EMBRACING OUR ETHICAL MANDATE Randolph K. Sanders 2 PSYCHOTHERAPY AND CHRISTIAN ETHICS. Alan C. Tjeltveit 3 QUALIFICATIONS OF THE CHRISTIAN MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONAL. Richard E. Butman 4 ESSENTIAL ELEMENTS FOR ETHICAL COUNSEL. Horace C. Lukens Jr. & Randolph K. Sanders 5 SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AND THE ABUSE OF POWER John F. Shackelford& Randolph K. Sanders 6 NONSEXUAL MULTIPLE RELATIONSHIPS Randolph K. Sanders 7 ETHICS IN COUPLES THERAPY. Jennifer S. Ripley, Steven J. Sandage e Everett L. Worthington Jr. 8 THE CHILD CLIENT Jeffrey S. Berryhill e Angela M. Sabates 9 ADDRESSING SPIRITUAL AND VALUE IssUES IN THERAPY Randolph K. Sanders 10 THE SEXUAL MINORITY CLIENT. Mark A. Yarhouse, Jill L. Kays & Stanton L. Jones 11 CLIENTS WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS James H. Jennison 12 ETHICAL CONCERNS IN CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PRACTICE Sally Schwer Canning, Iryna Shturba Arute, Andrea M. Librado & Anta Yu 13 BUSINESS ETHICS IN MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES Randolph K. Sanders 14 PASTORS WHO COUNSEL Bill Blackburn 15 LAY COUNSELOR TRAINING Siang-Yang Tan 16 MXED AGENCY DILEMMAS FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE MILITARY AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES W. Brad Johnson 17 ETHICAL ISSUES IN UNIVERSITY COUNSELING CENTERS Roderick D. Hetzel, Cassie Kendrick Susan Matlock-Hetzel 18 ETHICS IN MEMBER CARE: TOWARD AN INTERNATIONAL FRAMEWORK Kelly O'Donnell 19 ETHICS IN PROVIDING PSYCHOLOGICAL FIRST AID Cynthia B. Eriksson e Thomas C. Duke 20 TRAINING PROGRAMS. Tamara L. Anderson, Gregory R. Schneller e John Eric Swenson III 21 A MODEL FOR ETHICAL DECISION MAKING , Randolph K. Sanders AppendixX 1: Ethics Codes and Guideline Statements. Appendix 2: Sample Forms Contributors Subject Index

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PART I Research and Writing: From Planning to Production 1. What Research Is and How Reseachers Think about it 1.1 How Researchers Think About Their Aims 1.2 Three Kinds of Questions That Researchers Ask 2. Moving From a Topic to a Question to a Working Hypothesis 2.1 Find a Question in Your Topic 2.2 Propose Some Working Answers 2.3 Build a Storyboard to Plan and Guide Your Work 2.4 Organize a Writing Support Group 3. Finding Useful Sources 3.1 Understand the Kinds of Sources Readers Expect You to Use 3.2 Record Your Sources Fully, Accurately, and Appropriately 3.3 Search for Sources Systematically 3.4 Evaluate Sources for Relevance and Reliability 3.5 Look beyond the Usual Kinds of References 4. Engaging Sources 4.1 Read Generously to Understand, Then Critically to Engage and Evaluate 4.2 Take Notes Systematically 4.3 Take Useful Notes 4.4 Write as You Read 4.5 Review Your Progress 4.6 Manage Moments of Normal Panic 5. Planning Your Argument 5.1 What a Research Argument Is and is Not 5.2 Build Your Argument around Answers to Readers' Questions 5.3 Turn Your Working Hypothesis into a claim 5.4 Assemble the Elements of Your Argument 5.5 Distinguish Arguments Based on Evidence from Arguments Based on Warrants 5.6 Assemble an Argument 6. Planning a First Draft 6.1 Avoid Unhelpful Plans 6.2 Create a Plan That Meets Your Readers'Needs 6.3 File Away Leftovers 7. Drafting Your Report 7.1 Draft in the Way That Feels Most Comfortable 7.2 Develop Productive Drafting Habits 7.3 Use Your Key Terms to Keep Yourself on Track 7.4 Quote, Paraphrase, and Summarize Appropriately 7.5 Integrate Quotations into Your Text 7.6 Use Footnotes and Endnotes Judiciously 7.7 Interpret Complex or Detailed Evidence Before You Offer It 7.8 Be Open to Surprises 7.9 Guard against Inadvertent Plagiarism 7.10 Guard Against Inappropriate Assistance 7.11 Work Through Chronic Procrastination and Writer's Block 8. Presenting Evidence in Tables and Figures 8.1 Choose Verbal or Visual Representations 8.2 Choose the Most Effective Graphic 8.3 Design Tables and Figures 8.4 Communicate Data Ethically 9. Revising Your Draft 9.1 Chek for Blind Spots in Your Argument 9.2 Chek Your Introduction, Conclusion, and Claim 9.3 Make Sure the Body of Your Report Is Coherent 9.4 Chek Your Paragraphs 9.5 Let Your Draft Cool, Then Paraphrase It 10. Writing Your Final Introduction and Conclusion 10.1 Draft Your Final Introduction 10.2 Draft Your Final Conclusion 10.3 Write Your Title Last 11. Revising Sentences 11.1 Focus on the First Seven or Eight Words of a Sentence 11.2 Diagnose What You Read 11.3 Choose the Right Word 11.4 Polish It Up 11.5 Give It Up and Print It Out 12. Learning from Your Returned Paper 12.1 Find General Principles in Specific Comments 12.2 Talk to Your Instructor 13. Presenting Research in Alternative Forums 13.1 Plan Your Oral Presentation 13.2 Design Your Presentation to Be Listened To 13.3 Plan Your Poster Presentation 13.4 Plan Your Conference Proposal 14. On the Spirit of Research PART II Source Citation 15. General Introduction to Citation Practices 15.1 Reasons for Citing Your Sources 15.2 The Requirements of Citation 15.3 Two Citation Styles 15.4 Electronic Sources 15.5 Preparation of Citations 15.6 Citation Management Software 16. Notes-Bibliography Style: The Basic Form 16.1 Basic Patterns 16.2 Bibliographies 16.3 Notes 16.4 Short Forms for Notes 17. Notes-Bibliography Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources 17.1 Books 17.2 Journal Articles 17.3 Magazine Articles 17.4 Newspaper Articles 17.5 Additional Types of Published Sources 17.6 Unpublished Sources 17.7 Websites, Blogs, Social Networks, and Discussion Groups 17.8 Sources in the Visual and Performing Arts 17.9 Public Documents 17.10 One Source Quoted in Another 18. Author-Date Style: The Basic Form 18.1 Basic Patterns 18.2 Reference Lists 18.3 Parenthetical Citations 19. Author-Date Style: Citing Specific Types of Sources 19.1 Books 19.2 Journal Articles 19.3 Magazine Articles 19.4 Newspaper Articles 19.5 Additional Types of Published Sources 19.6 Unpublished Sources 19.7 Websites, Blogs, Social Network, and Discussion Groups 19.8 Sources in the Visual and Performing Arts 19.9 Public Documents 19.10 One Source Quoted in Another PART III Style 20. Spelling 20.1 Plurals 20.2 Possessives 20.3 Compounds and Words Formed with Prefixes 20.4 Line Breaks 21. Punctuation 21.1 Periods 21.2 Commas 21.3 Semicolons 21.4 Colons 21.5 Question Marks 21.6 Exclamation Points 21.7 Hyphens and Dashes 21.8 Parentheses and Brackets 21.9 Slashes 21.10 Quotation Marks 21.11 Apostrophes 21.12 Multiple Punctiation Marks 22. Names, Special Terms, and Titles of Works 22.1 Names 22.2 Special Terms 22.3 Titles of Works 23. Numbers 23.1 Words or Numerals? 23.2 Plurals and Punctuation 23.3 Date Systems 23.4 Numbers Used Outside the Text 24. Abbreviations 24.1 General Principles 24.2 Names and Titles 24.3 Geographical Terms 24.4 Time and Dates 24.5 Units of Measure 24.6 The Bible and Other Sacred Works 24.7 Abbreviations in Citations and Other Scholarly Contexts 25. Quotations 25.1 Quoting Accurately and Avoiding Plagiarism 25.2 Incorporating Quotations into Your Text 25.3 Modifying Quotations 26. Tables and Figures 26.1 General Issues 26.2 Tables 26.3 Figures Appendix: Paper Format and Submission A.1 General Format Requirements A.2 Format Requirements for Specific Elements A.3 File Preparation and Submission Requirements

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Preface Part 1 Effective Teaching 1 The Changing Landscape of Bible Study 2 The Church's Unfinished Task 3 The Tasks of the Effective Teacher 4 The Teacher: The Human Element in Teaching Part 2 The Methods of Effective Bible Teaching 5 Discovering Unity in Biblical Passages: The Genre and Structure of a Passage 6 Thematic Unity in Biblical Passages: Teaching the Big Idea 69 7 Bridging the Gap 8 Principles of Biblical Interpretation 9 Understanding the Methods of Inductive and Directed Bible Studies 10 Leading Inductive Bible Studies Part 3 The Bible We Teach 11 What Kind of Book Is the Bible? 12 Types of Writing in the Bible 13 Teaching the Stories of the Bible 14 Teaching the Poetry of the Bible 15 Teaching Other Genres of the Bible Notes Subject Index Author Index

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Histoire des relations entre la théologie et la pratique; La démarche et les méthodes de la théologie pratique; Le contexte de la théologie pratique; Articles classés par ordre alphabétique

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Series Introduction Author's Preface Abbreviations Introduction to Luke Select Bibliography Commentary Theology of Luke Scripture Index Index of Other Ancient Literature Subject Index Author Index