Testimony: Talking Ourselves into Being Christian
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In this groundbreaking book, Thomas G. Long—a theologian and respected authority on preaching—explores how Christians talk when they are not in church. Testimony breaks the stained-glass image of religious language to show how ordinary talking in our everyday lives— talk across the backyard fence, talk with our kids, talk about politics and the events of the day—can be sacred speech. In a world of spin, slick marketing, mindless chatter, and easy deceptions, Testimony shows that the hunger for truthful, meaningful, and compassionate speech is ultimately grounded in truth about God.
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Thomas G. Long is Bandy Professor of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He is a former pastor and associate editor of the Journal for Preachers. Long is the author of fourteen books.
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Editor's Foreword xi
Acknowledgments xv
PART ONE: THE HUNGER FOR AUTHENTIC GOD TALK 1
Chapter 1 Talking Ourselves into Being Christian 3
Chapter 2 Can I Get a Witness? 21
Chapter 3 Sunday Words 39
PART TWO: TALKING THROUGH THE DAY 67
Chapter 4 First Light 69
Chapter 5 Walking the Walk, Talking the Talk 89
Chapter 6 Conversation over Lunch 109
Chapter 7 The Six O'Clock News 129
Chapter 8 Whispered Secrets and Bedtime Prayers 143
Epilogue A Last Word 157
Notes 159
The Author 167
Index 169
