Thoughts on Preaching and Pastoral Ministry: Lessons from the Life and Writings of James W. Alexander (James M. Garretson)

Description

In Thoughts on Preaching and Pastoral Ministry, James M. Garretson provides a detailed narrative of James W. Alexander’s life in order to better understand his approach to gospel labors.

Garretson draws deeply from Alexander’s correspondence, tracking the spiritual development of his life as it shaped his practice of pastoral ministry. In addition, assessments of Alexander’s sermons, books, and especially reviews provide valuable personal statements that shed light on his character and convictions. Throughout, Alexander is allowed to speak for himself so that the reader may enter into the spiritual pulse that animated his life and actions.

Bracing, heartening, and at times frustrating, Alexander’s growth as a Christian and development as a minister is the story of a man subdued by God’s grace and a life marked by a growing conformity to the likeness of Christ. For those whose privilege it is to serve as ministers of the gospel, Alexander’s life and instruction provide inspiration and wisdom for how to do pastoral ministry well and with all of one’s heart.

Table of Contents

1. Early Years: 1804–1821
2. Seminary Student: 1822–1824
3. Tutor at the College of New Jersey: 1824–1825
4. Licentiate: 1825–1827
5. Charlotte Court-House: 1827–1828
6. Trenton: 1829–1832
7. Editor: 1833
8. Professor of Rhetoric & Belles Lettres: 1833–1844
9. Duane Street Church: 1844–1849
10. Seminary Professor: 1849–1851
11. European Voyage: May—October 1851
12. Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church: 1851–1857
13. Europe Again: May–October 1857
14. The Final Years: 1857–1859
15. God My Exceeding Joy

Product Details

Title: Thoughts on Preaching and Pastoral Ministry: Lessons from the Life and Writings of James W. Alexander

Author: Garretson, James M.

Publisher: Reformation Heritage Books

Pages: 456

Binding: Hardcover

Book Condition

In excellent and like new