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- ItemBinne die kring-dans van die kuns : die betekenis van estetika vir die gereformeerde liturgie(SUN PReSS, 2007) Cilliers, JohanGod lag op ’n koggelende wyse skreeusnaaks: dood waar is jou angel! Wie laaste lag, dit is die allerlaaste lag van vreugde. Johan wil in hierdie boek die gereformeerde teologie in die 21ste eeu laat lag. Want God se estetika spreek mense nie aan op wat hulle moet doen nie, hulle prestasies nie, maar op wie hulle is; deur die genade van God is ons wie ons is (1Kor 15:10). So prakties is die Praktiese Teologie van ’n kring-dans.
- ItemGod for us : an analysis and assessment of Dutch Reformed preaching during the apartheid years(SUN PReSS, 2006) Cilliers, JohanPreaching reveals, amongst other things, the state of the heart of the church – whether it be healthy or ailing. Sermons from the South African apartheid era, taken from the official mouthpiece of the Dutch Reformed Church (Die Kerkbode), as preached during the years 1960 to 1980 reveal a church sickened by an ideology that had a devastating effect on the country as a whole. In this book, these sermons are analyzed in depth, following a method of “close reading” that not only takes the linguistic detail of each sermon very seriously, but also the theological perspectives conveyed by these details. These analyses bring to light the way preachers made use of biblical texts to sanction national ideals, to create and perpetuate selective God-images, and to stabilize a certain identity during a time of crises. It is saddening and shocking to read and relive these sermons, even after 12 years of democracy in South Africa. But it must not be erased from our memory too quickly. The church cannot do without remembrance. It watches over the state of her heart.
- ItemDie lewende stem van die evangelie : nuut gedink oor die basiese beginsels van prediking(SUN PRESS, 2004) Cilliers, JohanIn hierdie hoofstuk word inleidend geluister na ’n aantal kritiese stemme wat teenoor die prediking opklink, naamlik vanuit: ■ Die sosiale wetenskappe, veral met betrekking tot die verskynsel van postmodernisme ■ Die kommunikasiewetenskappe, veral in die lig van die kultuur van beelde ■ Die teologiese wetenskappe, veral ten opsigte van huidige tendense ■ Die kerkbanke, met gewone lidmate se ervarings, en ■ Ander pastorale faktore, veral met die oog op die eise wat aan predikers gestel word Die hoofstuk sluit af met ’n alternatiewe perspektief: prediking as die hart en hoop van die kerk.
- ItemThe living voice of the Gospel : revisiting the basic principles of preaching(SUN Press, 2004) Cilliers, JohanBOOK BLURB: Preaching - described here in Johan Cilliers's groundbreaking new book as the heart and soul of the church - requires both constant revision and fidelity to principles. Hence this book's subtitle: 'Revisiting the basic principles of preaching'.
- ItemTiming grace : reflections on the temporality of preaching(AFRICAN SUN MeDIA, 2019) Cilliers, JohanIn this companion volume to A Space for Grace, Johan Cilliers delves into some of the most profound theological underpinnings of preaching. Drawing on his extraordinary depth and breadth of scholarship, Cilliers examines the aesthetic, qualitative, and relational dimensions of sermonic time. Faithful preaching, he argues, is an art of speaking the now of grace, which is inextricably linked to past and future, but is simultaneously a dynamic event filled with the revelatory presence of God. Along with helpful reflections on pieces of visual art, Cilliers provides numerous sample sermons, as well as several detailed sermon analyses.