Preaching category: 634 books
Masters of Preaching
The Most Poignant and Powerful Homilists in Church History
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2012
The history of Catholic homiletics is rich and layered with theology and spirituality. Every period of Church history contains preachers who have been blessed with oratorical skills and spiritual depth. They are saints, scholars, bishops, priests, and deacons from the Eastern and Western traditions....
by Fred B. Cradock,Lee Sparks
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2011
No one has had more impact and influence on the craft of preaching in the last several decades than Fred Craddock. After his retirement from a distinguished teaching career, he became free to share his wisdom with a wider audience without the burdens of academic responsibilities. As a result he's...
by Peter T. Sanlon
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Scholarship has painted many pictures of Augustine—the philosophical theologian, the refuter of heresy, or contributor to doctrines like Original Sin—but the picture of Augustine as preacher, says Sanlon, has been seriously neglected. When academics marginalize the Sermones ad Populum, the real...
Preaching on Your Feet
Connecting God and The Audience in the Preachable Moment
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2008
“Preaching on your feet” is the phrase public speaker and pastor Fred Lybrand uses to describe his unique method of pulpit communication. In layman’s terms, it involves being “in the moment,” not solely relying on pre-written notes (though they can still be helpful), and staying open to...
Preaching at the Crossroads
How the World - and Our Preaching - is Changing
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
Postmodernism. Secularism. Pluralism. These are the words often used to describe the tumultuous changes that have affected our culture and our churches. But what do they really mean? More importantly, what challenges and opportunities do they provide today’s preachers? David Lose takes preachers...
Models for Biblical Preaching
Expository Sermons from the Old Testament
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
This companion volume to the bestselling Biblical Preaching provides models of biblical preaching from Old Testament texts. This allows students of preaching to see the theory of Robinson's classic work fleshed out in actual sermons from exemplary preachers. Following each sermon, Robinson offers...
Celebration & Experience in Preaching
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Henry H. Mitchell’s great contribution to the study of preaching has been his insistence that the homiletical practices of the Black church are gifts to the whole church. Nowhere has he made this point more forcefully than in Celebration and Experience in Preaching. In this classic text he advocates...
by Dr. David Peacock
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: February 6, 2014
The Man: You cant separate the man from the message. This chapter deals with the preparations and surrender that a true God-called preacher must be willing to endure. Drawing from Pauls pattern to the Thessalonians, Dr. Peacock deals with issues like confrontation, preaching for results, and discouragement....
The Power of Multisensory Preaching and Teaching
Increase Attention, Comprehension, and Retention
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2009
Most preaching and teaching in the church engages only one of the senses—hearing. In The Power of Multisensory Preaching and Teaching, Rick Blackwood shows how recognizing and engaging the multiple senses of the congregation can lead to greater impact. Blackwood presents both biblical evidence and...
Preaching as Poetry
Beauty, Goodness, and Truth in Every Sermon
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
It is tempting for preachers in this digital age of plurality and diversity to offer quick sound bites and PowerPoint-style presentations. These tend to invite a yes or no response, as in mathematical equations. But if we are to reach Christians across the theological spectrumandinvite non-Christians...
by John Piper
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
According to Warren Wiersbe, The Supremacy of God in Preaching "calls us back to a biblical standard for preaching, a standard exemplified by many of the pulpit giants of the past, especially Jonathan Edwards and Charles Spurgeon." This newly revised and expanded edition is an essential...
Preaching to a Post-Everything World
Crafting Biblical Sermons That Connect with Our Culture
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2008
Zack Eswine starts this unique pastoral resource with a captivating question: Could I now reach who I once was? Challenging the idea that today's preachers must do away with biblical or expository preaching if they are to reach non-Christian people, Eswine offers a way of preaching that embraces biblical...
by Lewis A. Parks
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Step into the pulpit in a small membership church, and you’ll sometimes find your fair share of challenges, but you’ll almost always find more than your share of blessings as well. Those blessings, and the chance for authentic, life-transforming preaching, are what preaching in the small membership...
Preaching That Connects
Using Techniques of Journalists to Add Impact
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2009
Master the craft of effective communication that grabs attention and wins hearts.Like everyone else, preachers long to be understood. Unfortunately, the rules first learned in seminary, if misapplied, can quickly turn homiletic precision into listener boredom.To capture heart and mind, Mark Galli...