The Year’s Best Preaching Books – 2005 Reviews

The past year offered a great selection of new books on preaching, including our 2006 Preaching Book of the Year, The Art Craft of Biblical Preaching, edited by Haddon Robinson and Craig Brian Larsen and published by Zondervan. (See further down for moreinformation on this title.) Several of the m

The Year’s Best Books For Preachers – 2006

Elegies for the demise of the printed word regularly appear, and observers of the age point to the elevation of the image at the expense of the word. Nevertheless, books continue to sell by the millions and publishers rush to expand their catalogs. Clearly, something is happening. The much-heralded

Into The Wardrobe: C.S. Lewis and the Narnia Chronicles

The release of the first Chronicles of Narnia movie - "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe" - this holiday season offers chuches an opportunity to grasp a major cultural event and use it to communicate the gospel. Downing offers an introduction to Lewis and the world of Narnia, then...

An Hour On Sunday

Nancy Beach writes, "Every Sunday morning a minority of people in your town and mine prepare to go to church. Each man, woman and child has a story - a life that goes on from Monday through Saturday. Many of them rush to get to church on time. Some were on the fence all morning about...

Sermon CPR

One of the great challenges facing the typical pastor is finding ways to continue to strengthen one's own preaching skills while embroiled in the day to day demands of pastoral ministry. Bob Allen's new book Sermon CPR throws a lifeline to such pastors, and offers solid assistance in evaluating and...

Prayer: The Cry For The Kingdom

Finally, Stanley J. Grenz was a dedicated Christian disciple, gifted theologian and able preacher who died earlier this year at the age of 55. In this complete revision of his book Prayer: The Cry For The Kingdom (Eerdmans), Grenz emphasizes that prayer is a vital way in which God allows us to be...

People My Teachers

People My Teachers (Kregel) is a delightful and colorful (though brief) book in which Christian statesman John RW Stott shares memories of his world travels (along with beautiful photos) and highlights 17 people whose lives have influenced his own. Some are people Stott met, others are persons whose...

The Parables: A Preaching Commentary

Speaking of synoptic texts, in The Parables: A Preaching Commentary (Abingdon), Paul S. Duke considers eight of Jesus' parables, offering insights for preaching from these texts. The book also offers helpful opening and closing chapters, the first dealing with the challenge of understanding...