Book Reviews

Listening to Listeners: Homiletical Case Studies (Chalice Press) grew out of a study (funded by the Lilly Endowment) to evaluate how people listen to sermons. The authors - Joh McClure, Ron Allen, Dale Andrews, L. Susan Bond, Dan Moseley and G. Lee Ramsey - interviewed more than 260 laypeople ...

Michael Milton is pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga, TN, a gifted preacher, and a new member of the Board of Contributing Editors of Preaching. He is also the author of two new collections of sermons: The Demands of Discipleship: Expository Messages from Daniel, and...

Michael Milton is pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Chattanooga, TN, a gifted preacher, and a new member of the Board of Contributing Editors of Preaching. He is also the author of two new collections of sermons: The Demands of Discipleship: Expository Messages from Daniel, and Authentic...

Do we need another book on preaching the parables? Brian Stiller - President of Tyndale University College and Seminary in Toronto - has provided a volume that offers valuable insights on the value of the parables for postmoderns, and help to pastors in applying biblical truth in today's culture....

The Art & Craft of Biblical Preaching is one of the most useful preaching volumes to be published in some time. Edited by Haddon Robinson (the Gordon-Conwell prof and Preaching Contributing Editor whose Biblical Preaching is one of the homiletical classics of the 20th century) and Craig Brian...

In 15 years, Adam Hamilton has led his new church to an attendance of more than 13,000. In his delightful new book Selling Swimsuits In The Arctic: Seven Simple Keys To Growing Churches (Abingdon), Hamilton shares insights he believes are essential to growing churches. Among the keys: Do...

Teaching Matthew (Christian Focus) by David Jackman and William Philip is a helpful, if brief, guide to expository preaching and teaching from the first gospel. Both authors are leaders in Britain's Proclamation Trust (Jackman was a speaker at our 2002 International Congress on Preaching in...

Christianity is a faith rooted in and based on historical events; thus, it is important for Christian preachers to have some understanding of the historical events surrounding the early days of the Christian church. Paul Barnett, an Anglican bishop and teacher in Australia, has served us well through his...

Recent years have seen a renewed interest in the life and work of Jonathan Edwards, the great preacher-philosopher of colonial America. Broadman & Holman has recently released The Glory And Honor Of God, Volume 2 of a collection of previously unpublished sermons, edited by Michael...