Book Reviews

Two annual resources from Abingdon Press are now available in 2006 editions: The Abingdon Preaching Annual 2006, edited by David N. Mosser, and The Abingdon Worship Annual 2006, edited by Mary J. Scifres and B.J. Beu. The Preaching Annual has been revised from previous...

How do you use preaching to lead a congregation through a time of dramatic and unsettling change? As senior minister of the historic Metropolitan Baptist Church in Washington, DC, H. Beecher Hicks has faced that challenge. With a changing community and a ministry that has outstripped their...

A variety of books have been published in recent months in connection with the 300th anniversary of Jonathan Edwards' birth. A God-Entranced Vision Of All Things: The Legacy Of Jonathan Edwards (Crossway), edited by John Piper and Justin Taylor, is a wonderful collection of essays...

Impact (Broadman & Holman), edited by Steven Patty, is written by an array of youth ministry specialists who believe that the purpose of youth ministry is "to develop churched and unchurched kids into devoted disciples of Jesus." If you are ready to take your church's youth ministry beyond fun and...

In The Worshiping Life (Westminster John Knox), Lisa Nichols Hickman offers a series of twenty meditations, each inspitred by an element of worship. Through stories, poetry, and much more, Hickman relates worship to our...

Pastors today face a remarkable array of ministry challenges within their congregations, ranging from people dealing with depression and divorce to victims of sexual harassment and AIDS. Facing Messy Stuff In The Church: Case Studies For Pastors And Congregations (Kregel) by ...

In Preaching Paul (Abingdon) by Brad R. Braxton, the author seeks to provide a guide to the homiletical, biblical and theological issues relating to preaching Pauline texts. He offers many insights that emerge from his experience as a pastor as well as a professor of preaching and...

Enacting The Word: Using Drama In Preaching (Westminster John Knox) by James O. Chatham is a collection of seven dramatic "sermons" that could be produced in a congregation. The author is pastor of Highland Presbyterian Church in Louisville, KY.

The Art Of Storytelling (Moody) by John Walsh is a wonderful guide to the art of telling stories that will captivate listeners. Although not specifically written for preachers, they will find any number of helpful ideas to bring new life and energy to the stories they tell in and out of the pulpit.