Book Reviews

In a delightful new book called The Sermon Maker: Tales of a Transformed Preacher (Zondervan Press), Calvin Miller does what he does best: weaves tales that make important points.Miller, a long-time pastor who ... Continue Reading...

Keith Willhite, Preaching with Relevance Without Dumbing Down. Grand apids: Kregel Publications, 2001. Paper, 141 pages, $10.99. ISBN 0-8254-4114-5While most evangelical preachers will give at least a "tip of t... Continue Reading...

Mervyn A. Warren, King Came Preaching: The Pulpit Power of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press, 2001. Hardcover, 223 pages. ISBN 0-8308-2658-0Few preachers have made the kind of impact ... Continue Reading...

Fred B. Craddock, The Cherry Log Sermons. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001. Paper, 115 pages, ISBN 0-664-22293-5.Few preachers have influenced the homiletical world so significantly in recent years... Continue Reading...

Bryan Chapell, Using Illustrations to Preach With Power. (Revised Edition) Wheaton: Crossway Books, 2001. ISBN 1-58134-264-0. Paper, 208 pages.Let's be clear up front: this is not a book of sermon illustrations... Continue Reading...

Nelson's Complete Book of Stories, Illustrations & Quotes by Robert J. Morgan. Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 2000. Paper, 833 pages. $19.99. ISBN 0-7852-4479-4.Here's an excellent new resource for preach... Continue Reading...

Preaching Like Paul by James W. Thompson. (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001) Paper, 177 pages. ISBN 0-664-22294-3Paul's letters form the content of much Christian preaching, but can the ancient apo... Continue Reading...

When God Builds a Church by Bob Russell with Rusty Russell. West Monroe, LA: Howard Publishing Co., 2000. ISBN 1-58229-125-X. Cloth. 292 pages.Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, Kentucky, is one of the m... Continue Reading...

David M. Greenhaw and Ronald J. Allen, editors. Preaching in the Context of Worship. (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2000) Paper, 145 pages. ISBN 0-8272-2956-9.One of the most critical issues facing the church in th... Continue Reading...

David P. Gushee and Robert H. Long, A Bolder Pulpit: Reclaiming the Moral Dimension of Preaching (Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1998). ISBN 0-8170- 1287-7. Paper, 203 pages.Authentic preaching seeks not only to c... Continue Reading...