Karl Barth, Homiletics, trans. Geoffrey Bromily and Donald E. Daniels (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1991), 136 pp., paper."Now I can preach again." Those were the oft-quoted words of a young Sco... Continue Reading...

Despite predictions to the contrary, the book continues to be the most important verbal resource for most Americans. Even before the personal computer revolution, many futurists had predicted that the book woul... Continue Reading...

Quentin J. Schultze, Televangelism and American Culture: The Business of Popular Religion (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1991), 265 pp., cloth, $16.99.Television is the central metaphor of American culture at... Continue Reading...

Raymond Bailey, Jesus The Preacher (Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990), 128 pp., cloth.Preaching, as an art and craft, is better observed than defined. Though all good preachers give careful and intentional atten... Continue Reading...

James Patterson and Peter Kim, The Day America Told the Truth: What People Really Believe About Everything That Really Matters (New York: Prentice Hall, 1991), 270 pp., $19.95, cloth.Americans have insatiable a... Continue Reading...

Laurence A. Wagley, Preaching with the Small Congregation (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989), 140 pp., paper.Does the size of the congregation shape the preaching event? Laurence Wagley thinks that it does, and ... Continue Reading...

John Piper, The Supremacy of God in Preaching (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1990), 110 pp.The current renaissance of interest in preaching -- a trend which appears to continue into the 1990's -- has produced... Continue Reading...

Religious and church-related publishers release literally hundreds of new titles each year intended for professional ministers. This feast of information can quickly become an imposing threat to the preacher, a... Continue Reading...