Mark A. Johnson, Author at Preaching.com

Barna Gives Strong Medicine to Church Leaders

George Barna, The Second Coming of the Church, Nashville: Word Publishing, Hardcover $18.99, ISBN 0-8499-1490-6.In George Barna's latest work, he provides hard medicine for church leaders. Armed with statistica... Continue Reading...

Book Notes: Brief Reviews on Recent Releases

Mark A. Johnson

Tony Campolo, Following Jesus Without Embarrassing God, Dallas: Word, 1997, ISBN 0-8499-4608-0In his inimitable style, Tony Campolo has done it again. In Following Jesus without Embarrassing God, he attempts to... Continue Reading...

Adding to the Preacher’s Bookshelf: The Year’s Best Books on Preaching

Mark A. Johnson

Probably the two most significant new books in homiletics that were released in 1997 were Mike Graves, The Sermon as Symphony: Preaching the Literary Forms of the New Testament (Judson Press) and the late Lucy ... Continue Reading...

How Do You Preach to Exiles?

Mark A. Johnson

Walter Brueggemann. Cadences of Home: Preaching Among Exiles. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press. 1997. 155 pp.I'm mad at Walter Brueggemann. I've been wanting to embark on a writing project and have been ... Continue Reading...

Graves Offers a Sermonic Symphony

Mark A. Johnson

Mike Graves. The Sermon as Symphony: Preaching the Literary Forms of the New Testament. Valley Forge: Judson Press. 1997. 289 pp. ISBN 0-8170-1257-5Mike Graves, Professor of Homiletics at Central Baptist Semina... Continue Reading...

Preaching the Word: An Interview with Stephen F. Olford

Mark A. Johnson

Stephen Olford has had an illustrious career as an evangelist, pastor, preacher, and encourager of preachers. He is noted for his pastorates at Duke Street Baptist Church in Richmond, Surrey, England and Calvar... Continue Reading...

Pulpit Giants Share Pastoral Task

Mark A. Johnson

Gardner C. Taylor and Samuel Proctor; We Have This Ministry: The Heart of the Pastor's Vocation; Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1996. 152 pp. $14.00In We Have This Ministry, Gardner C. Taylor and Samuel Procto... Continue Reading...

Reading the Sermons of Others

Mark A. Johnson

Recently I went to my office at the church where I am pastor and went through my normal routine of opening the mail. No personal mail, mostly just the generic "Dear Preacher, do you want to have the most dynami... Continue Reading...