Looking Ahead to the Next Ten
With this issue, Preaching officially celebrates its tenth birthday. Ten years of publication -- sixty issues. Few of the hundreds of publications born each year last long enough to make such a claim, so forgiv... Continue Reading...
Sermon briefs offer homiletical guidance
Pentecost (C)June 4, 1995Living in a Fragmented World(Genesis 11:1-9)This story brings us to the place where God's plan of redemption begins with the call of Abraham. It's a beginning-again story. Genesis 1 and... Continue Reading...
Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching is handy reference for preachers
Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching, William H. Willimon and Richard Lischer, editors (Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1995), 518 pages, paper, $35.The problem with a book like the Concise Encyclopedia o... Continue Reading...
From Precept to Parable: A Case Study for Story Preaching
When Jesus preached His greatest sermon on the love and grace of God, He didn't say "Let me share three principles about God's love." Instead He said "There was a man who had two sons ..."Story preaching, somet... Continue Reading...
Twelve Steps to the Old Testament Sermon
When a family buys a VCR, they follow the owner's manual for step by step directions in order to operate it. But, after using it for several weeks, they operate the VCR by second nature.This article is much lik... Continue Reading...
Christian Life: What to Do When You’re Not P.C.
Christian Life: What to Do When You're Not P.C.
Expositor of the Word: An interview with W. A. Criswell
W. A. Criswell is one of the best-known biblical expositors in the evangelical world. He recently celebrated fifty years as pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, the largest congregation in the South... Continue Reading...