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Learn to use a central, controlling image in every sermon.

Most preachers have little fondness for apocalyptic texts because of their scathing language, surrealistic plots, and enigmatic symbols. David Jaco...

The essential tools for faithfully and authentically proclaiming the word in the small-membership church   Step into the pulpit in a small membersh...

In this practical handbook, Ron Allen helps preachers to embody the tenets of the Christian faith in their sermons, thereby enabling their congrega...

This book approaches preaching as a theological practice and a spiritual discipline in a way that is engaging, straightforward, and highly usable f...

John Calvin preached over 2,000 times, this fitting commemoration of his 500th birthday involved some of the world’s finest Calvinian preachers spe...

In contrast with the widely popular interest in narrative styles, James Thompson shows that Paul's letters offer a different model for preaching to...

Preaching Mark is one of our Pray-Prepare-Preach (PPP) booklets. PPP is a series of guides to help Bible teachers world wide explain God's Word cle...

Brian Blount and Gary Charles team up to introduce us anew to Mark's Gospel. Reinterpreting Mark through sermons preached out of very different soc...

What preaching is, and why it is so important for all of us.

Jonathan Edwards is widely regarded not only as America’s greatest theologian and philosopher, but also as one of her greatest preachers. It is a r...

Preaching Old Testament meets the need for more direction in how to preach from the Hebrew Bible. You will learn particularly helpful techniques f...

There's no question that the Old Testament is foundational for the New Testament church. But foundational or not, it can be difficult for preachers...

Helpful and insightful strategies for preaching from the writings of Paul. Few biblical figures are more compelling to preachers than the apostle P...

This volume is a collection of some of the best of the hundreds of Preaching Points that the Haddon W. Robinson Center for Preaching at Gordon-Conw...

Proverbs abound in contemporary culture and in biblical texts. But surprisingly, the use of proverbial wisdom is conspicuously absent in the contem...

What is preaching? Why is some preaching arresting and power- ful, and some boring and flat? How do you prepare sermons? The author states that Go...

People go to church every Sunday hoping to hear a life-giving word from the Lord but often find that they have to make do with either the dry crust ...

The principles of effective journalism are applied to the art of preaching to produce interesting and captivating sermons.

Preaching is the art of building a bridge in the hearer's mind from the ancient world of the biblical text to the realities of our daily lives. Thr...

For many years the resolution plot has dominated homiletical theory, made most famous by the 'Lowry Loop' - a staple of preaching theory for today'...

In most congregations women outnumber men. And yet masculine anecdotes still dominate many sermons and women feel detached from the messages convey...

Pastors face a perennial challenge in deciding how to treat special days in the calendar. For days marked in the church year, the challenge is how ...

The gospels hold the key to why pastors get up every Sunday to preach. They are the "good news"--the pinnacle--of the Christian faith. But in order...

In this accessible treatment of the major themes of the Gospel of John, renowned New Testament scholar Lamar Williamson blends the best of biblical...

In this engaging treatment of the Gospel of Mark, Dawn Ottoni Wilhelm combines biblical scholarship with a close reading of the Gospel text to meet...

This commentary for preaching Matthew, a companion to WJK's successful Preaching the Gospel of Luke, Preaching the Gospel of John, and Preaching th...

Ronald Allen and Clark Williamson provide a commentary on the Revised Common Lectionary Gospel readings, demonstrating how the lections are continu...

Preaching the heart of God, The place of PATHOS in preaching. Preachers are called at this time to minister to many whose world has suddenly chang...

Preaching the Incarnation, a follow-up to the authors' Preaching the Atonement, offers a theological discussion of ten important Bible passages con...

This unique commentary helps preachers see how knowledge of first-century Judaism can help them avoid incorporating misunderstandings and stereotyp...

The image of the kingdom of God has all but disappeared in preaching today. Here, David Buttrick critiques the state of the church, society, and pr...

Your guide to preaching the Old Testament with confidence and power Preaching the Old Testament, which can seem harsh and foreign to modern listen...

Written with the rigor and precision of a New Testament specialist,  Preaching the Parables provides a responsible introduction to understanding an...

This book is designed to help preachers find and use the riches of the Psalms for preaching. The authors address the perception that the Psalms oft...

The African church needs preachers who preach the Scriptures to bring people to Christ and nurture them in the faith. Yet many are failing at this ...

Books on preaching abound, yet there are few which take up the role of biblical theology in the process of moving from the text to the hearer. Grae...

In Preaching the Whole Counsel of God, Julius Kim aids preachers and speakers with the necessary principles and practices to interpret and deliver ...

Drawing on his own experience in shepherding a church through a difficult building program, the author explains how to survive the storms of pastor...

We live in angry times. No matter where we go, what we watch, or how we communicate, our culture is rife with division and polarization. Unfortunat...

The sermon is dead. Long live the sermon. Do you think a postmodern audience may render your preaching post-relevant? Think again. Zack Eswine tak...

Challenges pastors to maintain the biblical message while investigating fresh means of communicating truth to postmodern listeners.