Christian Business/Culture/General Books

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 ...

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.

The church in America is part of a changing culture and today's preachers must be prepared to engage the unique issues of our postmodern age. To th...

There are many expository preachers who forego dynamic delivery and many dynamic preachers who lose sight of faithfully communicating the biblical ...

This book offers an important corrective to a pain-averse culture that celebrates individualism and success, encouraging pastors to preach on the p...

Preaching to Teach merges the related functions of preaching and teaching, and equips the reader to accomplish both. Preachers stand up to speak ea...

Ronald Allen and Gilbert Bartholomew introduce preachers to verse-by-verse preaching, in which the preacher interprets the passage unit by unit and...

In the parable that begins this book, a large chunk has fallen out of the roof of a historic church, exactly where an imposing mosaic of God enthro...

If you want to develop mature believers in your church, you need a plan. The spiritual lives of your church members are driven largely by what you...

The all-age talk is a task guaranteed to give preachers sleepless nights! Very few people feel they have a gift for it, and most lack confidence. T...

Imagine that preaching is like a 'see-saw' or 'teeter-totter'. It is not much fun unless the people on both sides are roughly equal in weight. If n...

Ray Heiple traces motivational theories and practices in academia—also looking at various educational and preaching models—and shows from Scripture...

Preachers are under the biblical mandate to preach with conviction, passion, and in a way that the Word of God engages the audience and grips their...

To preach effectively in today's world, preachers need cultural intelligence. They must build bridges between listeners who come from various denom...

Preachers can find help from many resources to get the text right, the structure right, and the delivery right. Preaching with Empathy aims to help...

This book was written to help ministers and students discover the purpose of preaching and the ways that Scripture informs and directs the preachin...

The authority to preach comes by divine appointment from God and is one of the most fulfilling aspects of a leader’s ministry and life. This book w...

The nature of the relationship between the Spirit of God and the Word of God has been debated among believers for centuries. Ralph Cunnington explo...

In this important book, Webb makes two central claims. First, that effective preaching without a manuscript is not a matter of talent as much as it...

Should women who preach, preach as women? Preaching Women argues that far from being a gender-neutral space, the pulpit is a critical place in whic...

John McClure's Preaching Words highlights the most important ideas in homiletics and preaching, offering short explanations of these ideas, what sc...