Grant Lovejoy
Handbook of Themes for Preaching
Handbook of Themes for Preaching. Edited by James W. Cox. Louisville: Westminster/ John Knox Press, 1991. 265 pages. Hardcover, $19.95.  The Handbook of Themes for Preaching can be a fine tool for many teachers and preachers. Edited by James W. Cox, Profess... Read More »
Southern Baptist Preaching Yesterday
Southern Baptist Preaching Yesterday. Compiled by R. Earl Allen and Joel Gregory. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1991. 607 pages. Paper, $12.95.  Following up on their earlier volume, Southern Baptist Preaching Today, the late R. Earl Allen and Joel C. Gregory ... Read More »
My Favorite Quotations
My Favorite Quotations. By Norman Vincent Peale. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990. 140 pages. Hardcover, $12.95.  “The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can change their lives by altering their attitudes of mind (p. x).R... Read More »
Preaching from Camelot to Covenant: Announcing God’s Action in the World
Preaching from Camelot to Covenant: Announcing God’s Action in the World. By William K. McElvaney. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989. 133 pages.  Preachers soon learn that people focus primarily on their own personal concerns. Sermons about worry and pa... Read More »
Preaching about Crises in the Community, the Needs of Real People, and Conflict in the Local Church
Preaching about Crises in the Community. By Samuel D. Proctor. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1988. 132 pages. Paper, $8.95.  Preaching about the Needs of Real People. By David H. C. Read. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1988. 119 pages. Paper, $8.95. Â... Read More »
How to Preach a Parable: Designs for Narrative Sermons
How to Preach a Parable: Designs for Narrative Sermons. By Eugene L. Lowry. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989. 173 pages.  For a decade now, a determined group of homileticians has been urging preachers to try narrative sermons. Over that same decade, preache... Read More »
Mastering Contemporary Preaching
Mastering Contemporary Preaching. By Bill Hybels, Stuart Briscoe, and Haddon Robinson. Mastering Ministry Series. Portland, OR: Multnomah Press, 1989. 171 pages. $12.95.  Preachers have to be alert in order to keep up with the challenges and rapid changes o... Read More »
