Preaching to Sufferers: God and the Problem of Pain. By Kent D. Richmond. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1988. 160 pages.   Kent Richmond writes for preachers who must speak to people struggling with the problem of pain. Put simply, the problem is how a God who ... Read More »

SWBTS Chapel sermon by Dr. Grant Lovejoy. Read More »

Preaching with the Small Congregation. By Laurence A. Wagley. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1989. 144 pages. Paper, $10.95.   Note the preposition in the title: it is both odd and apt. Laurence Wagley encourages pastors of small churches to adopt a participator... Read More »

Harry Emerson Fosdick: Persuasive Preacher. By Haiford R. Ryan. Great American Orators: Critical Studies, Speeches, and Sources, no. 2. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1989. 200 pages. Hardcover, $37.95.   Harry Emerson Fosdick’s sermon “Shall the... Read More »

Getting Heady for Sunday’s Sermon: A Practical Guide for Sermon Preparation. By Martin Thielen. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1990. 160 pages. Paper, $6.95.   Martin Thielen, the new editor of Proclaim magazine, offers practical help to pastors struggling... Read More »

Elements of Style for Preaching. By William H. Kooienga. The Craft of Preaching Series. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1989. 127 pages. Paper, $5.95.   Kooienga offers a succinct introduction to sermonic style in this brief volume, which is an outgrowth of his D. ... Read More »

Best Sermons 2. Edited by James W. Cox. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1989. 422 pages. Hardcover, $16.95.   Best Sermons 2 contains twenty-four sermons selected as winners in the second annual Best Sermons competition sponsored by Harper & Row. The ju... Read More »

Biblical Preaching: How to Find and Remove the Barriers. By Richard C. White. St. Louis: CBP Press, 1988. 141 pages. Paper, $8.95.   A prominent preacher recently told one of our Ph.D. students in preaching that “I try to put a lot of Bible in my sermo... Read More »

The Sermon Doctor: Prescriptions for Successful Preaching. By Harry Farra. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1989. 197 pages.   Farra has written a striking book. Readers of Lyle Schaller will find the format familiar: the book records a series of fictional me... Read More »

Come Alive with Illustrations: How to Find, Use, and File Good Stories for Sermons and Speeches. By Leslie B. Flynn. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1987. 222 pages.   This book is an introduction to using illustrations in Christian communication. The subtit... Read More »