Journeys toward Narrative Preaching. Edited by Wayne B. Robinson. New York: Pilgrim Press, 1990. 134 pages.   The six contributors to this volume are well known as preachers and teachers of preaching. The materials collected here are the outcome of the Narra... Read More »

Biblical Preaching for Today’s World. By Lloyd M. Perry. Chicago: Moody Press, 1990. Rev. ed. 210 pages. Hardcover, $19.95.   This volume is a revision of a work published in 1973, and is offered by a respected authority on preaching. Lloyd Perry is a ... Read More »

As One with Authority: The Ministry of Preaching. By John R. Brokhoff. Wilmore, KY: Bristol Books, 1989. 192 pages.   John R. Brokhoff is Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University. He taught homiletics at Candler from 19... Read More »

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 »

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 »

Historians and Speeches In classical historiography an important role is regularly filled by speeches ascribed to leading characters in the narrative. A speech in the ap­propriate context could sum up a situation, draw a moral from the immediately preceding s... Read More »

One of the most important questions that determines how we read Luke-Acts concerns the kind of literature we think it is, the genre. There are two proposals about the genre of Luke-Acts that are being actively discussed: A) Charles Talbert, a great Southern Ba... 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 »