Preachers and Preaching Books: 12 Essential Books
Because of the immense importance of Christian preaching, this week we have closely examined a couple of modern classics on preaching. Today’s post is a list of twelve books written to aid pastors in their preaching. Some of the books are modern classics while others are newer texts on preaching. We’ve asked a variety of faithful, trustworthy pastors to tell us something about each book, and how it can aid you in your preaching...
Between Two Worlds: Remembering A Modern Classic
On Monday we were reminded of the need for Christ-centered, expository preaching. Bryan Chapell’s Christ-centered Preaching helped with understanding this crucial task. However, another modern classic helps place this kind of preaching in its historic and cultural context. Though published over 30 years ago, the late John R. W. Stott’s Between Two Worlds (Eerdmans, 1982) is a relevant guide for contemporary evangelical preaching. John...
Christ-centered Preaching: Remembering A Modern Classic
Preaching is a task (and privilege) that can always be improved upon. Homiletics professors can help with this. Listening critically to audio of our sermons, as painful as this can be, is often useful. Even wives are among preachers’ most helpful critics. Yet we can also benefit by reading and reflecting on the counsel of reliable theologians and homileticians. Bryan Chapell’s Christ-Centered Preaching and John Stott’s Between Two...
Adoniram Judson: Pioneering Missionary to Burma
With his hair clipped to the scalp, his legs bound to a raised rod, and only his head and shoulders resting on the ground, Adoniram Judson found himself deathly ill in a Burmese prison. The year was 1824, and Judson was on the verge of losing his life at the hands of those he had gone to preach the Gospel. It had been a long, hard decade for Judson. He had labored for six grueling years among the Burmese people before seeing his first...
In Christ: Salvation & Suffering
It was with a blinding light and a commanding voice that Saul of Tarsus encountered Jesus on the road to Damascus. Having recently approved of the murder of yet another blasphemer by the name of Stephen, Saul was on his way to bring others like him bound to Jerusalem. While his encounter with Stephen was certainly unique, his encounter with the resurrected Christ was unlike anything else. Luke records Jesus’ words in the book of Acts:...
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