January 16, 2017 January 16, 2017/ Preach

Elders in the Life of the Church

Phil A Newton/Matt Schmucker, Kregel (2014)

This examination of the office of elders in the life of the church has come as a timely book to review as I have just been studying the book of James and right at the end of that letter comes the instruction that if any ....

July 07, 2016 July 07, 2016/ Preach

Christ in a choppie box

Michael Sadgrove, Sacristy Press (2015)

Michael Sadgrove was Dean at Durham Cathedral between 2003 and 2015 and this volume contains some of his best sermons from that time. Sadgrove is very highly regarded by none ...

June 27, 2016 June 27, 2016/ Preach

Peter’s Preaching

Jeremy Duff, BRF (2015)

Confession time. I didn’t enjoy lectures at theological college wrestling over which Gospel was written first and who used whose material to produce ...

June 13, 2016 June 13, 2016/ Preach

Recapturing the Voice of God

Steven W Smith, B&H Academic (2015)

In Recapturing the Voice of God, Steven W Smith responds to a weakened form of expository preaching, one that relies on a standard structure and typical three-point approach to the weekly message. Instead, he supports ‘text-driven’ preaching...

June 08, 2016 June 08, 2016/ Preach

The Mission of Preaching

Patrick WT Johnson, IVP (2015)

This meticulously researched book is inspired by the need to critically review the theology, purpose and practice of preaching in relation to mission in the present day. Johnson’s starting point is Newbigin’s work ...

November 16, 2015 November 16, 2015/ Preach

Preaching with Accuracy

Randal E Pelton, Kregel Publications (2014)

This book is one of the Preaching with… series, and written by RE Pelton, Senior Pastor at Calvary Bible Church...

August 28, 2015 August 28, 2015/ Preach

Storytelling

Written by Martin Goldsmith, IVP (2014)

The premise of this book is that while people may be resistant to hearing the gospel in the form of a traditional sermon or presentation...

August 07, 2015 August 07, 2015/ Preach

The Preaching Life

Barbara Brown Taylor, Canterbury Press (2013)

This is an unusual book in that the author has divided it into two distinct sections. The first concentrates on the life of faith of the individual...

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