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The art and craft of biblical preaching : a comprehensive resource for today's communicators / Haddon Robinson, Craig Brian Larson, general editors.

Contributor(s): Robinson, Haddon W | Larson, Craig Brian
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Edition: First editionDescription: 732 pages ; 25 cm + 1 sound disc (4 3/4 in.)Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0310252482 (alk. paper); 0310252490 (companion audio CD); 9780310252498 (companion audio CD); 9780310252481 (alk. paper)Subject(s): Bible -- Homiletical use -- Encyclopedias | PreachingDDC classification: 251/.003 LOC classification: BS534.5 | .A78 2005Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Contents:
Convictions of biblical preaching / Haddon Robinson -- A definition of biblical preaching / John Stott -- A weekly dose of compressed dignity / Craig Brian Larson -- Overfed, underchallenged / Jay Kesler -- Theology of powerful preaching / Jay E. Adams -- Preaching that raises our sights / Crawford Loritts -- Leading and feeding / Jack Hayford -- John 3:16 in the key of c / Jeffrey Arthurs -- Growing in your preaching / Bill Hybels -- Spiritual formation through preaching / Robertson McQuilkin -- Preaching life into the church / Jeffrey Arthurs -- My theory of homiletics / Haddon Robinson -- Staying on the line / David Helm -- History of preaching / Michael Quicke -- A cup running over / Dallas Willard -- The patented preacher / Warren W. Wiersbe -- I prayed from my preaching / Joe McKeever -- How does unction function? / Lee Eclov -- Squeaky clean / Kenton C. Anderson -- Required reading / Haddon Robinson -- Rightly dividing the preaching load / Larry W. Osborne -- Preaching through personal pain / Daniel T. Hans -- A prophet among you / Maxie Dunnam -- Burning clean fuel / Scott Wenig -- Backdraft preaching / Mark Buchanan -- Why I pace before I preach / Walter Wangerin Jr. -- Preaching to convulse the demons / Craig Barnes -- Holy expectation / Haddon Robinson -- Preaching to everyone in particular / Haddon Robinson -- The power of simplicity / Chuck Smith -- View from the pew / John Koessler -- Preaching to ordinary people / Lewis Smedes --
Why serious preachers use humor / John Beukema -- Connect hearers through dialogue / Jeffrey Arthurs -- Self-disclosure that glorifies Christ / Joe Stowell -- How to be heard / Fred Smith -- Opening the closed American mind / Ed Dobson -- Turning an audience into the church / Will Willimon -- Preaching to change the heart / Alistair Begg -- Preaching truth, justice, and the American way / Rick McKinniss -- Preaching morality in an amoral age / Timothy Keller -- Cross-cultural preaching / Rick Richardson -- Connecting with postmoderns / Robertson McQuilkin -- Preaching amid pluralism / Timothy Keller -- Connecting with non-Christians / John Koessler -- How to translate male sermons to women / Alice Mathews -- He said, she heard / Jeffrey Arthurs -- Connecting with men / Bill Giovannetti -- Creating a singles-friendly sermon / Susan Maycinik Nikaido -- Preaching to preschoolers / Marilyn Chandler McEntyre -- Hispanic-American preaching / Noel Castellanos, Jesse Miranda, Alfredo Ramos -- African-American preaching / Matthew D. Kim -- Work wins? / Lee Eclov -- One sermon, two messages / Wayne Brouwer -- The playful preacher / Richard P. Hansen -- What authority do we have anymore? / Haddon Robinson -- Why the sermon? / Ben Patterson -- Getting the gold from the text / John Koessler -- Faithful first / David Jackman -- God's letter of intent / Greg R. Scharf -- Five bird-dogging questions for biblical exposition / Earl Palmer -- The rules of the game / David L. Allen -- Why all the best preachers are theological / John Koessler -- Letting the listeners make the discoveries / Earl Palmer -- Conviction and compassion / S. Bowen Matthews -- The inadequacy of "yes" theology / Ben Patterson -- What great coaches-and preachers- know / Craig Brian Larson -- Preaching that opens ears and hearts / Haddon Robinson --
Leading hearers to the tree of life / Ted Haggard -- Fundamentals of genre / David L. Allen -- From B.C. to 11 A.M. / Steven D. Mathewson -- The big idea of narrative preaching / Paul Borden and Steven N. Mathewson -- Life in Leviticus / Rob Bell -- Apply within / David Veerman -- Application without moralism / Bryan Chapell -- Blending bible content and life application / Haddon Robinson -- Showing promise / Craig Brian Larson -- Helping hearers practice what we preach / Randy Frazee -- The heresy of application / Haddon Robinson -- Preaching for true holiness / Randal Pelton -- Less Joe, more Jesus / Joe Stowell -- Preaching that promotes self-centeredness / Craig Brian Larson -- The danger of practical preaching / Lee Eclov -- Grace: a license to wander? / Bryan Chapell -- The rich sound of grace and holiness / Kenton C. Anderson -- Set free from the cookie cutter / Haddon Robinson -- Say and do / Fred Craddock -- Connecting Biblical content with contemporary audiences / Mike Yearley -- Clearly / Haddon Robinson -- Skills of oral clarity / Don Sunukjian -- Questions that put muscle on bones / Don Sunukjian -- Better big ideas / Haddon Robinson -- The power of sequence / Craig Brian Larson -- Outlines that work for you, not against you / Steven D. Mathewson -- The tension between clarity and suspense / Donald Sunukjian -- Lifeblood of preaching / Ian Pitt-Watson -- Alliteration downfalls / Don Sunukjian -- Modulating tension / Craig Brian Larson -- The purpose-driven title / Rick Warren -- Why should I listen to you? / Kent Edwards -- Satisfying conclusions / Kent Edwards --
Determining your strengths and weaknesses / Duane Litfin -- Interesting preaching / Stuart Briscoe -- Crafting an experience / Rob Bell -- Seven habits of highly effective preachers / Craig Brian Larson -- The sermon's mood / Fred Craddock -- Teaching the whole Bible / D.A. Carson -- Dramatic expository preaching / Haddon Robinson -- Verse-by-verse sermons that really preach / Steven D. Mathewson -- What makes textual preaching unique? / Steven D. Mathewson -- Can topical preaching also be expository? / Timothy S. Warren -- The biblical topical sermon / Don Sunukjian -- Topical preaching on Bible characters / Timothy S. Warren -- Topical preaching on contemporary issues / Timothy S. Warren -- Topical preaching on theological themes / Timothy S. Warren -- Making the most of Biblical paradoxes / Richard P. Hansen -- Getting the most from the sermon series / Craig Brian Larson -- Trends in sermons series / F. Bryan Wilkerson -- The compelling series / John Ortberg -- First-person narrative sermons / Torrey Robinson -- Biblical preaching is about life change, not sermon form / John Ortberg -- Seven principles for reaching lost people / Dick Lucas -- Evangelistic preaching in the local church / Haddon Robinson -- Felt-needs preaching / Duane Litfin -- Preaching to those ripe for conversion / James MacDonald -- How to preach boldly in a "whatever" culture / Greg Laurie -- Preaching with a leader's heart / Jim Nicodem -- Critique of the new homiletic / Scott M. Gibson -- 3-D storytelling / Kevin A. Miller -- Preaching pyrotechnics / Craig Brian Larson --
Preaching as storytelling / Fred Craddock -- How to tell a moving story / Craig Brian Larson -- Bringing Bible stories to life / Steven D. Mathewson -- Suspense / Dave McClellan -- How to preach like John Grisham writes / Bill Oudemolen -- Good tension / John Ortberg -- Illustrating from pop culture / Kevin A. Miller -- Adapting illustrations so they fit you / Craig Brian Larson -- Overexposure / Richard Exley -- Illustrating with integrity and sensitivity / Wayne Harvey -- Footnotes in the pulpit / Chris Stinnett -- Avoiding self-centered sermons / Craig Brian Larson -- Illustrating with slices of life / John Ortberg -- Power of everyday-disciple illustrations / Craig Brian Larson -- Why I pat the Bible on my nightstand / Ben Patterson -- Busting out of sermon block / Haddon Robinson -- Centered / Richard Foster -- A long, rich conversation with God / Darrell W. Johnson -- A mysterious impulse to pray / Lee Eclov -- Preparing the messenger / Gordon Anderson -- Lifted by the accompanying presence / Bill Hybels -- The hard work of illumination / Lee Eclov -- Heart-to-heart preaching / Dan Baty -- Imagination: the preacher's neglected ally / Warren Wiersbe -- Preaching that magnifies God / Lee Eclov -- What is a sermon good enough? / Stephen Gregory -- Making the most of your computer / Richard Doebler -- How to build a first-rate library / Jim Shaddix -- What makes a sermon deep? / Lee Eclov -- Before you preach / Ed Rowell -- Inspiration points / Lee Eclov -- Simplify / Charles Swindoll -- Using someone else's sermon -- Planning for a richer, deeper sermon series / Haddon Robinson -- The source of passion / Paul Scott Wilson --
Pathos needed / Jeffrey Arthurs -- Preaching with intensity / Kevin A. Miller -- No notes, lots of notes, brief notes / Jeffrey Arthurs -- In the eye of the hearer / Kenton C. Anderson -- No voice, no preach / Emily Shive -- Eliminating my um, um, annoying pulpit mannerisms / Kenneth Quick -- Reaching scripture in public / Jeffrey Arthurs -- The importance of being urgent / John Ortberg -- The day I lost my nerve / Lee Eclov -- When you don't look forward to special days / John Beukema -- Preaching the terrors / Barbara Brown Taylor -- Preparing people to suffer / John Piper -- Preaching hell in a tolerant age / Timothy Keller -- Preaching for total commitment / Bill Hybels -- Speaking into crisis / Gordon MacDonald -- When the news intrudes / Eric Reed -- Redemptive sermons for weddings and funerals / Stephen N. Rummage -- The landmark sermon / Jack Hayford -- You had to bring it up / Stuart Briscoe -- Preaching on contemporary issues / Grant Lovejoy -- Preaching that oh-so-delicate subject / Bill Hybels -- Preaching sex with compassion and conviction / Craig Barnes -- The ever-more-difficult marriage sermon / Bob Russell -- When the sermon goes to work / Haddon Robinson -- Bridging the marketplace gap / Andy Stanley -- Sermons on giving that people actually like! / Bob Russell -- Well-focused preaching / Bill Hybels -- The agony and ecstasy of feedback / John Vawter -- Getting the feedback you need / William Willimon -- A comprehensive check-up / Haddon Robinson -- The science of surveys / Virginia Vagt -- Lessons from Preaching Today screeners / Lee Eclov -- Holding hearers captive / Craig Brian Larson -- My worst and best sermons ever / Barbara Brown Taylor -- Learning from giants / Kevin Miller -- Appendix: Books that have shaped the practice of preaching / Kenton C. Anderson.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Convictions of biblical preaching / Haddon Robinson -- A definition of biblical preaching / John Stott -- A weekly dose of compressed dignity / Craig Brian Larson -- Overfed, underchallenged / Jay Kesler -- Theology of powerful preaching / Jay E. Adams -- Preaching that raises our sights / Crawford Loritts -- Leading and feeding / Jack Hayford -- John 3:16 in the key of c / Jeffrey Arthurs -- Growing in your preaching / Bill Hybels -- Spiritual formation through preaching / Robertson McQuilkin -- Preaching life into the church / Jeffrey Arthurs -- My theory of homiletics / Haddon Robinson -- Staying on the line / David Helm -- History of preaching / Michael Quicke -- A cup running over / Dallas Willard -- The patented preacher / Warren W. Wiersbe -- I prayed from my preaching / Joe McKeever -- How does unction function? / Lee Eclov -- Squeaky clean / Kenton C. Anderson -- Required reading / Haddon Robinson -- Rightly dividing the preaching load / Larry W. Osborne -- Preaching through personal pain / Daniel T. Hans -- A prophet among you / Maxie Dunnam -- Burning clean fuel / Scott Wenig -- Backdraft preaching / Mark Buchanan -- Why I pace before I preach / Walter Wangerin Jr. -- Preaching to convulse the demons / Craig Barnes -- Holy expectation / Haddon Robinson -- Preaching to everyone in particular / Haddon Robinson -- The power of simplicity / Chuck Smith -- View from the pew / John Koessler -- Preaching to ordinary people / Lewis Smedes --

Why serious preachers use humor / John Beukema -- Connect hearers through dialogue / Jeffrey Arthurs -- Self-disclosure that glorifies Christ / Joe Stowell -- How to be heard / Fred Smith -- Opening the closed American mind / Ed Dobson -- Turning an audience into the church / Will Willimon -- Preaching to change the heart / Alistair Begg -- Preaching truth, justice, and the American way / Rick McKinniss -- Preaching morality in an amoral age / Timothy Keller -- Cross-cultural preaching / Rick Richardson -- Connecting with postmoderns / Robertson McQuilkin -- Preaching amid pluralism / Timothy Keller -- Connecting with non-Christians / John Koessler -- How to translate male sermons to women / Alice Mathews -- He said, she heard / Jeffrey Arthurs -- Connecting with men / Bill Giovannetti -- Creating a singles-friendly sermon / Susan Maycinik Nikaido -- Preaching to preschoolers / Marilyn Chandler McEntyre -- Hispanic-American preaching / Noel Castellanos, Jesse Miranda, Alfredo Ramos -- African-American preaching / Matthew D. Kim -- Work wins? / Lee Eclov -- One sermon, two messages / Wayne Brouwer -- The playful preacher / Richard P. Hansen -- What authority do we have anymore? / Haddon Robinson -- Why the sermon? / Ben Patterson -- Getting the gold from the text / John Koessler -- Faithful first / David Jackman -- God's letter of intent / Greg R. Scharf -- Five bird-dogging questions for biblical exposition / Earl Palmer -- The rules of the game / David L. Allen -- Why all the best preachers are theological / John Koessler -- Letting the listeners make the discoveries / Earl Palmer -- Conviction and compassion / S. Bowen Matthews -- The inadequacy of "yes" theology / Ben Patterson -- What great coaches-and preachers- know / Craig Brian Larson -- Preaching that opens ears and hearts / Haddon Robinson --

Leading hearers to the tree of life / Ted Haggard -- Fundamentals of genre / David L. Allen -- From B.C. to 11 A.M. / Steven D. Mathewson -- The big idea of narrative preaching / Paul Borden and Steven N. Mathewson -- Life in Leviticus / Rob Bell -- Apply within / David Veerman -- Application without moralism / Bryan Chapell -- Blending bible content and life application / Haddon Robinson -- Showing promise / Craig Brian Larson -- Helping hearers practice what we preach / Randy Frazee -- The heresy of application / Haddon Robinson -- Preaching for true holiness / Randal Pelton -- Less Joe, more Jesus / Joe Stowell -- Preaching that promotes self-centeredness / Craig Brian Larson -- The danger of practical preaching / Lee Eclov -- Grace: a license to wander? / Bryan Chapell -- The rich sound of grace and holiness / Kenton C. Anderson -- Set free from the cookie cutter / Haddon Robinson -- Say and do / Fred Craddock -- Connecting Biblical content with contemporary audiences / Mike Yearley -- Clearly / Haddon Robinson -- Skills of oral clarity / Don Sunukjian -- Questions that put muscle on bones / Don Sunukjian -- Better big ideas / Haddon Robinson -- The power of sequence / Craig Brian Larson -- Outlines that work for you, not against you / Steven D. Mathewson -- The tension between clarity and suspense / Donald Sunukjian -- Lifeblood of preaching / Ian Pitt-Watson -- Alliteration downfalls / Don Sunukjian -- Modulating tension / Craig Brian Larson -- The purpose-driven title / Rick Warren -- Why should I listen to you? / Kent Edwards -- Satisfying conclusions / Kent Edwards --

Determining your strengths and weaknesses / Duane Litfin -- Interesting preaching / Stuart Briscoe -- Crafting an experience / Rob Bell -- Seven habits of highly effective preachers / Craig Brian Larson -- The sermon's mood / Fred Craddock -- Teaching the whole Bible / D.A. Carson -- Dramatic expository preaching / Haddon Robinson -- Verse-by-verse sermons that really preach / Steven D. Mathewson -- What makes textual preaching unique? / Steven D. Mathewson -- Can topical preaching also be expository? / Timothy S. Warren -- The biblical topical sermon / Don Sunukjian -- Topical preaching on Bible characters / Timothy S. Warren -- Topical preaching on contemporary issues / Timothy S. Warren -- Topical preaching on theological themes / Timothy S. Warren -- Making the most of Biblical paradoxes / Richard P. Hansen -- Getting the most from the sermon series / Craig Brian Larson -- Trends in sermons series / F. Bryan Wilkerson -- The compelling series / John Ortberg -- First-person narrative sermons / Torrey Robinson -- Biblical preaching is about life change, not sermon form / John Ortberg -- Seven principles for reaching lost people / Dick Lucas -- Evangelistic preaching in the local church / Haddon Robinson -- Felt-needs preaching / Duane Litfin -- Preaching to those ripe for conversion / James MacDonald -- How to preach boldly in a "whatever" culture / Greg Laurie -- Preaching with a leader's heart / Jim Nicodem -- Critique of the new homiletic / Scott M. Gibson -- 3-D storytelling / Kevin A. Miller -- Preaching pyrotechnics / Craig Brian Larson --

Preaching as storytelling / Fred Craddock -- How to tell a moving story / Craig Brian Larson -- Bringing Bible stories to life / Steven D. Mathewson -- Suspense / Dave McClellan -- How to preach like John Grisham writes / Bill Oudemolen -- Good tension / John Ortberg -- Illustrating from pop culture / Kevin A. Miller -- Adapting illustrations so they fit you / Craig Brian Larson -- Overexposure / Richard Exley -- Illustrating with integrity and sensitivity / Wayne Harvey -- Footnotes in the pulpit / Chris Stinnett -- Avoiding self-centered sermons / Craig Brian Larson -- Illustrating with slices of life / John Ortberg -- Power of everyday-disciple illustrations / Craig Brian Larson -- Why I pat the Bible on my nightstand / Ben Patterson -- Busting out of sermon block / Haddon Robinson -- Centered / Richard Foster -- A long, rich conversation with God / Darrell W. Johnson -- A mysterious impulse to pray / Lee Eclov -- Preparing the messenger / Gordon Anderson -- Lifted by the accompanying presence / Bill Hybels -- The hard work of illumination / Lee Eclov -- Heart-to-heart preaching / Dan Baty -- Imagination: the preacher's neglected ally / Warren Wiersbe -- Preaching that magnifies God / Lee Eclov -- What is a sermon good enough? / Stephen Gregory -- Making the most of your computer / Richard Doebler -- How to build a first-rate library / Jim Shaddix -- What makes a sermon deep? / Lee Eclov -- Before you preach / Ed Rowell -- Inspiration points / Lee Eclov -- Simplify / Charles Swindoll -- Using someone else's sermon -- Planning for a richer, deeper sermon series / Haddon Robinson -- The source of passion / Paul Scott Wilson --

Pathos needed / Jeffrey Arthurs -- Preaching with intensity / Kevin A. Miller -- No notes, lots of notes, brief notes / Jeffrey Arthurs -- In the eye of the hearer / Kenton C. Anderson -- No voice, no preach / Emily Shive -- Eliminating my um, um, annoying pulpit mannerisms / Kenneth Quick -- Reaching scripture in public / Jeffrey Arthurs -- The importance of being urgent / John Ortberg -- The day I lost my nerve / Lee Eclov -- When you don't look forward to special days / John Beukema -- Preaching the terrors / Barbara Brown Taylor -- Preparing people to suffer / John Piper -- Preaching hell in a tolerant age / Timothy Keller -- Preaching for total commitment / Bill Hybels -- Speaking into crisis / Gordon MacDonald -- When the news intrudes / Eric Reed -- Redemptive sermons for weddings and funerals / Stephen N. Rummage -- The landmark sermon / Jack Hayford -- You had to bring it up / Stuart Briscoe -- Preaching on contemporary issues / Grant Lovejoy -- Preaching that oh-so-delicate subject / Bill Hybels -- Preaching sex with compassion and conviction / Craig Barnes -- The ever-more-difficult marriage sermon / Bob Russell -- When the sermon goes to work / Haddon Robinson -- Bridging the marketplace gap / Andy Stanley -- Sermons on giving that people actually like! / Bob Russell -- Well-focused preaching / Bill Hybels -- The agony and ecstasy of feedback / John Vawter -- Getting the feedback you need / William Willimon -- A comprehensive check-up / Haddon Robinson -- The science of surveys / Virginia Vagt -- Lessons from Preaching Today screeners / Lee Eclov -- Holding hearers captive / Craig Brian Larson -- My worst and best sermons ever / Barbara Brown Taylor -- Learning from giants / Kevin Miller -- Appendix: Books that have shaped the practice of preaching / Kenton C. Anderson.

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