Archive for the 'Preaching/Teaching' Category
Al Fasol, Roy Fish, Steve Gaines, Ralph Douglas West. Preaching Evangelistically: Proclaiming the Saving Message of Jesus. B&H, 2005. 148 pp.
Characteristics of an Effective Evangelistic Service
Know Your Listeners
Some preachers study the Bible. Others study people and culture. Effective preachers analyze both. Why? Because the effective evangelistic preacher will preach differently to a group of senior adults than he preaches to a group of high school seniors. Likewise, he will preach differently to a group of unchurched, white-collar, upper-class people in suburban Los Angeles than he preaches to a group of church-oriented, blue-collar, middle-class people living in a rural area in the southeastern United States. Although the message of the gospel never changes, how it is presented should connect with the cultural persuasions and unique personalities of the people addressed.
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D. A. Carson. New Testament Commentary Survey. Baker, 2007. 160 pp.
The purpose of this short book is to provide theological students and ministers with a handy survey of the resources, especially commentaries, that are available in English to facilitate an understanding of the NT. The mature scholar is not in view. On the other hand, commentaries that are written at the popular level are generally given less attention than more substantive works. Theologically I am an evangelical, but many of the positive assessments offered in these notes are in connection with books written from the vantage point of some other theological tradition: the usefulness of a commentary sometimes turns on something other than the theological stance of its author—assuming, of course, that commentaries are read critically, as they should be whatever one’s theological heritage.
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Mark Dever. The Message of the New Testament: Promises Kept. Crossway, 2005. 560 pp.
Getting a Window Seat
Some things can be seen only from a great height. Go to the highest point in a city and what do you see? Sweeping vistas that both delight and inform.
That is what I hoped these “overview sermons” would do for my congregation, and what I hope they will do for you.
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Michael Duduit, ed. Preaching with Power: Dynamic Insights from Twenty Top Pastors. Baker, 2006. 256 pp.
It is hard to believe today that just a generation ago, many Christian leaders were pronouncing the “death of preaching” in the church. That notion seems so unlikely today not only because of the biblical foundations of preaching but also because the ministry of preaching has been enjoying a remarkable renaissance over the past two decades.
During the past twenty years, Preaching magazine has observed, encouraged, and reported on the state of Christian proclamation.
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Charles C. Ryrie. Practical Guide to Communicating Bible Doctrine. B&H, 2005. 88 pp.
Regrettably, doctrine has fallen on hard times.
One has only to skim contemporary book catalogs to see how true that observation is. The proportion of doctrinal books in relation to plethora of other categories of books is small.
Probably the most-often-heard objection to exposing people to doctrine is that it is not relevant. Experience is more important. Or to put it another way: doctrine is not practical.
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