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This collection of essays on preaching by an international group of scholars and pastors shares more than a common subject matter. Running like a river through these chapters is the vision of preaching as a faithful craft; that is, as a skilled and complex practice possessing standards of excellence, embedded in a rich tradition, and performed out of deep theological conviction.

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Preaching has fallen on hard times with many questioning its relevance and even its validity as a New Testament practice. This symposium of specially commissioned essays draws together an international team of thirteen scholars and pastors to address the importance of textual preaching in the history and life of the early church, the historic church, and the contemporary church. Contributions include essays on Old Testament preaching, preaching in Hebrews, gender-sensitive preaching, preaching in the theology of Jonathan Edwards, Charles Spurgeon, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and in Eastern Orthodoxy. It also includes essays on a range of homiletical challenges that textual preaching raises for the contemporary preacher, including genre, preaching without notes, inhabiting the text, and preaching without platitudes. A final reflection by Dave Hansen on the state of textual preaching rounds out the collection. The preaching of the gospel stands at the heart of Christian praxis. These essays make a vital contribution to the recovery of the importance of preaching, focused on the text of Scripture. Written with an eye to the pastor and practitioner as well as those in the pews and in the classroom, this is a book that should appeal to a wide range of readers.

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Other Editions

• Text Message: The Centrality of Scripture in PreachingLutterworth Press, The2014-01-01
• Text messagePickwick Publications2014
• Text MessageWipf & Stock Publishers2014-01-01
• Text messageThe Lutterworth Press2014-01-01
• Text MessageWipf & Stock Publishers2014-01-01