Biblical Preaching : The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages

by Robinson, Haddon W.

• ISBN13: 9780801022623
• ISBN10: 0801022622
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780801049125, 9780801077005
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-06-01
• Publisher: Baker Academic
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Summary

In this new edition to a modern classic on the preparation and delivery of expository sermons, many of the illustrations and arguments have been updated, the prose has been changed to gender-inclusive language, each chapter is enhanced with suggestions for further study, and the discussions of narrative and inductive preaching have been expanded.

Author Biography

Haddon W. Robinson (Ph.D., University of Illinois) is the Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Previously, he was president and professor of homiletics at Denver Seminary and taught homiletics at Dallas Theological Seminary for nineteen years.

Table of Contents

Preface to the Second Edition	9	(4)
Preface to the First Edition	13	(4)
The Case for Expository Preaching	17	(16)
What's the Big Idea?	33	(18)
Tools of the Trade	51	(22)
The Road from Text to Sermon	73	(28)
The Arrow and the Target	101	(14)
The Shapes Sermons Take	115	(24)
Making Dry Bones Live	139	(26)
Start with a Bang and Quit All Over	165	(18)
The Dress of Thought	183	(18)
How to Preach So People Will Listen	201	(20)
A Final Word	221	(4)
Appendix 1: Answers to Exercises	225	(4)
Appendix 2: Sample Sermon and Evaluation	229	(18)
Bibliography	247	(4)
Index of Persons	251	(4)
Index of Scripture	255