The Moody Handbook of Preaching

by Koessler, John; Easley, Michael J.; Singley III, H. E.; Neely, Winfred; Stowell III, Joseph M.; Sweeting, George; MacRae, Pamela; Green, Daniel; Rydelnik, Michael A.; Finkbeiner, David; Schmutzer, Andrew J.; McCord, Walter; Peterman, Gerald W.; de Rossett

• ISBN13: 9780802470645
• ISBN10: 0802470645
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-05-01
• Publisher: Moody Publishers

Summary

The Moody Handbook of Preaching answers this question and many others through the experience, knowledge, and understanding of men and women who are experts in their fields and who love God and His church.

Author Biography

John Koessler is the chairman of the pastoral studies department at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Before John began his career at Moody in 1994, he served as a pastor. He has written for Discipleship Journal, Leadership, Moody magazine, Decision, and Christianity Today, and has made numberous radio appearances. He is the author of True Discipleship, God Our Father, A Stranger in the House of God, and the general editor of Foundational Faith. Dr. Koessler and his wife, Jane, live in northwest Indiana and have two sons.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Forming a Philosophy of Preaching
Losing the Center	p. 15
Why Expository Preaching?	p. 27
The Sermon in Public Worship	p. 39
Applying Scripture to Contemporary Life	p. 55
Why I Love to Preach	p. 67
Evangelism and Preaching	p. 79
How Women Hear the Sermon	p. 93
Preparing Yourself Spiritually for the Message	p. 109
Mining the Text
Preaching Historical Narrative	p. 127
Preaching from Didactic Literature	p. 143
Preaching from the Poetic Books	p. 157
Preaching from the Prophets	p. 179
Using Biblical Hebrew in Sermon Preparation	p. 193
The Use and Abuse of Greek in Preaching	p. 211
Illustrating Truth
The Power of Comparison	p. 225
Felling the Devil	p. 237
History: The Hidden Gold Mine	p. 251
Learning to Tell the Story	p. 267
Film as a Means for Worship and Illustration	p. 279
Drama and the Sermon	p. 293
Using Technology to Enhance the Sermon	p. 309
Developing Methodology
Sermons that Move	p. 323
The Logic of the Sermon	p. 335
Exegeting Your Audience	p. 351
Now, Deliver the Goods!	p. 361
Abuse It and Lose It	p. 373
Using Bible Software to Exegete the Text	p. 389
Index	p. 407
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