Kevin Stilley

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Recommended Books on Preaching

Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has recommended the following books on Preaching.  What books would you remove or add to his list?  Have you read any of the below titles?   What did you think of it?

Azurdia, Arturo. Spirit Empowered Preaching: Involving the Holy Spirit in Your Ministry. Fearn: Christian Focus, 2000.

Broadus, John A. On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons. Revised by Vernon L. Stanfield. 4th ed. New York: Harper, 1979.

Chapell, Bryan. Christ-centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994.

Clowney, Edmund. Preaching Christ in all of Scripture. Wheaton: Crossway, 2003.

Goldsworthy, Graeme. Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture: The Application of Biblical Theology to Expository Preaching. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2000.

Heisler, Greg. Spirit-Led Preaching: The Holy Spirit’s Role in Sermon Preparation and Delivery. Nashville: Broadman, 2007.

Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Preaching and Preachers. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1971.

MacArthur, John., Jr. Rediscovering Expository Preaching. Dallas: Word, 1992.

McDill, Wayne. The 12 Essentials for Great Preaching. 2nd. ed. Nashville: Broadman, 2006.

_______. The Moment of Truth: A Guide to Effective Sermon Delivery. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1999.

Olford, Stephen F. with David Olford. Anointed Expository Preaching. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1998.

Piper, John. The Supremacy of God in Preaching. rev. ed. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004.

Richard, Ramesh. Preparing Expository Sermons. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2001.

Robinson, Hadden W. Biblical Preaching. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1980.

Rummage, Stephen. Planning Your Preaching: A Step-by-Step Guide for Developing a One-Year Preaching Calendar. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2002.

Shaddix, James L. The Passion Driven Sermon. Nashville: Broadman, 2003.

Spurgeon, Charles. Lectures to My Students. repr. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1954.

Stott, John R.W. Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1982.

Vines, Jerry. Power in the Pulpit: How to Prepare and Deliver Expository Sermons. Chicago: Moody, 1999.

York, Herschel W. and Bert Decker. Speaking with bold Assurance. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2001.

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Recommended books on Pastoral Duties

Danny Akin, President of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, has recommended the following books on Pastoral Duties. What do you think of the books on his list?  What books would you add to this list?

Anderson, Robert C. The Effective Pastor: A Practical Guide to the Ministry. Chicago: Moody, 1985.

Baxter, Richard. The Reformed Pastor. Edinburg: Banner of Truth, 1981.

Cedar, Paul, Kent Hughes, and Ben Patterson. Mastering the Pastoral Role. Portland: Multnomah, 1991.

*Criswell, W.A. Criswell’s Guidebook for Pastors. Nashville: Broadman, 1980.

Graham, Larry Kent. Care of Persons, Care of Worlds. Nashville: Abingdon, 1992.

*MacArthur, John., Jr., ed. Rediscovering Pastoral Ministry: Shaping Contemporary Ministry with Biblical Mandates. Dallas: Word, 1995.

Oden, Thomas. Pastoral Theology: Essentials of Ministry. San Francisco: Harper, 1983.

Piper, John. Brothers, We are Not Professionals. Nashville: Broadman, 2002.

Tidball, Derek. Skilful Shepherds: Explorations in Pastoral Theology. Leicester: Apollos, 1986.

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At The Corner of Mercy and Grace

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Sometimes a combination of ideas or events come together to affect us in a way that they would not have on their own. I recently received the picture at left from a co-worker. Her husband works as an appraiser and had snapped the photo while out performing his job. The image has continued to be present in my thinking over the last few days as I have been asking myself what it means to live at “the corner of Mercy and Grace”.

And then I received H.B London’s “Pastor’s Weekly Briefing” in which he asks,

What would it be like if every “shepherd” looked across his or her “field” and found the most needy one in the “flock” and then took the time to minister to that one. You talk about a wonderful Christmas present. By the way, who is the most needy one in your “flock”? If you had the opportunity, how could you personally enhance the life of that individual?

I’m still working on the question of what it means to live at the corner of mercy and grace, but I think the actions suggested by London are a beautiful expression of its reality.

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Recommended Listening – Pete Briscoe

One of the advantages of spending several hours on the highway every day is that I get a chance to listen to lots of recorded lectures and sermons. Today I listened to four of Pete Briscoe’s sermons preached back in May and June of 2007. They were part of his Turning a Kind Eye series and were on the topics of Darfur, The War In Iraq, Abortion, and the Environment.

All four were artfully woven together and Biblically tight. It made me think of a definition of “rhetoric” offered by Agricola. He referred to rhetoric as “the utility of truth.”

All four can be found in the Bent Tree sermon archives. Check them out and let me know what you think.

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