A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR PREACHERS (Updated April 2017) By David Christensen www.rephidimproject.org P.O. Box 145 Gorham, ME 04038 1
RECOMMENDATIONS Chapell, Bryan. Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005. Edwards, J. Kent. Deep Preaching: Creating Sermons that Go Beyond the Superficial. B&H Publishing Group. 2009. Keller, Timothy. Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism. Viking: An Imprint of Penguin Random House LL.C. 2015 Robinson, Haddon W. Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages. Third edition. Baker Academic. 2014. Stott, John R.W. Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century. Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1982. GENERAL BOOKS Adams, Jay E. Preaching with Purpose: A Comprehensive Textbook on Biblical Preaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1982. Allen, Ronald J. Contemporary Biblical Interpretation for Preaching. Valley Forge: Judson Press, 1984. Blackwood, Andrew Watterson. Biographical Preaching for Today: The Pulpit Use of Bible Cases. New York: Abingdon Press, 1954. -------------------------------------. Expository Preaching for Today: Case Studies of Bible Passages. New York: Abingdon Press, 1953. -------------------------------------. Preaching from the Bible. New York: Abingdon Press, 1941. -------------------------------------. The Preparation of Sermons. New York: Abingdon Press, 1948. Braga, James. How to Prepare Bible Messages: A Manual on Homiletics for Bible Students. Portland: Multnomah Press, 1969. 2
Broadus, John A. On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1870, new and revised edition by Jesse Weatherspoon, 1944. Davis, Henry Grady. Design for Preaching. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1958. Garrison, Webb B. The Preacher and His Audience. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1954. Gibson, Scott M. editor. Preaching Points: 55 Tips for Improving Your Pulpit Ministry. Weaver Book Company, 2016. Gibson, Scott M. Preaching with a Plan: Sermon Strategies for Growing Mature Believers. Baker Books: A Division of Baker Publishing Group 2012. Helm, David R. Expositional Preaching: How to Speak God s Word Today. Crossway. 2014. Howard, J. Grant. Creativity in Preaching. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1987. ---------------------. The Trauma of Transparency: A Biblical Approach to Inter-Personal Communication. Portland: Multnomah Press, 1979. Hybels, Bill; Briscoe, Stuart and Robinson, Haddon. Mastering Contemporary Preaching. Portland: Multnomah Press, 1989. Kemp, Charles F. The Preaching Pastor. St. Louis, Missouri: The Bethany Press, 1966. Killinger, John. The Centrality of Preaching in the Total Task of the Ministry. Waco: Word Books, 1969. ------------------. Fundamentals of Preaching. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1985. Knott, H.E. How to Prepare a Sermon. Cincinnati: The Standard Press, 1927. Leonard, Bill J. Word of God Across the Ages: Using Christian History in Preaching. Nashville: Broadman Press, 1981. Lewis, Ralph L., and Lewis, Gregg. Inductive Preaching: Helping People Listen. Westchester: Crossway Books, 1983. -----------------------------------------. Learning to Preach Like Jesus. Westchester: Crossway Books, 1989. Lloyd-Jones, D. Martyn. Preaching and Preachers. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1971. Lowry, Eugene L. The Homiletical Plot: The Sermon as Narrative Art Form. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1980. 3
Lueking, F. Dean. Preaching: The Art of Connecting God and People. Waco: Word Books, 1985. MacArthur, John. Preaching: How to Preach Biblically. Thomas Nelson. 2005. Mbewe, Conrad. Pastoral Preaching: Building a People for God. Langham Partnership International. 2017. McDill, Wayne. The 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching. B&H Academic. 2 nd Revised and Expanded Edition. 2006. Miller, Calvin. Marketplace Preaching: How to Return the Sermon to Where It Belongs. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 1995. Olford, Stephen F. with David Olford. Anointed Expository Preaching. B&H Publishing Group. 1998. Olford, David editor. A Passion for Preaching: Reflections on the Art of Preaching, Essays in Honor of Stephen F. Olford. Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989. Pelton, Randal, E. Preaching with Accuracy: Finding Christ-Centered Big Ideas for Biblical Preaching. Kregel. 2014 Perry, Lloyd M. Biblical Preaching for Today s World. Chicago: Moody Press, 1973. Robinson, Haddon W. Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1980. Robinson, Haddon, and Larson, Craig, General Editors. The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today s Communicators. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 2005. Sangster, W.E. The Craft of the Sermon. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1951. Sleeth, Ronald E. God s Word and Our Words: Basic Homiletics. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1986. Turnbull, Ralph G. The Preacher s Heritage, Task and Resources. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1968. Unger, Merrill F. Principles of Expository Preaching. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1955. Wardlaw, Don M. Preaching Biblically. Philadelphia: The Westminster Press, 1983. 4
Whitesell, Faris Daniel. The Art of Biblical Preaching. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1950. Whitesell, Faris D., and Perry, Lloyd M. Variety in Your Preaching. Fleming H. Revell Company, 1954. Wiersbe, Warren and Wiersbe, David. The Elements of Preaching. Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 1986. SPECIALIZED BOOKS Blackwood, Andrew Watterson. Doctrinal Preaching for Today: Case Studies of Bible Teachings. New York: Abingdon Press, 1956. Clowney, Edmund B. Preaching Christ in All of Scripture. Crossway. 2003. Edwards, J. Kent. Effective First-Person Biblical Preaching: The Steps from Text to Narrative Sermon. Zondervan. 2005. Gibson, Scott M. Editor. Preaching the Old Testament. Baker Books, 2006. Greidanus, Sidney. Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. 1999. Hostetler, Michael J. Illustrating the Sermon. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, 1989. Kaiser, Walter C. Jr. Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament: A Guide for the Church. Baker Academic: A Division of Baker Publishing Group. 2003. Stevenson, Dwight E., and Diehl, Charles F. Reaching People from the Pulpit: A Guide to Effective Sermon Delivery. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1958. Walton, Benjamin. Preaching Old Testament Narrative. Kregel. 2016. HISTORICAL BOOKS 20 Centuries of Great Preaching: An Encyclopedia of Preaching. Fant, Clyde E. and Pinson, William M. Jr. editors. Waco: Word Books, Publisher, 1971. Barnhouse, Donald Grey. The Cross Through the Open Tomb. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1961. 5
Favorite Sermons of John A. Broadus. Edited with an Introduction by Vernon Latrelle Stanfield. Harper & Brothers Publishers. 1959. Maclaren, Alexander. Expositions of Holy Scripture. 17 Volumes. Baker Book House. Reprinted, 1974. Old, Hughes Oliphant. The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church. 5 Volumes. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. 2010. Parker, Joseph. The People s Bible: Discourses Upon Holy Scripture. 25 Volumes. Funk & Wagnalls, 1885. Sermons of Rev. C.H. Spurgeon of London. 20 Volumes. Funk & Wagnalls Company. 1857. Sermons Preached in English Churches by the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks. Third Series. E.P. Dutton & Company, 1883. The Westminster Pulpit: The Preaching of G. Campbell Morgan. 10 Volumes. Scripture Truth Book Company, Fincastle, Virginia. Wiersbe, Warren W. Listening to the Giants: A Guide to Good Reading and Great Preaching. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 1980. Wiersbe, Warren W. and Perry, Lloyd M. The Wycliffe Handbook of Preaching and Preachers. Chicago: Moody Press, 1984. 6