Listening to the Giants: A Guide to Good Reading and Great Preaching [Hardcover]

Warren W. Wiersbe (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 362 pages
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group (September 1979)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0801096189
• ISBN-13: 978-0801096181
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #680,509 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Warren W. Wiersbe is best known as a Bible teacher, author, and conference speaker. He has ministered in churches and conferences in Canada, Central and South America, Europe, and the United States. He has published more than 150 books and was awarded the Gold Medallion Lifetime Achievement Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Informative but Dated, November 27, 2006

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David R. Bess (Charleston, WV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Listening to the Giants: A Guide to Good Reading and Great Preaching (Hardcover)

This title by Wiersbe is very informative from a historical standpoint, but for preaching use it is dated. Being published in 1980, the volume is now over 25 years old. Still, Wiersbe provides brief biographies on great Christian leaders, and then gives samples of their messages. I personally enjoyed the biographies much more than I did the sermons.

Following the biographies and sample sermons, he gives a very dated resource list of classic books for the preacher. He closes by focusing on Dwight L. Moody's theology and personal influences.

This book is an easy read, especially if you skip the messages. It will provide much insight into the lives of great Christian figures, and be helpful in better understanding the last 300 years of Christian history.