Preaching [Paperback]

Fred B Craddock (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1990

Painstakingly prepared for seminary students and clergy, this book answers the fundamental question: How does one prepare and deliver a sermon? Craddock's approach is practical, but also allows for concentrated study of any particular dimension of the process.

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About the Author

Fred B. Craddock, Brandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament, Emeritus, Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia (Christian Church {Disciples of Christ}). --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Abingdon Press (June 1, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0687336481
• ISBN-13: 978-0687336487
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #404,767 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fred Craddock - Prince of Preachers, February 2, 2001

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Fred W Hood "barbara377" (Fayetteville, GA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Preaching (Paperback)

From the Introduction where Dr. Craddock promises to walk the reader through the process of selecting a text to the delivery of the sermon... to the chapters of enriching the form and delivering the sermon - he delivers the goods!

I doubt that anyone other than Fred Craddock could claim to have been mentor and role model to as many other preacher-teachers, like, Barbara Brown Taylor, Joanna Adams, John Claypool, Gail O'Day, and Thomas Long.

From his emphasis on theological content to creative imagination ...Dr. Craddock spices up his serious language with such pithy phrases as, "A quiet voice through a cabin door, President Lincoln says we're free," is no less a shout than 76 trombones coming down Main Street on the Fourth of July!

He allows to creep into his sermon, the humor of a nearby seated passenger on their flight from St. Louis to Seattle who became ill and went outside for a breath of fresh air. The response comes back, "But that didn't really happen. Did It?"

Allegorically, the words from Genesis, "and Abram went out from Ur of the Chaldees," could be interpreted, "and the soul left the confines of the body."

The first time I heard Craddock, he gave his version of the earliest Black tradition of The Creation Story. He stirred my creative imagination! Just like I get to every Seminar on Style and Form, when he is on at Cherrylog Christian Church, I love to hear his latest presentation... Nowhere else can you read this but in his Preaching!

16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most usefull text I have read in seminary, February 14, 2002

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S. Andersen (Elizabeth, IL.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Preaching (Paperback)

I am a seminary student, as I am sure many of those reading this review are, or where. You know the assigned reading requirements, and you know about how much of the required reading you actually complete. With that in mind, let me say that this is the only text this semester I have not set aside, or failed to read, it is that valuable.
Dr. Craddock gives a sound theology of preaching, explains method in an easy to follow manner and gives the simple, practical, information so frequently missing from classroom discussions.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The title says it all!, July 28, 2003

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Tom Hinkle (Tulsa, OK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Preaching (Paperback)

This is an excellent basic text on preaching. Although I am not yet a preacher and am just getting ready to enter seminary, I can't imagine a more comprehensive book on the subject. I expected Craddock to beat the drum for his favorite style of sermon, the inductive, but surprisingly this is not even mentioned. For more info on the inductive style, I would refer the reader to "As One Without Authority". Especially valuable are the sections concerning the pastor's study habits, and how time spent in study is actually time spent with the congregation. Craddock is acknowleged as one of the greatest preachers of his generation, and this is an excellent way to learn from the "master".