Preaching God's Word: A Hands-On Approach to Preparing, Developing, and Delivering the Sermon (Hardcover)

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This user-friendly practical textbook helps preachers and homiletics students develop and deliver biblically based expository sermons relevant for the twenty-first century.

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A Hands-On Approach Preparing, Developing, and Delivering Sermons Preaching God’s Wordis a homiletics textbook that promotes a strong connection between the process of exegesis and the process of developing a sermon. It ties together the science of biblical interpretation and the art of contemporary communication, resulting in expository preaching that connects with its audience. The book uses numerous examples to illustrate the central points and outlines helpful methodology for students to incorporate into their own sermon preparation. It shows students how to incorporate various aspects of the exegetical process into the biblical sermon. For example, the book demonstrates how students can use the historicalcultural background material they have uncovered during exegesis when it comes time to craft their sermons. Preaching God’s Wordis also a valuable resource for today’s busy pastor who wishes to communicate strong exegetical messages that will connect with their audience. Preaching God’s Word serves as a companion volume to Grasping God’s Word,but can also be used as a stand-alone textbook.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Zondervan (September 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0310248876
• ISBN-13: 978-0310248873
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #259,102 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go ahead and buy it...you know you want to..., December 5, 2005

By	Bobby Blasingame (Little Rock, AR. USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I read this book for a Homiletics class which was taught by Dr. Carter. This book is a well written book and is a must have for anyone interested in becoming an effective communicator. There are practical steps to interpreting God's Word correctly and how to deal with the different biblical genres, how to find illustrations for your sermons, how to communicate to different types of audiences, making the Bible relevant to your audience, different sermon delivery styles, and much more. Anyone who gives talks to any audience (children, youth, or adults) will want to get this book. It will make a massive difference in not only your handling of the Bible, but also the delivery of the Word to your audience.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Average - Save the $$$, March 21, 2007

By	Exegetical Librarian - See all my reviews

I was really excited to get this book after reading the previous review and also reading reviews of Grasping God's Word by the same authors. Grasping God's word is a pretty decent book on hermeneutics, but this book was a major disappointment. It is basically a simplified version of Haddon Robinson's classic work, Biblical Preaching. The book is way too simple for a seminary level book. A good beginner's book for those who have never preached, or taken a course, but not recommended for those wanting to really improve.

Their whole principled approach to Scripture is a little bit strange. Anyway, the sermons look just like any other using Haddon's approach. If you really want a fresh new book on preaching, get Andy Stanley's Communicating for a Change. You'll begin to communicate, and not just preach!

Read this book at a good library, and then see if you really want to buy it. If you have to buy it for a class, get it used.

Ten step method presented in the book:
1 - Grasp the meaning of the text in their town
2 - Measure the Width of the Interpretive River
3 - Cross the Principlizing Bridge
4 - Grasp the Text in Our Town
5 - Exegete Your Congregation
6 - Determine How much Background material to Include
7 - Determine the Sermon Thesis and Main Points
8 - Develop Text-Centered Applications
9 - Find Illustrations
10 - Write Out the Sermon and Practice Delivery