The Cherry Log Sermons (Paperback)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 115 pages
• Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press; 1 edition (June 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0664222935
• ISBN-13: 978-0664222932
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #94,168 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage -- Fred Craddock -- Early but never late!, July 5, 2001

By	Fred W Hood "barbara377" (Fayetteville, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Ones who read these stories and sermons by Dr Craddock may recognize some of his traits of personality in his styles of preaching. None-the-less, they are all, 'Vintage Fred Craddock.' As Barbara Brown Taylor writes, no one can possibly copy the style or practices of Fred Craddock's preaching. When he has finished telling the story, he drops his head, looks over his glasses with a stony look on his face waiting for the people's reaction...almost like he has just thought it up at the moment!

Two of his best vintage from earlier years that I remember are both the shortes and the longest. When he speaks about "How long does Easter last?" he prods around in our thoughts to see if there is still Hope? From that one to the longest "Living on the Edge," I could not stop reading and laughting!

Lasting from past to future, they are vintage Craddock. Hooray!

Chaplain Fred W Hood

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Craddock's Cherry Log Sermons, July 9, 2006

By	William M. Golden (Anniston, AL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Great stuff in these sermons - excellent narrative preaching on a level that reaches the listener. Some good, relevant examples for use in sermons - the story of the greyhound and "Old Frank". Craddock involves the reader in all the sermons in this book. Highly recommend the book.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Vintage, Fred Craddock - Imagination never short!, July 5, 2001

By	Fred W Hood "barbara377" (Fayetteville, GA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Those who read these stories and sermons by Dr. Craddock may recognize his personality traits found in styles of his preaching. None-the-less, they are all - 'Vintage' Fred Craddock. As Barbara Brown Taylor writes in her introduction, no one can possibly emulate Fred Craddock's preaching. When he has finished telling a story in his sermons, he lowers his head, looks out over the top of his glasses with a stoney, puzzled look on his face, waiting for people's reaction. With an innocent look of interest he seems to be the model, introverted, intuitive, thinker! He gives an impression of one who just thought-it-up at the moment.

Two of his best vintage sermons are both shortest and longest. When he speaks about "How long does Easter last?" he seems able to walk around in our thoughts to see if there is any Hope. His quote about Hope, as "built on the nature of God, Who calls into being what does not yet exist," fits with any good sermon based on Hope!

From the shortest one to the longest, "Living on the Edge," I could not stop reading and laughting! From the earlier shortest to future longest, they are Imaginative, 'Vintage' Craddock. Hooray!

Chaplain Fred W Hood