The Moody Handbook of Preaching
by Koessler, John; Easley, Michael J.; Singley III, H. E.; Neely, Winfred; Stowell III, Joseph M.; Sweeting, George; MacRae, Pamela; Green, Daniel; Rydelnik, Michael A.; Finkbeiner, David; Schmutzer, Andrew J.; McCord, Walter; Peterman, Gerald W.; de RossettFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2008-05-01
Publisher(s): Moody Publishers
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Summary
The Moody Handbook of Preaching answers this question and many others through the experience, knowledge, and understanding of men and women who are experts in their fields and who love God and His church.
Author Biography
John Koessler is the chairman of the pastoral studies department at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. Before John began his career at Moody in 1994, he served as a pastor. He has written for Discipleship Journal, Leadership, Moody magazine, Decision, and Christianity Today, and has made numberous radio appearances. He is the author of True Discipleship, God Our Father, A Stranger in the House of God, and the general editor of Foundational Faith. Dr. Koessler and his wife, Jane, live in northwest Indiana and have two sons.
Table of Contents
| Acknowledgments | p. 9 |
| Introduction | p. 11 |
| Forming a Philosophy of Preaching | |
| Losing the Center | p. 15 |
| Why Expository Preaching? | p. 27 |
| The Sermon in Public Worship | p. 39 |
| Applying Scripture to Contemporary Life | p. 55 |
| Why I Love to Preach | p. 67 |
| Evangelism and Preaching | p. 79 |
| How Women Hear the Sermon | p. 93 |
| Preparing Yourself Spiritually for the Message | p. 109 |
| Mining the Text | |
| Preaching Historical Narrative | p. 127 |
| Preaching from Didactic Literature | p. 143 |
| Preaching from the Poetic Books | p. 157 |
| Preaching from the Prophets | p. 179 |
| Using Biblical Hebrew in Sermon Preparation | p. 193 |
| The Use and Abuse of Greek in Preaching | p. 211 |
| Illustrating Truth | |
| The Power of Comparison | p. 225 |
| Felling the Devil | p. 237 |
| History: The Hidden Gold Mine | p. 251 |
| Learning to Tell the Story | p. 267 |
| Film as a Means for Worship and Illustration | p. 279 |
| Drama and the Sermon | p. 293 |
| Using Technology to Enhance the Sermon | p. 309 |
| Developing Methodology | |
| Sermons that Move | p. 323 |
| The Logic of the Sermon | p. 335 |
| Exegeting Your Audience | p. 351 |
| Now, Deliver the Goods! | p. 361 |
| Abuse It and Lose It | p. 373 |
| Using Bible Software to Exegete the Text | p. 389 |
| Index | p. 407 |
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