The apostle Paul instructed Timothy to preach the word!...'Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching' (2 Tim. 4:2). This instruction is in keeping with the principle reflected in the book of Acts that the proclamation of God's Word is the heart of corporate worship. Yet in many churches, preaching is in decline under the influence of a culture that prefers entertainment to exposition. In this volume, fourteen experienced preachers reaffirm the centrality of preaching in the life of the church as they explore what the Scriptures have to say about the mandate, meaning, motivation, and method of preaching. With wisdom and conviction, the authors remind the church that God works through the faithful preaching of His Word, no less in the twenty-first century than in the first.
Table of Contents:
Foreword by Ian Hamilton
1. Steven J. Lawson: Knowing the Man and His Message - Dustin W. Benge
Part 1: The Mandate of Preaching
2. A Biblical Priority: Preach the Word - John MacArthur
3. A Pastoral Preeminence: Feed My Sheep - R. C. Sproul
4. A Historical Pedigree: Sixteenth-Century Reformed Preaching - Joel Beeke
Part 2: The Meaning of Preaching
5. Preaching as Exposition - R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
6. Preaching as Transformation - Derek W. H. Thomas
7. Preaching as Worship - Sinclair B. Ferguson
Part 3: The Motivation of Preaching
8. The Aim of Preaching: The Glory of God - Robert Godfrey
9. The Foundation of Preaching: The Cross of Christ - John J. Murray
10. The Power of Preaching: The Presence of the Holy Spirit - Michael A. G. Haykin
Part 4: The Method of Preaching
11. Building the Sermon - Geoffrey Thomas
12. Delivering the Sermon - Conrad Mbewe
Joel R. Beeke (PhD, Westminster Seminary) is president and professor of systematic theology and homiletics at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary; a pastor of the Heritage Reformed Congregation in Grand Rapids, Michigan; editor of Banner of Sovereign Grace Truth; editorial director of Reformation Heritage Books; and a prolific author.
Dustin W. Benge is the editor for Expositor Magazine and the director of operations for OnePassion Ministries. He is the editor of Lifting Up Our Hearts: 150 Prayers of John Calvin and A Journey Toward Heaven: Daily Devotions from the Sermons of Jonathan Edwards. He and his wife, Molli, live in Mobile, Alabama.
