A Vision for Preaching: Understanding the Heart of Pastoral Ministry

Preaching Today 2016 Book Award (Editor's Choice)

This book by a well-respected teacher of preachers develops an integrated biblical and theological vision for preaching that addresses the essentials of this most important activity in the church. Drawing on influential voices from church history, Abraham Kuruvilla reclaims what has been lost through the centuries and offers fresh insights, showing preachers what they can aim for as an ideal in their preaching. He helps preachers have a better conception of what it means to preach, a fuller understanding of the divinely granted privilege of preaching, and a greater excitement for the preaching ministry. Concluding biblical reflections reinforce the teaching of each chapter.

Abraham Kuruvilla (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is the Carl E. Bates Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He previously served as senior research professor of preaching and pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. Kuruvilla authored A Vision for Preaching (a Preaching Today Book Award winner) and Privilege the Text!: A Theological Hermeneutic for Preaching. A past president of the Evangelical Homiletics Society, he blogs regularly at homiletix.com, writes preaching commentaries, and is a practicing dermatologist.