A standard textbook on the art and craft of preaching. Craddock weaves history, theology, and hermeneutics into an exhaustive text on sermon preparation and preaching.
Painstakingly prepared for seminary students and clergy, this book answers the fundamental question: How does one prepare and deliver a sermon? Craddock's approach is practical, but also allows for concentrated study of any particular dimension of the process.
"Filled with practical wisdom. . . . A liberating book."--Richard Lischer, Duke University.
The standard textbook on the art and craft of preaching, with a new foreword by Thomas G. Long
“preaching is understood as making present and appropriate to the hearers the revelation of God” (source)
“The fact is, preaching itself is a very complex activity” (source)
“Time spent in study is never getting away from daily work but getting into daily work.” (source)
“Not with a shout, but in a whisper; that is to say, in ways not all have heard.” (source)
“the way of God’s Word in the world is the way of the sermon in the world” (source)