Bible Personalities: A Treasury of Insights for Personal Growth and Ministry

by Warren W. Wiersbe

Publisher:

Baker

, 2005

Overview

A good biographical example can captivate listeners and impart a strong message. But many times these effective examples are hard to find, requiring in-depth research and more time than a busy pastor or teacher can spare.

Internationally known writer and former pastor Warren W. Wiersbe offers a valuable resource for effective sermon and lecture preparation. Opening up the lives of Bible heroes and heroines—from the well-known names such as Abraham and Jeremiah to the lesser-known Demas and Zedekiah—Wiersbe presents a wealth of helpful information in an encyclopedic format that’s easy to read and easy to implement. Each entry includes a description of the context in which that person lived as well as how they related to others and to God. Quotes from respected Bible scholars demonstrate how these biographies have captivated audiences around the world.

Exploring Bible biographies is a perennial teaching technique. Through the lives of biblical characters, listeners and students can experience life change through their example. With Bible Personalities as your guide, you will discover how to deliver a message that will resonate with you to the core.

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Key Features

• Contains inspiration to renew strength and purpose
• Provides material well suited for sermons
• Includes over 50 different biographies of influential people in biblical history

Contents

• Part 1 The Biographical Sermon
  • Biographical Preaching Is Important
  • Biographical Preaching Is Serious
  • Biographical Preaching Requires a Prepared Preacher
  • Biographical Preaching Demands Thorough Preparation
  • Preaching a Biographical Series
• Part 2 Resources for the Biographical Sermon
  • Aaron
  • Richard Trench (1807–1886)
  • Aaron and Hur
  • Abel
  • Abraham
  • Achan
  • Adam
  • Agrippa
  • Ahab
  • Ananias
  • Ananias and Sapphira
  • Andrew
  • Balaam
  • Barnabas
  • Baruch
  • Boaz
  • Caiaphas
  • Cain
  • Caleb
  • Cornelius
  • Damaris
  • Daniel
  • David
  • And many more . . .

Product Details

• Title: Bible Personalities: A Treasury of Insights for Personal Growth and Ministry
• Author: Warren W. Wiersbe
• Publisher: Baker
• Publication Date: 2005
• Pages: 208

About Warren W. Wiersbe

Warren W. Wiersbe (1929–2019) was an internationally known Bible teacher and pastor. He studied at Indiana University and Northern Baptist Theological Seminary and taught at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and Grand Rapids Theological Seminary.

In 2002, Wiersbe was awarded the Jordon Lifetime Achievement Award by the Evangelical Christian Publishers Association. He was the former pastor of three churches, including The Moody Church.

For 10 years Wiersbe served as general director and Bible teacher for the Back to the Bible radio broadcast. He wrote more than 150 books, including the popular Old Testament "Be" Series and New Testament "Be" Series of expositional Bible studies, which has sold more than four million copies, and The Strategy of Satan.