The Challenge of Preaching
Overview
John Stott, one of the great biblical preachers of our day, reflects on the principles that govern good preaching and provides practical advice to anyone who preaches. He stresses the need for careful listening, both to God’s Word and to the contemporary world, and urges that the preacher’s life supports his message. This book is a condensation of John Stott’s earlier work I Believe in Preaching. Greg Scharf has supplemented it with material that addresses more recent developments in preaching and church life.
Top Highlights
“God himself supplies the best visual aids. He wants the pastor to be a visual aid to the congregation (Titus 2:7; 1 Tim 4:12). He also wants the congregation to be a visual aid to the watching world, indeed to the whole universe (Matt 5:16; Eph 3:10–11).” (Page 9)
“Bridge-building also requires us to address the ethical and social issues that affect our hearers and the society in which we live, for the gospel is not just about our salvation but also about our sanctification.” (Page 33)
“Technique can only make us orators; if we want to be preachers, theology is what we need.” (Page 13)
“The secret of preaching is not mastering certain techniques but being mastered by certain convictions. In other words, theology is more important than methodology.” (Page 13)
“Our worship is poor because our knowledge of God is poor; our knowledge of God is poor because our preaching is poor” (Page 9)
- Title: The Challenge of Preaching
- Author: John Stott
- Edition: Abridged and updated ed.
- Publisher: Langham
- Print Publication Date: 2013
- Logos Release Date: 2015
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subject: Preaching
- ISBNs: 9781907713118, 9781907713132, 9781907713125, 9780802873354, 1907713115, 1907713131, 1907713123, 0802873359
- Resource ID: LLS:CHLLNGPRCHNG
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T22:36:45Z
John Stott is known around the world as a preacher, evangelist, and writer. He was one of the main contributors to the Lausanne Covenant (1974) and the founder of Langham Partnership, which seeks to equip a new generation of Bible teachers around the world.