Preaching with Bold Assurance: A Solid and Enduring Approach to Engaging Exposition
Overview
Preachers are under the biblical mandate to preach with conviction, passion, and in a way that the Word of God engages the audience and grips their hearts. Preaching with Bold Assurance will equip preachers to do just that. York and Decker provide preachers with a practical tool to help them use their minds, mouths, and beings to communicate effectively. Preachers will learn the tools for powerful and effective communication based on biblical truth and proven concepts from the business world so they can preach boldly and skillfully. The authors present three elements for effective preaching: understand the text; build the sermon; and engage the audience.
Top Highlights
“If you get nothing else from this book, understand this: sermons are not about just imparting information. They should be custom-built to change lives. We don’t want to fill their heads; we want the proclamation of the Word to grip their souls and motivate them to conform to the will of God. Our approach to the Bible and to preaching, therefore, has application as its ultimate goal. Application is what makes the Bible come alive and makes sermons practical.” (Page 11)
“Learn now a principle that will be repeated in this book and that should haunt every moment spent in study and in the pulpit: the way you handle the Word in the pulpit is the way your people will handle the Word in their lives.” (Page 20)
“If the Bible is the Word of God, then preaching is speaking God’s words. The purpose of preaching is to lay bare the meaning of a passage, to present its application, and to show its relevance to the audience.” (Page 22)
“Our job is more than just explaining the text. Our job is to make it vibrant, fresh, and accessible.” (Page 7)
“Error #2. If one great failure of preaching is giving content without application, the other great blunder of preaching is being only emotional in our presentation, making an emotional connection that is devoid of biblical truth.” (Page 14)
Praise for the Print Edition
[This book] could well have been titled ‘The Answer’. Many Christians have long sought and desired an ability to communicate their faith in a powerful yet acceptable, non-threatening way. Bert Decker and Hershael York have combined their special expertise with powerful support from God’s Word to give Christians the courage and know-how to…let their faith shine through the power of Christ.
—Zig Ziglar, Author, Motivational Teacher
Product Details
- Title: Preaching with Bold Assurance: A Solid and Enduring Approach to Engaging Exposition
- Author: Hershael York
- Publisher: Broadman and Holman
- Publication Date: 2003
- Pages: 287
About Hershael York
Hershael York is Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kentucky. He has written many articles and features for several publications.