Overview
This bestselling textbook on biblical preaching is a contemporary classic in the field. It offers students, pastors, and Bible teachers expert guidance in the development and delivery of expository sermons.
This new edition provides resources, methods, and advice for new generations of students and pastors. It has been revised and updated throughout by Scott Wenig, professor emeritus of applied theology and Haddon W. Robinson Chair of Biblical Preaching at Denver Seminary. Wenig adds a step to the preaching method that has been widely accepted and utilized by Robinson's former students. The book also includes a foreword by Torrey Robinson.
"[An] outstanding introduction to the task of preparing and presenting biblical sermons. Robinson's 'Big Idea' preaching has shaped the thinking of thousands of expository preachers and been the major influence on many of those who teach preaching in today's classrooms."--Preaching
This new edition provides resources, methods, and advice for new generations of students and pastors. It has been revised and updated throughout by Scott Wenig, professor emeritus of applied theology and Haddon W. Robinson Chair of Biblical Preaching at Denver Seminary. Wenig adds a step to the preaching method that has been widely accepted and utilized by Robinson's former students. The book also includes a foreword by Torrey Robinson.
"[An] outstanding introduction to the task of preparing and presenting biblical sermons. Robinson's 'Big Idea' preaching has shaped the thinking of thousands of expository preachers and been the major influence on many of those who teach preaching in today's classrooms."--Preaching
Table of Contents
Foreword by Torrey Robinson
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
1. The Case for Expository Preaching
2. What's the Big Idea?
3. Tools of the Trade
4. The Road from Text to Sermon
5. The Arrow and the Target
6. The Shapes Sermons Take
7. Making Dry Bones Live
8. Start with a Bang and Quit All Over
9. The Dress of Thought
10. How to Preach So People Will Listen
A Final Word
Sample Sermon and Evaluation
Student Exercises
Answers to Student Exercises
Indexes
Preface to the Fourth Edition
Preface to the Third Edition
1. The Case for Expository Preaching
2. What's the Big Idea?
3. Tools of the Trade
4. The Road from Text to Sermon
5. The Arrow and the Target
6. The Shapes Sermons Take
7. Making Dry Bones Live
8. Start with a Bang and Quit All Over
9. The Dress of Thought
10. How to Preach So People Will Listen
A Final Word
Sample Sermon and Evaluation
Student Exercises
Answers to Student Exercises
Indexes
Endorsements
“I have used Biblical Preaching since it came out in its first edition. Robinson’s commitment to expository preaching with high contemporary relevance is the foundation for effective pulpit ministry, and the fourth edition strengthens this foundation even more. The new section on the theological idea is most welcome, as are the updated references to North American culture. I plan to finish my career teaching homiletics with Biblical Preaching as my textbook of choice.”
Jeffrey Arthurs, Robinson Chair of Preaching and Communication, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
“I am blessed to say that Haddon Robinson taught me how to preach. The fact that his influential homiletics textbook, Biblical Preaching, is in its fourth edition is no surprise. It’s clear, compelling, and clever. Robinson had such a way with words and images, in many ways he was a preacher par excellence. Read this book and soak in all you can on how to preach the Bible from one of the greatest preachers in recent history.”
Matthew D. Kim, George W. Truett Endowed Chair in Preaching and Evangelism, George W. Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University; author of Preaching with Cultural Intelligence and coeditor of The Big Idea Companion for Preaching and Teaching
“I am beyond grateful for a new edition of Haddon Robinson’s classic textbook on expository preaching. Scott Wenig has done a masterful job updating it. The genius of Biblical Preaching is that it teaches preachers to think deeply about the text, about their listeners, and about how to proclaim the text and its big idea in a clear, compelling way. This updated edition will serve veteran preachers who need a boost and aspiring preachers who need the basics.”
Steven D. Mathewson, adjunct professor in preaching and biblical studies, Western Seminary, Portland, Oregon; author of The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative and The Art of Preaching Old Testament Poetry
“Haddon Robinson’s lifelong passion for relevant biblical preaching demands that his classic work be refreshed for the contemporary world. Scott Wenig’s lifelong devotion to practicing and teaching Robinson’s approach gives him credibility for the task! Wenig’s seamless enhancements and timely updates ensure that the next generation of preachers—as well as those who have been at it for a while—will effectively communicate biblical truth applied to everyday life in an ever-changing world.”
Bryan Wilkerson, senior pastor, Grace Chapel, Lexington, Massachusetts
“What is it that preachers do when they prepare a sermon? Robinson answers that question with clarity, wisdom, and wit for new preachers and seasoned preachers alike. But this book has always been about more than stages and phases. It deals with one’s approach or attitude toward Scripture. The preaching that’s most needed in pulpits today is the kind that comes from preachers who bend their thought to Scripture, not vice versa, while taking the listener seriously. Biblical Preaching is one of those evergreen titles. Its relevance is lasting. That’s because the faithful preaching of God’s Word continues to change lives. There’s nothing more relevant than that.”
Patricia Batten, assistant professor of preaching, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
Author
Haddon W. Robinson
Haddon W. Robinson (1931-2017; PhD, University of Illinois) served as the Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He was the author of numerous books, including It's All in How You Tell It and Making a Difference in Preaching.