Preaching

“A lifetime of preaching and teaching the art of preaching crackles and pops in this bonfire of a book. In sentences of heat and light—blazing passion, luminous intelligence—Calvin Miller, one of our best preachers and writers, tells us what he does best—and why and how.”

Eugene Peterson

“Calvin Miller understands preaching. He understands that it is about the heart as well as the mind, about the imaginative as well as the rational, about reaching people as well as teaching the Word, about exegeting a culture as well as expounding a text, and about painting an image as well as stating a proposition. Most of all he understands that preaching is a work of the Spirit who will not be harnessed by our conventions, but who will bless those compelled to tell his story with a pastor’s care for souls, an apologist’s zeal for truth, and a poet’s ear for his culture’s heartbeat. Calvin Miller has long been the poet of preachers; now he comes as a master storyteller to teach us how to tell the gospel to a generation thirsting for narratives to explain our world.”

Bryan Chapell

“If you are a preacher, read this book! Calvin Miller has a lot to say about preaching, and he says it well. Preaching: The Art of Narrative Exposition may take a few hours to read, but it can change your preaching for a lifetime.”

Haddon Robinson

“Calvin Miller is a talented preacher and teacher of preachers, and his own gifts are on display in this outstanding volume. Miller’s book is filled with practical insights that reflect his own rich experience in the pulpit, and his work on narrative exposition is an important contribution that will help both novice and veteran preachers explore new approaches to proclaiming biblical truth. Any preacher’s work will be strengthened by a careful reading of Miller’s excellent new book.”

Michael Duduit

“In this book, Calvin Miller offers an insightful and thought-provoking perspective on one of the central issues facing twenty-first-century preachers: the critical right-brain/left-brain balance in sermon preparation and delivery. Equally important, he shows preachers how to incorporate his perspective in their sermons. For that reason, Preaching: The Art of Narrative Exposition promises to be an often-consulted preaching resource for a long time to come.”

Argile Smith

“He will encourage you to take risks, to explore new ways of crafting a sermon that will be memorable as well as biblically substantive. This is a journey every preacher should take.”

Reg Grant

“It’s a homiletical autobiography! It communicates the heart and passion of a great preacher as he reveals how he preaches.”

David Osborn

“Preaching: The Art of Narrative Exposition firmly establishes Calvin Miller as one of the preeminent homileticians of the past half century. Based on decades of solid work in the study and personal experience in the pulpit, this book is simply marvelous. Informative, inspirational, and utterly engaging, it’s a must-read for all who are involved in the ongoing challenge of biblical preaching in a postmodern culture!”

Scott Wenig

“For students and preachers of the Word who desire to turn the ink of the Bible into the blood of living experience through the art of narrative exposition, this book is a necessity and not simply a luxury.”

Robert Smith Jr.