Joel C. Gregory

Essentials for Biblical Preaching

Preaching & Worship

“A masterful, practical, biblical perspective on the essentials of preaching. This book is born out of the author’s balanced ministry of classroom work and pulpit preaching. Beginning students will find here stepping stones toward the task of proclamation. Active pulpiteers will discover refreshment in the midst of weekly pressures of pulpit work. All of us have in this volume a new challenge to the most demanding task in the kingdom of God. I commend the volume without reservation.”

Learning from a Legend

Preaching & Worship

“Rare it is that while blood is still running warm in the human body that a preacher already belongs to the ages. Only a few names belong in that pantheon of pulpit royalty. Spurgeon, MacLaren, Chrysostom and a small coterie of Christian preachers belong to those stamped with pulpit immortality while yet living. Alongside those names firmly fixed forever is that of Rev. Dr. Gardner C. Taylor. Now he has joined that great cloud of witnesses up there somewhere. His name was already mentioned with their names. The man who loved to read MacLaren has now joined that Scott in heaven. Wouldn't you like to hear that conversation? Dr. Alcantara offers here not an encomium of praise only but also a way for us mere mortals to relate to this pulpit paragon. The mighty peal of the concerto that was Gardner C. Taylor's life can set chords vibrating in our own lives. Alcantara has let us into the concert hall so that somewhere in the gallery we feel the floorboards rattling in our lives with the thunder of Taylor's preaching.”

Let the Legends Preach

Preaching & Worship

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Moving Forward After Messing Up

Christian Living

“Chris Rappazini offers a contemporary, fresh, readable, and applicable approach for those who messed up, which is every human on this planet at some time. His treatment is illustrated, biblical, merciful, and hopeful. The chapters themselves are just the length needed in this distracted time while sufficiently covering the subject. Chris strikes the right balance between Christian discipline and redemption. He does not excuse the biblical or contemporary characters, but he does offer the hope of a way out and up. You either know someone or know yourself well enough to hand this book to them—not with a patronizing hand from above but with a friendly touch from alongside.”

No Program but Time, No Book but the Bible

Discipleship & Christian Education

“It is often that some students admire a professor in the classroom. It is less often that they find a friend and mentor during their seminary days. It is even yet more extraordinary to weigh the impact of Dr. Scott Gibson on the lives of so many for so long. Years after leaving the academy they pay tribute to an adult lifetime of mentorship. Firm, fair, faithful, and gracious has been his abiding influence in the lives of so many. Such as this grants him the promised ‘abundant entrance.’”

Right Parables, Wrong Perspectives

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Sam Tsang brings to the parables in Luke a striking and vivid combination of historical background, creative recasting, and an intuition for Luke's major concerns as the gospel for the marginalized. . . . He creates a new interest in these stories, the meaning of which is mysterious enough to tease the mind into thought.”

Your Life is God's Story

Christian Living

“Tim Dilena offers a rare and wonderful treasure, letting you in on insights that have been undiscovered by so many who need infusions of hope and courage. This book tells of real lives in Scripture, revival history, and contemporary culture. And it also tells of your life and your story—which is God’s story. William (Winkie) Pratney, author and youth evangelist In this pastoral, powerful, and inspirational Bible-based book, Tim Dilena reaches back to the biblical world, takes its characters by the hand, and leads them into our world. This book is not just a window through which you see past lives; it is a lens through which you see your own life mapped over these lives. If you are discouraged, you will find encouragement. If you are plagued with failure, you will be healed. If you have lost your compass, this book will show you true spiritual north. The energetic, warm, and winsome pastor that is Tim Dilena infuses this book with heartfelt compassion.”