Luke A. Powery
“This book is an honest reflection on the Christian life for those who know tear-stained hope as their food day and night. Andre Resner tells the truth and nothing but the truth about the gospel and God. It is a literary testimony to the persistence of a loving and just God amid times of sorrow and joy. There's no fluff here, just the raw faith of living in the presence of a crucified God.”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“Like an open tomb that extends into an open future, Brad Braxton reveals the liberating and life-giving present and future of God as a capacious and gracious broad meadow. Rooted in the tradition of the unknown black bards, Braxton presses the church to be open like the enslaved singing seers and preach, 'There's room for many-a more.' If you are finished with the old fences of theology and yearn for a new promised land of humanity, this book is for you!”
Ethics, Culture & Social Issues
“With a 'sanctified stubbornness,' holy hope, and fierce faith, pastor and political scientist Andrew Wilkes puts forth an expansive, imaginative, inclusive, and inspiring vision for the possibility of an economic democracy within a beloved community. In resistance to the myth of scarcity, he inscribes the truth about God's abundance in the world through a hospitable spirit in which there is always plenty good room for all flesh. Take and read, and you will be filled with prophetic hope.”
Preaching from Inside the Story
Preaching & Worship
“Frymire . . . ushers preachers into a greater interdisciplinary understanding of narrative in both theory and practice with the hope that they would ‘tell the story’ of the gospel more faithfully and effectively. A gifted storytelling preacher himself, I can think of no better teacher for this topic than Frymire. This book is a gift, and readers will come away excited and ignited by a fresh holy breath of creativity.”
Preaching & Worship
“Thompson not only offers meaningful engagement with preaching but extends an invitation to readers to think deeply about faith and life in the world. If you desire to preach and embody what matters most in the world, this is God's gift to you.”
Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 1
Preaching & Worship
“This curated volume of a diverse cohort of scholars reveals the diverse theologies of preaching embedded in historical theological families. It reminds readers that preaching is never acontextual and always theological, not merely rhetorical. Readers will learn implicitly how just as there is not one theology of preaching, but theologies of preaching across traditions, there are various vibrant Christianities in the world.”
Preaching the Manifold Grace of God, Volume 2
Preaching & Worship
“This helpful homiletical resource explores theologies of preaching from diverse contemporary perspectives, illuminating the richness of the proclamation of the gospel in the church. It is a true gift, because the breadth of contemporary theological perspectives in this book is a revelation of the breadth and beauty of God.”
Preaching & Worship
“Just as diverse as the historical, cultural, and linguistic sources of the Bible are, so are the ways to interpret it. Karoline Lewis, the homiletical hermeneut, is an expert guide to the various approaches to biblical interpretation for the purpose of preaching. More than a summary of each approach and exploring its homiletical impact, Lewis offers readers a generous, humble reading of how ‘the other’ interprets Scripture to humanize those who have often been dehumanized in the wider society. I can think of no other better biblical scholar-preacher to invite us on this liberating tour of love for God, neighbor, and the pulpit.”
Preaching with Cultural Intelligence
Church Leadership & Ministry
“In this brave, vulnerable book, professor and preacher Matthew Kim reminds us that homiletics also includes diverse humans, both preachers and listeners. He names the elephant in many congregational rooms and aims to prepare preachers to become more culturally intelligent as a means to being more faithful to God and the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is an essential text for anyone who takes seriously the call to love our neighbors through preaching, regardless of denominations, ethnicities, genders, locations, and religions. Readers will step away from these pages with the renewed realization that cultural exegesis not only is important for sermon preparation but is an act of love.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“From master teacher, preacher, and scholar, Richard Lischer, we receive the gift of a close and faithful reading of the parables. His perspective illuminates the parables’ potency for any human condition, whether poor or privileged. These stories told by Jesus still speak today and are not only to be read but also lived out in the world. Beware, reader—this is not just an interpretation; this is faith-filled gospel proclamation!”
Church Leadership & Ministry
“Scholar and professor Matthew D. Kim offers a theologically rich, biblically astute, culturally attuned, spiritually rooted, and communicationally aware introduction to homiletics. It will make you ready to preach but also, perhaps more importantly, ready to worship the triune God. More than an introduction to preaching, it is an introduction to how preaching is ultimately doxology. Read these pages and you will be ushered into prayer and praise: 'Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost.”
Preaching & Worship
“Throughout the history of preaching, there have been preachers who proclaim the gospel in a musical fashion. They chant, intone, or sing their sermons, literally. Noel Snyder takes readers deeper than historical practice to a theological and methodological framework for engaging homiletical theory through the lens of musicology. Like a musical homiletician, he teaches us how preaching makes music through synchrony, repetition, and teleology. Like a sermonic conductor, he directs us in the gospel symphony of Jesus Christ that is a melody we all should sing. Like a pastoral musician, Snyder leads us to recognize that the melodious good news in the pulpit should be the faithful reverberation of the musical tune of doxology on the altar of our hearts. This book is a must-read for those who desire to practice a hymnic homiletic.”
Preaching & Worship
“Homiletician Joni Sancken ushers preachers to the heart of the gospel beating at the foot of the cross and outside the empty tomb of the resurrection. This is a straightforward, courageous guide that will help readers no longer stumble over the cross or stutter when speaking of the resurrection. Rather, it will position one to stand firmly on the solid rock to proclaim Jesus Christ, crucified and risen. I'm so glad I stumbled across this book!”
Arts & Literature
“In this collection of truth-telling poetry, Harold Recinos weeps with love for the dehumanized and marginalized of society. He laments over injustice, yet he does more than this. He dreams of a more luminous future and hopes amid human hurts until he can say in the end, literally, ‘Amen!’ If you desire to be lit by the fire of a just God, read this book. These poems are from the tongue of a prophet.”
Preaching & Worship
“This book is a refreshing look at worship as political practice. Adam Hearlson is provocative, poetic, and prophetic. He reveals that worship is more than rites but can be righteous through its subversive nature. He calls us to enter the transformational milieu of doxological subversion to be formed to say a ‘holy no’ to oppression and injustice, which is actually a ‘holy yes’ to God.”
Preaching & Worship
“This collection of sermons by a leading, Asian-American, Pentecostal theologian, Amos Yong, will set your hearts and minds on fire with the Holy Spirit. The homiletical focus of these sermons not only centers on the holistic work of the Spirit in the church and world, but they are fueled by the Spirit of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Read these and your spiritual burning will be matched by intellectual learning from one of the major theological thinkers in our time.”
Biblical Studies & Commentaries
“In a bifurcated world, biblical scholar Stephen Chapman bridges historical ancient society and contemporary reality, meticulous scriptural exegesis and ecclesial liturgical practice. With sensitive attunement to pastoral life within congregations, Chapman offers a literary blessing about the meaning of the Priestly Blessing in Numbers 6. This book is an implicit call for Christians not only to understand more fully what a blessing is but to practice blessing others more faithfully in the world. The biblical passage under discussion is a ‘touchtone text,’ but this book is one as well because it touches a hurting world with a timely message: ‘The Lord bless you.”
Preaching & Worship
“Readers will come away with a fresh understanding of the contribution the whole body of Christ can make to the ministry of preaching. The People's Sermon is an invitation for us all to walk together on the road of gospel proclamation.”
NOTE: Only includes books currently in our catalog; not necessarily a complete list.
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