O. Wesley Allen

Apocalypse When?

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“It is difficult to overemphasize the role of apocalyptic thought in the Bible, especially the New Testament. Yet one is hard-pressed to find an apocalyptic sermon in a mainline pulpit these days. Schade and Sumney, homiletician and biblical scholar, come to the rescue to help preachers bridge this gap in ways appropriate to the ancient content and relevant to the contemporary context. The combination of exegesis and homiletical application and examples on specific apocalyptic texts will help preachers discover a whole new world (pun intended) of opportunities for biblical preaching.”

Digital Homiletics

Preaching & Worship

“When the pandemic hit, preachers were forced online with little time for reflection on what we were doing. Yang now offers us a theological introduction to the "digitalized Word" and explores ten (yes, ten!) different modes of proclamation offered to online viewers. Even after congregations returned to in-person worship, online worship and preaching have become a consistent part of most of our ministries. Yang leads the way with this conversation about best online homiletical practices in a world in which no one size fits all.”

I Will Tell You the Mystery

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Allen brings to the table John the prophet, late first-century churches, empire (both past and present), process theology, contemporary congregations, and preachers. The heated conversation that ensues unravels the strange, apocalyptically coded imagery of Revelation without domesticating the mystery it offers. Sermons that grow out of this conversation will help the church resist evil and construct a new world.”

In Season

Preaching & Worship

“Here you will find the rationale for why Johnson has pursued New Testament studies with such rigor: in service to the church and its proclamation of the gospel. . . . Read these sermons by a Roman Catholic preacher because they epitomize the Protestant claim that ‘preaching the word of God is the word of God’ (Second Helvetic Confession).”

King’s Speech

Preaching & Worship

“Yang offers not just a historical review of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s theology of preaching, but reminds us of the relevance of following King’s example and homiletical approach to counter the violence of the world. A must read for all of us called to preach the prophetic edges of the gospel.”

Looking at Life through a Biblical Lens

Preaching & Worship

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

Redeeming Violent Verses

Church Leadership & Ministry

“Denial and avoidance: that’s how we usually deal with descriptions of human and divine violence in Scripture. Seibert not only allows church leaders to help their members take an honest look at biblical violence but also offers honest, healthy, and practical ways to interpret and use these texts in various tasks of ministry. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to take the whole Bible seriously in the life of the church.”

Remembering the Body

Preaching & Worship

“In this book, Travis takes the conversation about inclusion and affirmation of LGBTQ persons in the church to a new level. She offers preachers a homiletic intended to heal the whole of the Body of Christ due to ways it has done damage to others and has been damaged by its exclusionary practices.”

The Digital Pulpit

Preaching & Worship

Foreword

(wrote the foreword)

What’s Right with Preaching Today?

Preaching & Worship

“Reading this book can cause whiplash, and I mean that in the best way possible. Short remembrances of Fred Craddock lead the reader to gaze nostalgically back to the 1970s and ’80s. The longer essays about what is right with preaching today make you quickly turn your head to look toward the future of preaching. As your head turns back and forth, however, you come to realize that you have been looking in both directions at the same time all along. The essays look backward to ground where preaching is going now and needs to go in the future. And the remembrances provide hidden nuggets not only of what was good about Craddock’s preaching but what is and can be good in preaching today and beyond.”