Daniel L. Akin

Text-Driven Preaching: God's Word at the Heart of Every Sermon Daniel L. Akin

Brief Description: Collection of essays urging pastors to commit to presenting true expository preaching from the pulpit.--from publisher description. Table of Contents: Abbreviations -- Introduction / David L. Allen -- Part I. The Preacher and Text-Driven Preaching -- 1. Ancient Rhetoric: A Model for Text-Driven Preachers / Paige Patterson -- 2. A History of Text-Driven Preaching / Jim Shaddix -- 3. The Secret of Preaching with Power / Bill Bennett -- 4. The Disciplines of a Text-Driven Preacher / Ned L. Mathews -- Part II. Preparation and Text-Driven Preaching -- 5. Preparing a Text-Driven Sermon / David L. Allen -- 6. Exegesis for the Text-Driven Sermon / David Alan Black -- 7. Biblical Genres and the Text-Driven Sermon / Robert Vogel -- 8. Biblical Theology and Preaching / James M. Hamilton Jr. -- Part III. Preaching the Text-Driven Sermon -- 9. Communication Theory and Text-Driven Preaching / Hershael W. York -- 10. Delivering a Text-Driven Sermon / Adam B. Dooley, Jerry Vines -- 11. Applying a Text-Driven Sermon / Daniel L. Akin -- Conclusion / Ned L. Mathews -- Name Index -- Scripture Index. Biographical Note: Daniel L. Akin is president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. David L. Allen is dean of the School of Theology, professor of Preaching, and director of the Center of Biblical Preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Ned L. Mathews is professor emeritus of Pastoral Ministries at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Collection of essays urging pastors to commit to presenting true expository preaching from the pulpit.--from publisher description. Publisher Marketing: "Text-Driven Preaching "features essays by Daniel L. Akin, Paige Patterson, David Alan Black, Jerry Vines, Hershael York, David L. Allen, Bill Bennett, Ned L. Mathews, Robert Vogel, and Jim Shaddix urging pastors to commit to presenting true expository preaching from the pulpit. Concerned over what some church leaders even consider to be expository preaching today, they agree, "This book rests firmly on the biblical and theological foundation for exposition: God has spoken."Capturing the urgency and spirit of these writings in the book's preface, co-editor Allen notes, "The church today is anemic spiritually for many reasons, but one of the major reasons has to be the loss of biblical content in so much of contemporary preaching. Pop psychology substitutes for the Word of God . . . in the headlong rush to be relevant, "People "magazine and popular television shows have replaced Scripture as sermonic resources."

Contributor Bio:  Allen, David L David Allen is dean of the School of Theology, professor of Preaching, and director of the Center of Biblical Preaching at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas.