Excellence in Preaching: Learning From the Best

What makes some preaching gripping - unforgettable even?  
What can we learn from the best preachers?  
How can we appreciate great preaching, often at the click of a mouse, without devaluing the role of the local church minister?  
"Without creating a guru mentality, I focus on one positive aspect from each preacher and offer hints on how other preachers might emulate them,"' says author Simon Vibert. He also looks at the Bible's own take on good preaching, and focuses on the exemplary models of Jesus and Paul.  
This is not a how-to manual, nor a biblical theology of preaching, nor even a critique of the subjects. Rather, it is a focus on modern-day practitioners, from whom all preachers can form a composite picture of excellence, and from whom all preachers would do well to learn.  
  
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Preaching is a dangerously high calling in which mere mortals dare to speak on behalf of God. All too often, well-intentioned preachers preach poorly. But what do good preachers do well? And what can we learn from them?Simon Vibert has studied the work of today's leading preachers with an eye for discerning the dynamics of effective preaching. Each chapter profiles a contemporary preacher and lifts out practical principles for sermons that are biblical, motivational and transformational. World-renowned preachers like Tim Keller, John Piper and Nicky Gumbel display excellence in preaching bybeing aware of cultural and philosophical challenges to the gospelinspiring a passion for the glory of God letting the Bible speak with simplicity and freshnessteaching with directness, challenge and relevanceexposing all of God's Word to all of God's peopleand much moreLearn from the best. And become the best preacher that you can be.Read less