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Text-Driven Preaching: God's Word at the Heart of Every Sermon Paperback – Illustrated, July 1, 2010
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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.”
- Print length320 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherB&H Academic
- Publication dateJuly 1, 2010
- Dimensions6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
- ISBN-100805449604
- ISBN-13978-0805449600
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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.
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- Publisher : B&H Academic; Illustrated edition (July 1, 2010)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0805449604
- ISBN-13 : 978-0805449600
- Item Weight : 15.2 ounces
- Dimensions : 6 x 0.7 x 9 inches
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Jim Hamilton is Professor of Biblical Theology at Southern Seminary and senior pastor at Kenwood Baptist Church.
He blogs at www.jimhamilton.info, and you can follow him on twitter @DrJimHamilton.
"Hamilton's work represents biblical theology at its best."
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“I was riveted. Never do I sit down and read sixty pages of ANY book that I get in the mail. But I could not stop—could not stop reading and could not stop rejoicing over God’s Glory in Salvation through Judgment. It is the kind of overview of redemptive history Edwards wanted to write. It’s what I hoped would be written.”
--John Piper
Dr. Hershael W. York has served as the 11th dean of Southern Seminary’s School of Theology since 2018, and as the Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching since 1999. York is author of "40 Days in 1 Corinthians" and co-author of "Speaking with Bold Assurance" and "Preaching with Bold Assurance", and has written dozens of articles in journals and online publications. His preaching has been featured in Preaching Today as among the best in North America, and he has twice preached at the International Congress on preaching in Cambridge, England. Additionally, York is the host of the "Pastor Well" podcast, dedicated to helping those who serve the Church of the Lord Jesus Christ be faithful in their ministry.
He currently serves as the senior pastor of Buck Run Baptist Church in Frankfort, Kentucky, where he has led the 200-year-old church in growth that necessitated relocation to a 100-acre campus and new facilities. York frequently ministers internationally, especially in Brazil, where his father was a missionary. Before joining the faculty of Southern Seminary, York pastored the Ashland Avenue Baptist Church in Lexington and the First Baptist Church of Marion, Arkansas.
Tanya, his wife of twenty-nine years, is an engaging speaker at women’s conferences, and they have two sons, Michael and Seth both involved in ministry. They are the proud grandparents of five grandchildren.
York holds a B.A. in English and Classical Civilizations from the University of Kentucky, where he also earned a Master of Arts in Classical Languages. He received a Master of Divinity and also a Doctor of Philosophy in Greek and New Testament from the Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Customers find the book provides helpful biblical applications and practical advice for preachers. They describe it as a fantastic book with an easy-to-read style that helps them understand the text in new ways. Readers appreciate the few challenging areas of jargon, which are well worth the richness of the content.
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- Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2019Has God really spoken? Do we really believe that? How should that drive the way we preach? Text Driven Preaching is a book that is centered on promoting preaching based on the biblical text. The book is not the work on one person, but rather is a compilation of articles written by 12 different men. The editors of the book are Southern Baptists, and this may cause some Independent Fundamental Baptists to shun or avoid it, but this book has things spot on that MANY IFB preachers need to take heed to. The editors are all professors at Seminaries and one of the contributors, Jerry Vines, has written several books on preaching. The book does seem to somewhat hurt itself by quoting people like Rick Warren from time to time. In fact Rick Warren’s presence in the book seems somewhat to serve as a slap in the face to the whole concept of the book which is preaching that is directed by the Biblical text. This is in opposition to Rick Warrens philosophy of having a ministry that is based on the desires and felt needs of the people.
Text Driven Preaching can be summed up as an an evaluation and explanation of all the aspects and implications that stem from the simple truth that God has spoken through the text of scripture. It is this philosophy that drives the book, and this foundation is certainly a solid biblical foundation and sadly to say in our day and age it is simply forgotten. This book drew out so many thoughtful and helpful applications of that biblical foundation and it took this foundation and made it very practical. Most of the material was very relevant and helpful in the goal of the book, however the first chapter on rhetoric seemed very out of place and did not seem very relevant to the thesis of the book. There were a lot of aspects and topics that stemmed out of the position that God has spoken such as outlining your sermon in accordance with the structure of the text itself, there was a lot of emphasis and focus put on analyzing the text when preparing, there was a looking at the different genre, there was an emphasis on context of the text, etc.
The book introduction made some very sound and foundational points that really set the stage well and helps the reader become ready to really soak in and accept the things that are taught later on. Perhaps the most helpful section is a quote that contains the words “The preacher submits to the authority of the text” (Pg. 7). It was refreshing to see that the authors understood that “text-driven preaching is not enslaved to artificial outlining techniques..” (Pg 7). This book helped this writer more than any other book on preaching simply because its foundation was so thoroughly biblical and the applications to preaching all stemmed from that foundation. It is this foundation that really makes this book stand out from other books on preaching, which tend to stem more for pragmatic thinking rather than biblical theology. For example, in one section the one of the authors makes a point to emphasize that when outlining and preaching it is not text driven to major our sermon points on supporting clauses and phrases, seeing as how they are just that, supporting clauses and phrases.
The book is written in a fair easy to understand format and style, however there are some sections that seemed to be overly technical, particularly some sections with heavy linguistic jargon. Some of it was difficult or this writer and he has a background in linguistics! To be fair though the majority of the book is written in a comfortable and easy to read vocabulary and style. The few hard areas of jargon are well worth the richness in which the book applied the biblical truth that God has spoken.
the First chapter on rhetoric does not seem to really flow well with the thesis and could have been left out. Chapter 2 would have served as a better choice for the first chapter as it laid out good historical examples that would have served to support the thesis much better. The chapter on Rhetoric seems out of place because of its focus on the character of the preacher whereas Chapter 2 focused more on encouraging the reader about text driven preaching using historical examples of preaching such as the church fathers, protestant leaders, and even modern times.
Chapter 3 provides a well needed balance to the rest of the book, the rest of book tends to be somewhat mechanical and analytical so this chapter emphasizing the Holy Spirit and the power of God is helpful. The book does teach an error that the water of John 3:5 is the word of God, context however, makes clear that it is contrasting physical birth with spiritual.
Chapter 4 was another chapter that seemed out of place with the book. This chapter emphasized the character of the preacher. This does not fit well with the rest of the content of the book, and should probably have been left to other books or studies on pastoral qualifications. It definitely does not really fit well in it’s placement either.
Part II of the book is what makes it stand out. There is a plethora of both philosophical application of the thesis and practical application of that philosophy. For example “expository preaching emerges…. as a theological outgrowth of a high view of inspiration”. While the section in chapter 5 does have a lot of linguistic jargon, it is extremely helpful in pointing out how grammatical features communicate God’s word. This section contains jewel statements such as “Lexical meaning not only is inherent in words themselves but it also determined by their relationship to other words in context”. The book is worthwhile to read simply for that statement alone. That statement should be read and pondered and meditated on frequently and applied to every preacher’s bible study and teaching. This section contained an excellent 12 Step method for preparing sermons that is very helpful for staying textual and it even has a wonderful example of walking through this method with 1 John 2:15-17. There is not space to rehash everything in that example, but it did sound job showing how grammatical construction should be used to structure main points and sub points in a sermon… all based on textual grammar features from the biblical text.
It is very alarming to see in chapter 6 avorably quotation and reference to Bruce Metzger seeing as how this man has serious problems with his bibliology. (Pg. 144) There is a helpful section here on word fallacies. It’s also said to say that this section supports the rationalistic document hypothesis theory of the Gospels. (Pg. 151) But this section does have some great examples of areas of analysis for Hebrews 12:1-2.
There is a section on literary genres, though honestly it did not seem very engaging or interesting. There is also a section on Biblical Theology, however the author of this section seemed to over allegorize some of the stories of the Old Testament and these allegories seemed to somewhat contradict the main point of the book which is sticking to the text. This section did however have some good thoughts about being aware of phrases and words that are used through the scriptures and encouraging the reader to take note of those in his bible study. The closing chapters majored on the actual preaching of the word. The inclusion of the communication model was very elementary and was extremely boring to read and did not seem to help though some others might find it helpful. There was a helpful section on explaining the need to preach for a change of mind as opposed to external conformity.
Overall the book does a good job of giving you practical helps based on the foundation of the doctrine of inspiration, it is much more than simply a book with a bunch of pragmatic tips for teaching and preaching. This book could be helpful to many Pastors and Teachers.
- Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2023I started reading this book just out of mere curiosity (two of the contributors are teachers in the Seminary I studied). But the more I read, the more I find this is an invaluable tool for preachers. Each chapter adds to the preaching task. From spiritual preparation to the use of original languages to the importance of Biblical Theology to the way(s) of proclamation, this book is a great treasure in a small dress.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2015In our 20-30 year old men's group we started a class on Tuesday night going through this book. What an amazing insight on text-driven preaching. I dove in the word more in depth than ever and feel able to read and break down text and use it to convey the idea to an audience the way God meant. MUST READ
- Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2019This is awesome and I use this for my class in college. If you want an education in exegesis and doctrine, get this, save the 10 thousand for college. I've kept all of my books and would have learned more from them alone than paying for college, although it was nice to have the feedback from the professor on whether I'm on track or not. But really, this book is terrific for learning at a college level. Easy to read and follow. You could teach Wed. night classes on these chapters.
- Reviewed in the United States on March 1, 2016fantastic book
- Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2017This is a must read for all seminarians & pastors. As a recent seminary graduate in Christian Apologetics I had not taken any preaching courses, except for Pulpit Apologetics which was sadly more political than useful.
However, with this book I felt like I was sitting at the feet of "world-class experts" who unashamedly shared their wisdom and passion. All 11 authors/chapters were EXCELLENT. This book will be a forever reference used to train and gauge myself in all preaching events.
- Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2010On pages 19-20 one of the authors devotes three paragraphs to "The Preachers Walk With God." The longest of the three paragraphs is devoted to the necessity of wearing a coat and tie when preaching. To his credit, the author made some allowances for missiological contexts. But this discussion was un-necessary...and is out of place under the heading of "The Preachers Walk with God."
There were some other comments that bothered me...such as page 213 "one must be able to read Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek if one wants to do Biblical theology." I have been to seminary and have studied these languages (except Aramaic). But what about the large number of pastors who have not...like our bi-vocational brothers? Can they not be "Text-Driven" preahers?
The overall content of this book was wonderful. And I deeply respect many of the contributors...especially Dr Akin. But some of the comments (like the ones noted above...and others) causes me some frustration and takes away from the overall impact of the book.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2013If you are new to preaching this is a great book for you. It will help you see the text in a way you would have never thought possible. Absolutely a great book.