Moody Handbook of Preaching Book

Acknowledgments     9
Introduction     11
Forming a Philosophy of Preaching
Losing the Center   John Koessler     15
Why Expository Preaching?   Michael Easley     27
The Sermon in Public Worship   H. E. Singley III     39
Applying Scripture to Contemporary Life   Winfred Omar Neely     55
Why I Love to Preach   Joseph M. Stowell     67
Evangelism and Preaching   George Sweeting     79
How Women Hear the Sermon   Pam MacRae     93
Preparing Yourself Spiritually for the Message   Dan Green     109
Mining the Text
Preaching Historical Narrative   Michael Rydelnik     127
Preaching from Didactic Literature   David Finkbeiner     143
Preaching from the Poetic Books   Andrew J. Schmutzer     157
Preaching from the Prophets   Walter McCord     179
Using Biblical Hebrew in Sermon Preparation   Andrew J. Schmutzer     193
The Use and Abuse of Greek in Preaching   Gerald W. Peterman     211
Illustrating Truth
The Power of Comparison   John Koessler     225
Felling the Devil   Rosaliede Rosset     237
History: The Hidden Gold Mine   Thomas Cornman     251
Learning to Tell the Story   William Torgesen III     267
Film as a Means for Worship and Illustration   Michael Orr     279
Drama and the Sermon   Kelli Worrall     293
Using Technology to Enhance the Sermon   Paul Butler     309
Developing Methodology
Sermons that Move   Winfred Omar Neely     323
The Logic of the Sermon   Bryan O'Neal     335
Exegeting Your Audience   Michael Milco     351
Now, Deliver the Goods!   David W. Fetzer     361
Abuse It and Lose It   Terry Strandt   Jori Jennings     373
Using Bible Software to Exegete the Text   James Coakley   David Woodall     389
Index     407