A Legacy of Preaching: Two-Volume Set---Apostles to the Present Day

A Legacy of Preaching, Two-Volume Set--Apostles to the Present Day explores the history and development of preaching through a biographical and theological examination of its most important preachers. Instead of teaching the history of preaching from the perspective of movements and eras, each contributor tells the story of a particular preacher in history, allowing these preachers from the past to come alive and instruct us through their lives, theologies, and methods of preaching.

Each chapter introduces readers to a key figure in the history of preaching, followed by an analysis of the theological views that shaped their preaching, their methodology of sermon preparation and delivery, and an appraisal of the significant contributions they have made to the history of preaching. This diverse collection of familiar and lesser-known individuals provides a detailed and fascinating look at what it has meant to communicate the gospel over the past two thousand years. By looking at how the gospel has been communicated over time and across different cultures, pastors, scholars, and homiletics students can enrich their own understanding and practice of preaching for application today.

Volume One covers the period from the apostles to the Puritans and profiles thirty preachers including:



Origen of Alexandria by Stephen O. Presley
John Chrysostom by Paul A. Hartog
Augustine of Hippo by Edward L. Smither
Gregory the Great by W. Brian Shelton
Bernard of Clairvaux by Elizabeth Hoare
Francis of Assisi by Timothy D. Holder
Saint Bonaventure by G. R. Evans
Meister Eckhart by Daniel Farca?
John Huss by Mark A. Howell
Martin Luther by Robert Kolb
John Calvin by Anthony N. S. Lane
Jonathan Edwards by Gerald R. McDermott
John Wesley by Michael Pasquarello III
George Whitefield by Bill Curtis and Timothy McKnight
and many more

Volume Two covers the period from the Enlightenment to the present day and profiles thirty-one preachers including:



Catherine Booth by Roger J. Green
Charles Haddon Spurgeon by Thomas J. Nettles
Henry Ward Beecher by Michael Duduit
John Albert Broadus by Hershael W. York
D. L. Moody by Gregg L. Quiggle
Billy Sunday by Kristopher K. Barnett
Karl Barth by William H. Willimon
Dietrich Bonhoeffer by Keith W. Clements
D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones by Carl Trueman
John Stott by Greg R. Scharf
Harry Emerson Fosdick by Dwayne Milioni
Aimee Semple McPherson by Aaron Friesen
Gardner C. Taylor by Alfonza W. Fulwood and Robert Smith Jr.
Billy Graham by John N. Akers
Martin Luther King Jr. by Alfonza W. Fulwood, Dennis R. McDonald, and Anil Sook Deo
J. I. Packer by Leland Ryken and Benjamin Hernandez
and many more