A Manual for Preaching by Abraham Kuruvilla
Abraham Kuruvilla is senior research professor of preaching and pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is a prolific writer in the area of homiletics and hermeneutics and has put his “ecclesiological singleness” (as he calls it) to good use for the...
A Manual for Preaching by Abraham Kuruvilla
A review of Abraham Kuruvilla’s A Manual for Preaching.
Recent Posts
What Is Expository Preaching?
We don’t all mean the same thing.
What Impression Do You Want Your Sermon to Make?
One question we must ask in assessing our preaching is this: "What are my listeners impressed with at the end of my message? Or you could put it this way: "Who are my...
Effective Preaching Begins with Obedient Listening
Effective expository preaching finds it origin and power not so much in clever construction as in detailed, obedient listening to God’s voice in the text. ~ David Jackman...
Stop Thief! (Should I Have Put That in Quotes?)
Students regularly ask me when and how to cite sources in their sermons. There is, of course, no easy, one-size-fits-all, black-and-white answer to their question. As J. D....
Fact-Checking Your Sermon Illustrations
Regardless of what you think of Roger Olson's theology, this excerpt from his book The Story of Christian Theology serves as an important reminder for preachers to...
Leaf Looking or Tree Shaking? Text, Context, and Sermon Preparation
Okay, so you have your preaching text selected for this Sunday and you're ready to dig in and start studying. Question--where should you start? Should you begin by studying...
God Is Not Boring: Preaching to Awaken God-Honoring Emotions
What is the difference between preaching that works the crowd and that which awakens God-honoring emotions? That's the question Voddie Bauchum, John Piper, and Miguel Nunez...
Preacher, Doodle. Doo.
David Prince is one of my favorite contemporary authors in the field of homiletics. His blog posts, book Church with Jesus as Hero, and dissertation on "The Necessity...