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Title: Preaching
ISBN: 0687336481
Author:
Fred B. Craddock
Publicate Date: 1990-06
Publish: 1990-06
List Price: $22.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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1: Preaching Fred Craddock
It is a good book . He i s a little long winded and it takes him a while to get to the point
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2: An Outstanding Resource!
Fred Craddock has provided a timeless resource to current and future preachers. Not only that, this book is valuable to anyone looking for a clear and productive method for biblical studies.
"Preaching" should be read with two other resources close at hand: a Bible and a book or recordings of an exceptional preacher/sermon crafter. For me, that was Debbie Blue's Sensual Orthodoxy.
Knowing that we've come to this book hoping Craddock will reveal to us the secrets of his narrative approach, he saves that until the very end, and fills the rest of the pages with nuggets of insight that pave the way for Craddock's instruction on the actual delivery of the sermon.
Throughout, there is a sense that Craddock is "practicing what he preaches," as he employs his own methods and metaphors to illuminate the theology and practice of preaching.
I could not recommend this book any more highly.
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3: Craddock at his Best
Fred Craddock is a marvelous preacher. Having re-invented the preaching wheel in the 1970's and done so quite successfully, he turns his experience into a great book on "Preaching." This is the work of a master homiletician. Craddock's book has been on my shelf for years and there is not a week that goes by when I don't look something up in it. Perhaps the only book better for preachers is Thomas Long's book on the "Witness of Preaching." And this is arguable...An outstanding asset for the seminarian who is just learning how to put a sermon together, or for the experienced pastor who knows all too well how to put a sermon together, but perhaps needs a reminder or a refresher. This is one of those must have books!!
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4: Review of "Preaching" by Craddock
"Preaching" is one of the first books on homiletics (Preaching) that I read. I was moved to reconsider everything about my preaching - from my study to the organization of the sermon to the delivery. "Preaching" is an excellent book for the beginner or the seasoned preacher/teacher. It offers cogent advice in how to study, how to develop the sermon plot, and even how to communicate the sermon so listeners will tune in and not out.
Like all of Craddock's books, this one is filled with memorable quotes. Here is one of them: "The first thing to be sacrificed to an overload of duties and activities is time for thinking. As a result, we have more intelligent sermons than wise ones." Wouldn't this describe a number of sermons you have heard (or even preached?).
I give this book five stars and recommend it for anyone who wants to preach or teach, and for anyone who appreciates a writer who is unmatched in his skill at written communication.
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5: Poorly written.
If Craddock actually preaches the way he writes, then he has no business writing a book about preaching. Although the book is filled with insightful details and does a good job framing the sermon process, the language it is written in is poor. Since when were academics excused from writing clearly and succinctly?
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