Legacy of Preaching, Volume One---Apostles to the Revivalists

A Legacy of Preaching, Volume One--Apostles to the Revivalists 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 the 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 revivalists and profiles thirty preachers including: Paul byEric Rowe Peter byDavid R. Beck Melito of Sardis byPaul A. Hartog Origen of Alexandria byStephen O. Presley Ephrem the Syrian byJonathan J. Armstrong Basil of Caesarea byJonathan Morgan John Chrysostom byPaul A. Hartog Augustine of Hippo byEdward L. Smither Gregory the Great byW. Brian Shelton Bernard of Clairvaux byElizabeth Hoare Francis of Assisi byTimothy D. Holder Saint Bonaventure byG. R. Evans Meister Eckhart byDaniel Farca? Johannes Tauler byByard Bennett John Huss byMark A. Howell Girolamo Savonarola byW. Brian Shelton Martin Luther byRobert Kolb Ulrich Zwingli byKevin L. King Balthasar Hubmaier byCorneliu C. Simu? William Tyndale byScott A. Wenig John Calvin byAnthony N. S. Lane William Perkins byDwayne Milioni Richard Baxter bySimon Vibert John Owen byHenry M. Knapp John Bunyan byLarry Steven McDonald Matthew Henry byWilliam C. Watson and W. Ross Hastings François Fénelon byMartin I. Klauber Jonathan Edwards byGerald R. McDermott John Wesley byMichael Pasquarello III George Whitefield byBill Curtis and Timothy McKnight Volume Two, available separately, covers the period from the Enlightenment to the present day and profiles thirty-one preachers including Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Karl Barth, John Stott, Martin Luther King Jr., Billy Graham, and more.