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Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson

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expository sermon preparation and delivery. The new edition that was released in 2001 has been updated and the prose has been changed to gender-inclusive language, acknowledging that the ministry  is no longer exclusively male. However, Robinsons ten-stage process for sermon development is still the centerpiece of the volume, which means that this text still provides a practical, comprehensible model  for novice preachers in learning to formulate their first sermons effectively and according to scriptural guidelines. An examination of this text demonstrates its approach to sermonizing, as well as its  practicality. Robinson starts out his text by discussing the topic of preachers and preaching, which is regarded by many as vestiges of an earlier era those time has passed.  Robinson comments, "Ask people in the pews to describe a minister an their description may not be flattering" (18). Robinson goes on to point out how preaching takes place in  an "over-communicated society" and how ministers have to compete with a mass media that bombards the public with a "hundred thousand messages a day" (Robinson 18). Furthermore, Robinson argues  that ministers today often feel robbed of having an authoritative message. He feels that a greater deal of modern theology offers ministers "little more than holy hunches," which leaves them  suspecting that the sophisticated members of their congregations have more faith in scientific texts than do in the words of a minister (Robinson 18). From this background, Robinson goes on  to build an articulate, well-considered case for preaching as still the most appropriate method for bringing Gods word to the hearts and minds of todays populace. This approach is  predicated on scripture. Robinson writes, "To the New Testament writers, preaching stands as the event through which God works" (19). He points out that Peter, for example, reminded his readers