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Best books on preaching (1)
There are SO many books on preaching. Many have lots of merit, and it seems almost churlish to single out some over others. But over the summer, I've put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) and produced a list of ten musts. These are all single authored (perhaps another time I'll pen something on multi-author preaching books) and I'm not even sure they're the best ten – but they're ten books that preachers or aspiring preachers would do well to have in that they represent a variety which covers lots of bases. So here goes, in no particular order:
1. I believe in preaching by John Stott
My colleague, Sir Richard Lucas (I'm anticipating his knighthood any day now), says this is a 'magnificent book' and he's not wrong. It was out of print in the UK for some time, but has been reissued by Langham. Good. It's a majestic introduction to the whole subject of preaching matching both a theological framework for preaching alongside help in how to preach. A good gift for any new preacher and still fresh for those with lots of experience, even after all these years (it was first published in the early 1980s).