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Best books on preaching (7)
7. The archer and the arrow by Philip Jensen and Paul Grimmond
When The Trellis and the Vine came out, many of us thought 'this is an excellent book, but where is preaching mentioned or championed?' The answer was – if only we knew it – that we were waiting for volume 2. And it was worth the wait. This book is not long, it's essentially a developed and worked illustration of an arrow and target, but it is readable, useful and rewarding. If you are an experienced preacher it may not tell you anything you do not know – but I still think it's worth the read anyway. And buy copies for your leadership team too. Read it with them. Importantly, it stresses the importance of both systematics and biblical theology (a necessary balance which may have been lost in recent years).