If you are looking for the best book on expository preaching...YOU FOUND IT!! This was a required textbook for one of my seminary classes, and I absolutely loved reading it. No other book that I have read so far and I've read quite a few about preaching, really explains the "HOW-TO" of expository preaching! I highly recommend this book to all pastors, teachers and laymen.

If you're a novice pastor or preacher and you're lost on how to formulate and deliver a sermon this book is the best place to start. Robinson's book is not only organized, practical, scholarly, and easy to understand it is also passionate about the subject matter at hand. Robinson gives good and effective pointers on how to formulate sermons, do exegesis, and to speak behind the pulpit (or capturing the congregation's attention). Another good aspect about the book is that it is written from an explicitly evangelical perspective. In a time when evangelical preaching is going down the tubes this book is a great guide on how to biblically preach to a congregation and remain faithful to God's word. This book must be in every pastor's library.

No ministry text in seminary made a more profound impact on my pastoral ministry than Haddon Robinson's "Biblical Preaching." When I heard it had been revised, I couldn't imagine that it could have been improved. I was wrong. It is even better.

It retains all the features which made it so valuable--a passion for God's Word, a love for the person in the pulpit and the people in the pew, a systematic approach to biblical preaching, an emphasis on relating truth to life, and a compelling writing style. It adds features which make it even more valuable--updated illustrations, expanded sections (especially helpful is the expanded chapter on narrative preaching), and suggested reading.

Not only is the book better, the times are worse. Biblical preaching that relates truth to life is more needful now than ever. Far too many pulpits are overreacting or "mis-reacting" to post-modernism and Generation X. Preachers mistakenly assume that the spirit of the age requires questioning, not answering. In truth, post-modern Gen Xers want answers--real answers for real people with real questions. "Biblical Preaching" shows us how to get the job done.

Reviewer: Dr. Bob Kellemen, author of "Soul Physicians: A Theology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction" and "Spiritual Friends: A Methodology of Soul Care and Spiritual Direction."

Should hermeneutics and exposition deal strictly with our study patterns, or should it pervade our teaching and preaching as well? Examples of good study habits derailed by poor methods of conveyance to the masses litter the history of theology. Correctly conveying the messages in Scripture is tantamount for any servant of God. This not only pertains to preachers, but to every Christian as we are all teachers in some form or fashion. Biblical Preaching takes the process of hermeneutics through Scriptural exegesis to successful conveyance of God's Word in the pulpit or classroom environment.

Dr. Haddon W. Robinson's background is an illustrious list of evangelical authorship, teaching and leadership.

Dr. Haddon first appeals to the passionate side of pastors by convincing them of the dire need for expository preaching. Then he lays out a 10 step plan for creating a flexible and applicable Biblically based sermon. In the last 2 chapters, he gives tips on increasing credibility and attention while speaking.

Biblical Preaching is a blessing for all to enjoy and has a wealth of information regarding the key to conveying God's Word- expositional preaching. It is not surprising that this is used by over 120 seminaries world-wide.

I was required to read this book for a seminary class and thoroughly enjoyed the title! While geared towards preachers, Sunday School teachers can also benefit.

Robinson covers information such as:

1. Selecting and studying the Bible passage.
2. Determining the sermon's/lesson's purpose.
3. Outlining the sermon or lesson.
4. Making the sermon and lesson come alive for your listeners.
5. How to preach and teach so people will listen.
6. Preparing the introduction and conclusion.
7. Making powerful points or asking good questions to provoke thought.

Read the book and be encouraged to be better prepared for that next sermon or lesson!

Highly recommended!

There are few joys as great as a fire in your bones to build up Christ's church through preaching. And there are few frustrations as great as leaving the pulpit with the impression that you have had little, if any, impact. Robinson's book is an invaluable tool to improve your preaching - the "living interaction involving God, the preacher, and the congregation."

He begins by making the case for expository preaching, explaining that the reason "most modern preaching evokes little more than a wide yawn" is because God is not in it. Robinson tells his readers the importance of preaching a single biblical idea and then gives instructions on how to effectively deliver a message from God to your audience; he includes how different logical sermon structures may communicate certain ideas more effectively - how to bring your sermon outline to life - what makes a good introduction and conclusion - "how to preach so people will listen" etc.

His book takes hold of the heart by establishing a conviction for God-honoring study and sermon development and never lets it go until the end of his instruction.

My highest recommendation.

This is an excellent book on expository preaching. Robinson declares that in the act of preaching God himself is speaking through the pastor. Thus, as preachers of the Word, we have a tremendous responsibility to be faithful to it. Robinson's thesis is that this faithfulness is best found in expository preaching. He states that expository preaching is more than a philosophy than a method. Does the preacher bend his or her own thought to the Word, or does the Word bend to the preacher's thought? Although Robinson believes that preaching is an art, he rightly states that there is a methodology behind the art that almost anyone can master. So, step-by-step, he leads us through the process of putting together the sermon.

Robinson finds the strength of an expository sermon is that it proclaims the Word. If we do not preach the Word, we abandon authority. The Bible is great literature that demands a response; thus, we are to preach ideas, not word definitions. Robinson lifts us up above the Bible lecture sermon to preaching to demand a response to the living God. The final chapters on delivery, dress and appearance were great. Too many books on preaching ignore these important considerations.

The book was such and eye-opener, I found it very difficult to find fault with it. I will take issue with his criticism of the use of a manuscript. It did not take into account that such great speakers as Bill Hybels uses a manuscript in the pulpit.

Every preacher should own and read this book.

In "Biblical Preaching," master preacher, Haddon Robinson, takes his readers through ten stages in the development of expository messages. These stages include: selecting and studying the passage, discovering and analyzing the exegetical idea, formulating the homiletical idea, determining the sermon's purpose, deciding how to accomplish this purpose, outlining the message, filling in the sermon outline, and preparing the introduction and conclusion. Robinson's ten-stage process is filled with valuable information and pithy insights. "Biblical Preaching" is a concise but fairly comprehensive guide to preparing an effective message from start to finish. The book provides an opportunity to learn from one of the great expositors of our time. For a more thorough study of the art and science of expository preaching I recommend "Power in the Pulpit" by Jerry Vines. In my mind, these are the two best expository preaching books I've had the pleasure of reading.

I've written a dozen books and thousands of sermons. Each was based on the method I learned from Haddon Robinson that's taught in this book. If you want to learn a method of thinking, pulling together a biblical passage, and organizing it into a powerful message this book is a must read. It is, in my opinion, the best book on preaching ever written.
Bill Perkins