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12 Recommended Books on Preaching

Chuck Lawless | November 28, 2023
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We at Southeastern Seminary have an incredible preaching faculty, including Danny Akin, Jim Shaddix, Scott Pace, Dwayne Milioni, and Ronjour Locke. Actually, while I had good preaching professors as a student, I’m jealous of our students who get to learn from these men (especially our doctoral students who get significant interaction with them). I asked them to give me some books on preaching they would want preachers to read, and here are their recommendations in no order of preference:

  1. Between Two Worlds by John Stott
  2. Preaching and Preachers by Martyn Lloyd-Jones
  3. The Supremacy of God in Preaching by John Piper
  4. Engaging Exposition by Daniel Akin, Bill Curtis, and Stephen Rummage
  5. Power in the Pulpit by Jerry Vines and Jim Shaddix
  6. The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text by Sidney Greidanus
  7. Text-Driven Preaching by Daniel Akin, David Allen, and Ned Mathews
  8. Speaking God’s Words by Peter Adam
  9. The Moment of Truth by Wayne McDill
  10. On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons by John A. Broadus
  11. Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism by Tim Keller
  12. Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell

I hope this list of resources is helpful to you. Let us know what books you’d add to the list.

By the way, contact me through this site if you’re interested in any of the SEBTS doctoral programs in preaching. We offer both a D.Min. and a Ph.D.–neither that requires you to move to Wake Forest.

Editor’s note: This post was originally published at chucklawless.com

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Chuck Lawless

Director of the Center for Preaching and Pastoral Leadership

Dr. Lawless currently serves as Senior Professor of Evangelism and Missions, Dean of Doctoral Studies, and Vice-President for Spiritual Formation at Southeastern Seminary, where he holds the Richard & Gina Headrick Chair of World Missions. In addition, he serves as Team Leader for Theological Education Strategists for the International Mission Board. Dr. Lawless served as pastor of two Ohio churches prior to joining the faculty of Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY, in 1996. He received a B.S. degree from Cumberland College (now the University of the Cumberlands) and M.Div. and Ph.D. degrees from Southern Seminary. He is the author or editor of twelve works, and he has contributed several chapters to other resources. He and his wife, Pam, have been married for more than 30 years, and they reside in Wake Forest with their Aussie Shepherd, Max.

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