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Making a Difference in Preaching offers a collection of Haddon Robinson’s shorter writings on preaching, providing a helpful understanding of his preaching theory, method, and practice, and illuminating the key differences between good preaching and poor preaching. Here the reader can compare and contrast Robinson’s perspective of the preacher as theologian and evangelist. The section entitled The Preacher and the People consists of chapters urging the preacher to think intentionally about the people to whom he or she preaches. Each chapter contains discussion/reflection questions and a list of books for further reading. The book is well-suited for pastors looking for refreshing insights into their preaching, as well as seminary students or lay speakers.
“I try to speak for the people before I speak to them” (Page 31)
“A homiletician, therefore, cannot merely ask, ‘How do I get the message across?’ He must also ask, ‘How do I get the message?’” (Page 69)
“it the tension and point it out. All truth exists in tension—God’s love exists in tension with his holiness” (Page 34)
“Does the preacher subject his thought to the Scriptures, or does he subject the Scriptures to his thought?’” (Page 64)
“We capture the attention of people when we show that our experience overlaps theirs” (Page 31)
Scott Gibson is Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he also teaches homiletics. He received an M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell, a Th.M in homiletics from Princeton Theological Seminary, an M.Th. in Church History from the University of Toronto, and a D.Phil. in Church History from the University of Oxford. He is one of the founders of the Evangelical Homiletics Society.