The Worlds of the Preacher

"The Worlds of the Preacher" is uneven in quality, but excellent in some places. The book is a collection of essays responding to and expanding on Haddon Robinson's essay about the four worlds of preaching: the ancient world, the modern world, the world of the listeners, and the world of the preacher. Robinson's superb essay is the first chapter of the book. The remaining nine chapters are written by different contributors in an attempt to flesh out Robinson's vision. Some I did not find particularly useful, but several were very good. I particularly enjoyed Duane Liftin's chapter on the world of the New Testament and Donald Sunukjian's chapter, "Preaching to a Culture Dominated by Images." Also helpful to me were chapters by Steven Mathewson on the world of the Old Testament, Jeffrey Arthurs on the worlds of the listener, and Scott Wenig on the world of history.

Though I had disagreements with a few of the contributors and found some of the material less than compelling, I can at least recommend the chapters that I listed. They were very beneficial. I received a digital copy of this book for free from the publisher and was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I express in this review are entirely my own.