Must Reads Classics – As One Without Authority by Fred B. Craddock

In this episode of Must Reads Classics, Dr. Alyce McKenzie interviews Dr. Thomas Long, the Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, about Fred B. Craddock’s book “As One Without Authority.”

Must Reads Classics – Care-full Preaching: From Sermon to Caring Community by G. Lee Ramsey Jr.

In this episode of Must Reads Classics, Dr. Wes Allen interviews Dr. G. Lee Ramsey Jr., the author of the book "Care-full Preaching: From Sermon to Caring Community." The book centers around the idea that preaching, over time, can shape a church that values mutual hospitality, compassion, and care for both congregation members and outsiders.

Must Reads Classics - Homiletic Moves and Structures by David Buttrick

In this interview, Dr. David Schnasa Jacobsen, Bishops Scholar in Homiletics and Preaching, and Director of the Homiletical Theology Project at Boston University School of Theology, talks about his professor, David Buttrick, and his influential book "Homiletic Moves and Structures" published in 1987.

Must Reads Classics - The Four Pages of the Sermon by Paul Scott Wilson

In this episode of Must Reads Classics, Dr. Paul Scott Wilson, professor of Homiletics Emeritus at Emmanuel College of the University of Toronto, discusses his book “The Four Pages of the Sermon” where he provides guidance to preachers on how to craft an effective sermon. The book is structured around four pages or stages that make up a typical sermon: the exegetical page, the theological page, the homiletical page, and the narrative page. 

Must Reads Classics – Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre by Jana Childers

Welcome to Must Reads Classics with the Rev. Dr. Jana Childers, Newhall Professor of Homiletics and Speech Communication, Graduate School of Theology, University of Redlands. Dr. Childers talks about her book “Performing the Word: Preaching as Theatre.”

Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art” by Leonora Tubbs Tisdale

Welcome to Must Reads Classics with Dr. Leonora Tubbs Tisdale, Clement-Muehl Professor of Homiletics at Yale Divinity School. 

Must Reads Classics - Black Preaching: The Recovery of a Powerful Art by Henry H. Mitchell

1. Henry H. Mitchell's book "Black Preaching: The Recovery of a Powerful Art" is an important work that seeks to highlight the unique style and influence of Black preaching within the Christian tradition.

Ministry in an Oral Culture: Will Rogers, Uncle Remus & Minnie Pearl by Tex Sample

Tex Sample is the sage of interpreting the delights, wisdom, and exasperations of storytelling, inviting intellectual people to build on what you already know using the insights of working-class people.