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Liked It “I loved the practicality this book presents on the subject of preaching. It was easy to read and the story was a fun read. The combination of story and explaining everything in further detail was really helpful.” see full review » see other reviews » |
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“Great book. A must for any preacher/teacher”
Euan C wrote this review Friday, September 25 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Awesome book for communicators.
Gavin B wrote this review Friday, July 24 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
”“I loved the practicality this book presents on the subject of preaching. It was easy to read and the story was a fun read. The combination of story and explaining everything in further detail was really helpful.”
Jeff S wrote this review Sunday, May 17 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Andy Stanley is an excellent communicator, and here he makes his proposal for pastors on how to preapre and organize a sermon. I am no expert on sermon development, but when I attempted to apply his system, it was so different in a number of ways that it almost derailed my sermon.
Nesredna Divad wrote this review Monday, March 16 2009. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
For the most part, I would say that this is an excellent book, and very well communicated: both with a parable of sorts based around the main ideas, and then a standard modern explanation of the main points by Andy.
The major contribution of this book is the concept of having only one major idea in your sermon. There appears to be wisdom in this. I tried it in my last sermon, and it worked well to make sure that the people went away remembering on Monday what it was I shared. At least I THINK it worked.
A couple not-so-great things:
1. Andy's ME-WE-GOD-YOU-WE sermon flow may work well for him, but I found that it engaged the congregation too late, and instead of sprinkling application all through the presentation, it brought it in late in the game. I could see it working for some sermons, but not every sermon, as Andy suggested.
2. Andy's anti-manuscript approach assumes too much on the ability of the preacher to be able to remember and clearly articulate their points. I have a sense that Andy is assuming everyone has the same level of gifting that he does, and this part of the book comes off a little bit like rich people saying of poor people "Why don't they have any money?"
So, if it weren't for these two drawbacks, both of which are major points in the book, this would probably be a four star book.
There you have it.
D”“This is a "must" for all communicators and preachers! A very simple approach to communicate your message in which people will remember your subject well. The preacher will even have his time devote more on his main topic and elaborate on this. This is a good path to bring his audience along the journey till they reach their point of destination.”
Sonny O wrote this review Monday, January 21 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“A breath of fresh air to the stuffy preaching textbooks. Stanley uses a parable of a discouraged "profesional" pastor forging a relationship with a simple truck stop evangelizing truck-driver to teach seven imperatives to acheive "preaching for a change" because - well - that is the goal afterall!”
ryan wrote this review Saturday, July 19 2008. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
