Marketplace Preaching: How to Return the Sermon to Where It Belongs

By Calvin Miller

Book Overview

Miller calls preachers to return to the spirit of the Acts 2 marketplace--to take risks and reach people where they are. By using a contemporary form and style accompanied by the dynamic worship... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801063205
• ISBN13: 9780801063206
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Baker Pub Group
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.8" x 6.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Lifting your sermon out of the doldrums

I question whether the first reviewer read the book. Miller specifically lists Tim Timmon's three handicaps of the Narrow-Walled Sermon -- on page 19 no less! First handicap: The temptation to present the quick fix. Second handicap: The church has gotten used to talking to itself. Third handicap: The preacher tends to preach only to those who own the church. One of his main points in this section is that most congregations are preaching only to themselves -- not much room for growth or challenger there!A memorable quote from the 1st chapter: "The church seems more content to die inside than preach outside."While I decry Miller's non-inclusive language -- and may not agree with everything he puts forth -- this book is full of meat for any preacher desiring to strengthen their preaching.