07 - ADDENDA - Suggested Parallel Reading

ADDENDA SUGGESTED PARALLEL READING From 1910 to 1940 there have been, to our knowledge, only five books written dealing exclusively with expository preaching. They are: The Art of Exposition by Harry Jeffs, 1910 Expository Preaching, Plans and Methods by F.B. Meyer, 1910 How to Prepare an Expository Sermon by Harold E. Knott, 1930 Expository Preaching by Ames Montgomery, 1939 Expository Preaching by Jefferson D. Ray, 1940 The volume entitled Preaching by G. Campbell Morgan, published in 1937, is not specifically expository preaching, though he doubtless had that in mind when he wrote it, because of the fact that he excelled in that realm.

All of these works have points of value, though most of them are out of print. We think that Dr. Meyer’s work is the best, though his examples do not measure up to the high quality of the rest of the book. They do not properly exemplify. Nevertheless, we would urge every preacher to read it, if it can be procured. Those who wish to make a thorough study of the “proposition” will find a very extensive discussion of that in The Theory of Preaching by Austin Phelps. He gives about eighty-three pages to that one phase of preaching. Dr. Whitesell also has a good word to say on the matter in Evangelistic Preaching and the Old Testament.

Those who feel the need of some excellent instruction regarding the use of illustrations, as well as the selection of topics, should read The Art of Illustrating Sermons by Dawson C. Byran.

Some other volumes which we consider exceedingly helpful in the realm of homiletics are:

Preaching from the Bible by Andrew W. Blackwood The Work of the Ministry by W. H. Griffith Thomas The Preacher and His Preaching by W. B. Riley The Art of Biblical Preaching by Faris D. Whitesell