Designing the Sermon: Order and Movement in Preaching (Abingdon Preacher's Library Series)

Providing fundamental homiletical principles, this classic book gives readers all the tools they need to prepare a meaningful sermon. "Sermon design"—James Massey's contemporary, creative approach to shaping specific classifications of sermons—focuses on order (What is the preacher's goal?) and on movement (What structure is he or she using to get there?). The discussion of his approach begins with an appraisal of the sermon in context—in relation to goals, design, basic forms, contemporary...