The Foolishness of Preaching: Proclaiming the Gospel against the Wisdom of the World

What is the foundation of good preaching? How should preachers prepare themselves to faithfully and effectively address the church? And, just as importantly, what ought congregants, who come to church to hear a word from God, hope for from their preachers? These are often asked — and often answered — questions. But Robert Farrar Capon tackles them with a freshness and a frankness that make both the questions and the answers new.

In Part 1 of the book, "The Bedrock of Preaching," Capon discu...