Die Afrikaanse Protestantse Akademie Biblioteek

Includes bibliographical references (pages 441-476) and index.

Foreword / by Sinclair B. Ferguson -- Part One: Reformed Experiential Preaching Defined and Described. What Is Reformed Experiential Preaching? -- Preaching from Head to Heart -- Major Elements of Reformed Experiential Preaching -- The Experiential Preacher -- Part Two: Reformed Experiential Preaching Illustrated. Reformation Preachers: Zwingli, Bullinger, and Oecolampadius -- Reformation Preachers: Calvin -- Reformation Preachers: Beza -- Introduction to Puritan Preaching -- Puritan Preachers: Perkins -- Puritan Preachers: Rogers, Sibbes, and Preston -- The Westminster Directory and Preaching -- Puritan Preachers: Goodwin and Shepard -- Puritan Preachers: Bunyan -- Introduction to the Dutch Further Reformation -- Dutch Preachers: Teellinck, van Lodenstein, and �a Brake -- Dutch Reformed Preaching in America: Frelinghuysen -- Eighteenth-Century Preachers: Halyburton, Edwards, and Davies -- Nineteenth-Century Preachers: Alexander, M'Cheyne, and Ryle -- Twentieth-Century Preachers: Wisse and Lloyd-Jones -- Part Three: Preaching Experientially Today. Preaching with Balance -- Application Starts with the Preacher -- Effective Preaching about God and Man -- Preaching the Gospel to the Heart -- Preaching for Holiness.

Preaching today all too often tragically misses the point. We've all heard sermons that sound more like a lecture, filling the head but not the heart. And we've all heard sermons tailored to produce an emotional experience, filling the heart but not the head. But biblical preaching both informs minds and engages hearts, giving it the power to transform lives. By the Spirit's grace, biblical preaching brings truth home from the heart of the preacher to the heart of the hearer. Joel Beeke, a pastor and professor of preaching with over four decades of experience, explores the fundamental principles of Reformed experiential preaching, examining sermons by preachers from the past and bridging the historical gap by showing pastors what the preaching of God's life-transforming truth looks like today.