PREPARING BIBLICAL MESSAGES:
 SELECTED RESOURCES
Regent University Library - 2004/05

I.   THEORY OF PREACHING

    The Big Idea of Biblical Preaching.  Grand Rapids:  Baker Books, 1998.    BS 534.5 .B55 1998.

    Blackwood, Andrew.  Expository Preaching for Today:  Case Studies of Bible Passages. 
    Nashville: Abingdon-Cokesbury, 1953.    BV 4211 .B518

    Chapell, Bryan.  Christ-centered Preaching.  Grand Rapids:  Baker, 1994. 
    BV 4211.2 .C455 1994

    Cox, James W.  A Guide to Biblical Preaching.  Nashville:  Abingdon, 1976.    BV 4211.2 .C64

    Craddock, Fred.  As One Without Authority.  St. Louis, MO:  Chalice Press, 2001. 
    BV 4211.3 .C73 2001   

    Freeman, Harold.  Variety in Biblical Preaching:  Innovative Techniques and Fresh Forms. 
    Waco:  Word, 1987.    BV 4211.2 .F74 1987

    Handbook of Contemporary Preaching.  Nashville:  Broadman, 1992.     BV 4222 .H35 1992

    Lewis, Ralph L. and Gregg Lewis.  Inductive Preaching:  Helping People Listen.  Wheaton:
    Crossway Books, 1983.    BV 4211.2 .L47 1983

    Robinson, Haddon W.  Making a Difference in Preaching.  Grand Rapids:  Baker Books, 1999. 
    BV 4211.2 .R595 1999.

    Sangster, William E.  The Craft of Sermon Construction.  Philadelphia:  Westminster, 195u. 
    BV 4211 .S25 1950x

    Stott, John R. W. Between Two Worlds:  The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century. 
    Grand Rapids:  William B. Eerdmans, 1982.    BV 4211.2 .S8 1982 

    Wilson, Paul Scott.  The Four Pages of the Sermon:  A Guide to Biblical Preaching.  Nashville: 
    Abingdon Press, 2000.    BS 534.5 .W55 1999

    _______________.  The Practice of Preaching.  Nashville:  Abingdon, 1995.   
    BV 4211.2 .W56 1995

II.   GREAT SERMONS                                                                                (top of page)

    The Abingdon Women's Preaching Annual. Nashville:  Abingdon Press, 1996-    .   
   BV 4241 .A25

   Engstrom, Theodore Wilhelm.  Great Sermons From Master Preachers of All Ages. 
   Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing House, [1951].    BV 4241 .E67 1943x

    Fant, Clyde E.  20 Centuries of Great Preaching. Dallas:  Word Publishing, 1995. 12 vols. 
   BV 4241 .F34 1995

   Fant, Clyde E.  A Treasury of Great Preaching:  An Encyclopedia of Preaching.  13 vols.
   Dallas:  Word Pub., 1995.     BV 4241 .F34 1995
   Originally published in 1971 with the title:  20 Centuries of Great Preaching.

    Finney, Charles.  Sermons on Gospel Themes. New York:  Fleming H. Revell, 1876.  
   BV 3797 .F537 1876x

   Frost, S. E.  The World's Great Sermons.  Garden City, NY:  Garden City Books, 1960. 
   BV 4241 .F76 1943.

    Great Preaching. Jacksonville, FL:  Preaching Resources, 1989-    .     BV 4241 .G73x  
   Library has 1997-     .

    Great Revivalists II [sound recording].  Valley Forge, PA:  Judson Press, [2003]. 
   AV BX 6452 .G74 2003x

   Gunther, Peter F.  Great Sermons by Great Preachers. Chicago:  Moody Press, [1960]. 
   BV 4241 .G84 1960.

    The Healing Evangelists [videorecording].  Vols. 1-8. [Tulsa, OK]:  Infinity Video, 1988. 
   Video Room  BV 3780 .H43 1988x

    Kleiser, Grenville.  The World's Great Sermons.  10 vols. New York, London:  Funk & 
   Wagnalls Company, 1908. 
   BV 4241 .K6

    The Library of Distinctive Sermons. 8 vols. Sisters, OR:  Questar Publishers, 1996-1998.  
   BV 4241 .L47 1996

    Martin, Gerald E.  Great Southern Baptist Doctrinal Preaching. Grand Rapids:  Zondervan, 
   [1969].    BX 6333.A1 M37 

    Moody, Dwight L.  The Best of Dwight L. Moody.  Grand Rapids:  Baker Book House, 1971. 
   BV 3797 .M7 B47 1971b 

    Spurgeon, C. H. Sermons of the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon, of London.  Third Series.  New York: 
   Sheldon, Blakeman, 1858.    BX 6333 .S6 S43 1858  

   This Great Company:  Sermons by Outstanding Preachers of the Christian Tradition.  
   New Canaan, CT:  Keats Publishing, 1976.    BV 4241 .T47 

    Whitesell, Faris D.  Great Expository Sermons.  Westwood, NJ:  Revell, [1964].    BV 4241 .W5

III.   SERMON PREPARATION                                                              (top of page)

    Broadus, John A.  On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons.  San Francisco: 
   Harper & Row, 1944.    BV 4211.2 .B67 1944

   Hunt, Ernest Edward.  Sermon Struggles:  Four Methods of Sermon Preparation.  New York:
   Seabury Press, 1982.    BV 4211.2 .H86 1982

    Inside the Sermon:  Thirteen Preachers Discuss Their Methods of Preparing Messages.
   Grand Rapids:  Baker Book House, 1990.    BV 4211.2 .I57 1990

   Lowery,  Eugene.  How to Preach a Parable:  Designs for Narrative Sermons.  Nashville: 
   Abingdon Press, 1989.    BV 4221 .L68 1989

   Pearce, J. Winston. Planning Your Preaching. Nashville:  Broadman Press, 1967.
   BV 4211.2 .P38 1979

   Power in the Pulpit:  How America's Most Effective Black Preachers Prepare Their Sermons. 
   Louisville, KY:  Westminster John Knox Press, 2002.    BV 4241.5 .P68 2002

    Robinson, Haddon W.  Biblical Preaching:  The Development and Delivery of Expository
   Messages. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids:  Baker Book House, 2001.    BV 4211.3 .R59 2001

   Stevenson, Dwight E. In the Biblical Preacher's Workshop. Nashville:  Abingdon Press, 1967.
   BV 4211.2 .S745 

    Thielen, Martin.  Getting Ready For Sunday's Sermon:  A Practical Guide for Sermon
    Preparation. Nashville:  Broadman Press, 1990.    BV 4211.2 .T48 1990

   Vines, Jerry.  A Practical Guide to Sermon Preparation.  Chicago:  Moody Press, 1985.  
   BV 4211.2 .V56 1985 

IV.   SPECIFIC TOOLS FOR SERMON PREPARATION 

        A.   Bible Dictionaries & Encyclopedias                                         (top of page)

            The Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Wheaton, IL:  Tyndale House, 1980.  
          Ref BS 440 .I44 1980x  

          International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Grand Rapids:  W. B.  Eerdmans, 1979-1988.  
          Ref BS 440 .I6 1979

          New Bible Dictionary. Downers Grove, IL:  InterVarsity Press, 1996. 
          Ref BS 440 .N42 1996

          Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible. Grand Rapids:  Zondervan Publishing House,
          1975.    Ref BS 440 .Z63

        B.   Database Programs    

            ATLA Religion Database 

            Bible Works 5

          Christian Periodical Index

          Logos Bible Software  

        C.   Commentaries                                                                          (top of page)

            Expositor's Bible Commentary With the New International Version of the Holy Bible.  
          Grand Rapids:  Zondervan Publishing House, 1976-1990.    Ref BS 491.2 .E96

          Keil, C. F. and F. Delitzsch.  Commentary on the Old Testament in Ten Volumes.
          Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, [1969].    Ref BS 1154 .K414 1969x

          Lange, John Peter.  A Commentary on the Holy Scriptures:  Critical, Doctrinal, and
          Homiletical. New York:  Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900.    Ref BS 494 .L32

          Word Biblical Commentary.  Waco, TX:  Word Books, 1982-1998.    Ref BS 491.2 .W67 1982

       D.   Concordances

            Crosswalk.com at:  http://www.crosswalk.com.

          The Phrase Concordance of the Bible.  Nashville:  T.  Nelson, 1986. 
          Ref BS 425 .P47 1986

          A Selected List of Hebrew & Greek Word Reference Sources in the Regent University
          Library.  [chart].  Reference Divinity File

          Strong, James.  The Strongest Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible.  Grand
          Rapids: Zondervan, 2001.    Ref BS 425 .S8 2001

          Young, Robert.  Analytical Concordance to the Bible.  Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1977. 
          Ref BS 425 .Y7 1977

        E.   Grammars                                                                                 (top of page)

            Dana, H. E. and Julius R. Mantey.  A Manual Grammar of the Greek New Testament. 
          New York: Macmillan, 1955.    Ref PA 817 .D3 1957

          Machen, J. Gresham.  New Testament Greek for Beginners.  New York:  Macmillan, 1948.  
          Ref PA 817 .M3 1948x

          Lambdin, Thomas.  Introduction to Biblical Hebrew.  London:  Darton, Longman and
          Todd, 1973.    Ref PJ 4567 .L3 1973

          Weingreen, Jacob.  A Practical Grammar for Classical Hebrew.  Oxford:  Clarendon Press,
          1959.    PJ 4567 .W4 1959

        F.   Lexicons

         Arndt, William.  A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early 
         Christian Literature. Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 2000.    Ref PA 881 .B38 2000

         The New Brown, Driver, and Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament. 
         Lafayette, IN:  Associated Publishers and Authors, 1981.    Ref PJ 4833 .B76 1981x

        G.   Word Study Books                                                                  (top of page)

           Botterweck,  G. Johannes.  Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids:
           Eerdmans, 1974-     .    Ref BS 440 .B5713 

           Brown, Colin.  The New International Dictionary of New Testament Theology.  Grand
           Rapids:  Zondervan Publishing House, 1975-1978.    Ref BS 2397 .N48 1975 

           Kittel, Gerhard.  Theological Dictionary of the New Testament. Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans,
           1964-    .    Ref PA 881 .T4713 1985

           Robertson, A. T. Word Pictures in the New Testament.  6 vols. New York:  Harper and
           Brothers, 1930-33.    Ref BS 2341 .R6 1930  

V.   BIBLE CHARACTER STUDIES                                                            (top of page)

    Blaikie, William Garden. Heroes of Israel. Minneapolis, MN: KLock & Klock Christian Publishers,
    1981.   BS 580 .A3 B6 1981x

    Fuchs, Lucy.  Women of Destiny:  Women in the Old Testament.  New York:  Alba House, 2000.
    BS 575 .F83 2000

    Gangel, Kenneth O. Lessons in Leadership From the Bible. Winona Lake, IN: BMH Books, 1980.
    BV 652.1 .G362x

    Lockyer, Herbert. All the Women of the Bible:  The Life and Times of All the Women of the Bible.
    Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1967.     Ref BS 575 .L56 1967b

    Sanders, J. Oswald. Just Like Us:  21 Character Studies From the Bible.  Chicago:  Moody Press,
    1978.    BS 571 .S233 1985

    Sivigny, Robert J.  Bible Characters:  Selected Resources Held at Regent University Library,
    1999.    Reference Desk Notebook

VI.  SERMON OUTLINES                                                                            (top of page)

    Brown, Jeff. D. Fifty Sermon Outlnes on the Way of Salvation.  Grand Rapids:
    Baker Book House, 1978.    BV 4223 .B76 1978x

    Classic Sermon Outlines:  Over 100 Sermon Outlines by Three of the Best Known Preachers of
    All Time:  Matthew Henry, Geore Whitefield, Alexander Maclaren. Peabody, MA:  Hendrickson,
    2001.    BX 5133 .A1 A4 2001

    Edwards, Jonathan.  Jonathan Edward's Sermon Outlines:  A Choice Collection of Thirty-five
    Model Sermons. Grand Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1958.    BX 7233 . E38 J66 1958

    Horton, Wade H.  Sound Scriptural Sermon Outlines:  Book VI.  Cleveland, TN:  Pathway Press,
    1984.    BV 4223 .H67 no. 6

    Pentz, Croft M.  Evangelistic Sermon Outlines.  Grand Rapids:  Baker Book House, 1970.    
    BV 4223 .P45 E8 1970x

    Phillips, John.  100 Sermon Outlines From the Old Testament.  Chicago:  Moody Press, 1979.   
    BS 1151.5 .P48

    ___________. 100 Sermon Outlines From the Old Testament. Chicago:  Moody Press, 1979. 
    BS 2333.5 .P48x

    Whitefield, George.  Sermon Outlines; A Choice Collection of Thirty-five Model Sermons. Grand
    Rapids:  Eerdmans, 1956.    BV 4223 .W444

VII.   QUOTATION SOURCES                                                                        (top of page)

    Bartlett, John.  Familiar Quotations; A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to
    Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature.  Boston:  Little, Brown, 1968.
    Ref PN 6081 .B27 1968

    Pendleton, Winston K. Handbook of Inspirational and Motivational Stories, Anecdotes, and
    Humor. West Nyack, NY:  Parker Pub. Co., 1982.    PN 4193 .I5 P43 1982

    Quotation Search Engines on the Web at:  http://www.regent.edu/general/library/research_tools/virtual_reference_resources/quotations.cfm

    Speaker's Lifetime Library.  Englewood Cliffs, NJ:  Prentice Hall, 1979.    PN 4193 .I5 S64 1987x

    Stevenson, Burton E.  The Home Book of Quotations, Classical and Modern.  New York:  Dodd,
    Mead & Company, 1967.    Ref PN 6081 .S73 1967

    The Treasury of Religious & Spiritual Quotations; Words to Live By. Pleasantville, NY:  Reader's
    Digest Association, 1994.    Ref PN 6084 .R3 T74 1994

VIII.   ILLUSTRATION SOURCES                                                                 (top of page)

    Green, Michael P., ed.  Illustrations for Biblical Preaching.  Grand Rapids:  Baker Book House,
    1989.    BV 4225.2 .I44 1989

    Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks. El Cajon, CA:  Youth Specialties, 1994.    BV 4225.2 .H68 1994

    Hot Illustrations for Youth Talks 4:  Another 100 Attention-Getting Tales, Narratives & Stories
    With a Message. Grand Rapids:  Youth Specialties, 2001.    BV 4225.2 .H68 2001

    Hot Talks:  A Youth Speaker's Sourcebook.  Grand Rapids:  Zondervan Pub. House, 1987.  
    BV 4310 .H56 1987            

    Humor For Preaching and Teaching:  From Leadership Journal and Christian Reader.  Grand
    Rapids: Baker Books, 1996.    BV 4235 .H85 1996

    Larson, Craig Brian.  Illustrations for Preaching and Teaching:  750 Engaging Illustrations for
    Preachers, Teachers & Writers.  Grand Rapids:  Baker Books, 2002.    BV 4225.3 .L37 2002

    Moody, Dwight L.  1100 Illustrations From the Writings of D. L. Moody:  For Teachers,
    Preachers,and Writers. Grand Rapids:  Baker Books, 1996.   BV 4225.2 .M66 1996

IX.   LECTIONARIES & HELPS                                                                     (top of page)

    Allen, Horace T.  A Handbook for the Lectionary.  Philadelphia:  Geneva Press, 1980.   
    BS 534.5 .A43

    Coughlan, Peter. Commentary on the Sunday Lectionary:  First Sunday of Advent to Last
    Sunday of the Year. Collegeville, MN:  Liturgical Press, 1970-1972.    BX 2003 .C68x 

    Fuller, Reginald Horace.  Preaching the Lectionary:  The Word of God for the Church Today. 
    Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1984.    BS 391.2 .F8 1984

    Morentz, Jim.  Children's Object Lesson Sermons:  Based on the Common Lectionary Year B. 
    Nashville:  Abingdon Press, 1984.    BV 4315 .M627 1984 

    Preaching the New Common Lectionary.  Year A, Lent, Holy Week, Easter.  Nashville:  Abingdon
    Press, 1986.    BS 534.5 .P7275 1986

    Texts for Preaching:  A Lectionary Commentary, Based on the NRSV, Year B.  Louisville, KY: 
    Westminster/John Knox Press, 1993.    BV 4235 .L43 T488 1993

X.    PERIODICALS                                                                                  (top of page)

    African American Pulpit.  Valley Forge, PA:  Judson Press, 1997-   .   
    Regent University Library has: v. 4(2000) - 

    Homiletic. Washington, D.C.:  Homiletic, 1976 -
    Regent University Libary has:  v. 1 (1976) - 

    Journal for Preachers.  Decatur, GA:  Journal for Preachers, 1977-   . 
    Regent University Library has: v. 13 (1989) -

    The Living Pulpit.  Bronx, NY:  Living Pulpit, Inc., 1991-   . 
    Regent University Library has:  v. 9 (2000) -   

    Preaching.  Jacksonville, FL:  [Preaching Resources, 1985-].
    Regent University Library has:  v 13 (1997) -

    Worship Leader. Nashville:  CCM Communications, 1991-
    Regent University has:  v. 10 (2001) -

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