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Preaching Magazine's 2015 Book of the Year
If you are a pastor, you know the importance of preaching. You have spent time learning and refining the art of preaching because it is vital to the life of God's people—including the preacher. But you probably also find it challenging.
On Preaching is a masterful resource that will refresh your soul and revitalize your preaching ministry.
Drawing upon Scripture and years of preaching experience, H. B. Charles offers a practical resource for pastors, seminarians, church planters, and Bible teachers that is full of energy and wonderfully enjoyable. He gives tips like, "Avoid indecent exposure—get your wife's permission before using your family in the message" and "Illustrate! A good illustration is like a window on a house. It helps your listeners see in or out."
Written in a very clear and concise manner, this resource is formatted into 30 short chapters that can easily be read as a devotional. On Preaching will encourage seasoned preachers to dig deeper into the basics as they pause and reflect on the effectiveness of their ministry. It will also serve as a spring board for those who are just beginning a preaching ministry.
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Pastor Charles has provided a tremendously practical guide to the entirety of preaching. Whether you have been preaching for 50 years or 5 weeks, you will find it helpful.
George E. Hurtt, Pastor-Teacher, Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church of Los Angeles
Timely. Practical. Insightful. Helpful. Refreshing. These are just a few ways I would describe H.B. Charles, Jr.'s new book, On Preaching. This book stands uniquely to offer tested wisdom from a voice of experience, integrity, and passion, through a man committed to communicating for God. Your seriousness about the ministry of preaching demands that you take in this book.
Romell Williams, Jr., Senior Pastor, Lilydale Progressive Baptist Church of Chicago
In an age where the focus on the authority of Scripture and true life-changing expository preaching is deficient in pulpits across America, H.B. Charles, Jr. has used his almost thirty-year pulpit ministry to guide preachers away from the personality of the preacher to the process of effective preaching.
Lance A. Mann Senior Pastor, St. Luke Baptist Church, Crocket, Texas
Uniquely gifted in the pulpit and with pen, my good friend and neighbor H.B. Charles gives us a practical yet profoundly gripping challenge to do the work of an expositor. Pastors everywhere need to read this book, and even more importantly, practice its content.
Mac Brunson, Senior Pastor, First Baptist Church of Jacksonville, Florida
For a number of years I have been challenging African American pastors to put their homiletical preaching brilliance to writing. How delighted I am to see that my ecclesiastical son in the gospel has done exactly that. What we have before us is that which challenges us to go from devotion to delivery, from meditation to message, and from studies to sharing. As a result, I salute my son in this great presentation.
Dr. Melvin Wade Sr., Senior Pastor, Mt. Moriah Baptist Church of Los Angeles
On Preaching has been written out of the soul of H.B. Charles, Jr. His experience, study, reflection, and conviction may contribute in some measure toward encouraging the preachers who may use it in becoming greater preachers of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
John A. Reed Jr., Senior Pastor, Fairview Baptist Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
I am so glad that H.B. didn't wait any longer to put in print these personal and practical conversations concerning biblical preaching. I feel like I am walking or sitting with H.B. as he reflects not only on the ministry of preaching but on how he has sought to do it as God has enabled him. For those interested in "rightly dividing the word of truth" in the local church, this book is helpful, balanced, encouraging, and honoring to the Lord of the Word and the Word of the Lord. Clarity, humility, and authenticity permeate each concise chapter. I highly recommend it!
David Olford, Olford Ministries International
