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SOUND BIBLICAL PREACHING 2
Reviews of Sound Biblical Preaching: Giving the Bible a Voice
by Dr. Franklin L. Kirksey
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Has preaching fallen on hard times? An open debate continues. Should the preacher seek to preach a biblical text through an expository sermon? Or should the preacher address the sermon to the “felt needs” of the congregation? Many evangelicals have chosen the second approach, resulting in a loss of biblical authority and biblical content in the sermon. Dr. Kirksey has presented the closing argument in this debate! He has written this insightful book to remind us yet once again of the need of the hour---a recovery of biblical preaching! This lucid work, a veritable encyclopedia of homiletical insight, will help the young preacher clarify his call to the ministry and begin to develop the discipline of a God-centered life that is essential for a fruitful preacher of the gospel. Read this volume and you will be encouraged!
Jay T. Robertson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Christian Studies
University of Mobile
Dr. Kirksey's book, Sound Biblical Preaching, is a must read for every preacher who takes seriously the biblical instruction to “preach the Word.” To “rightly divide the Word of Truth” means to cut it straight. Kirksey cuts it straight and his book is a powerful resource for those who want to practice sound biblical preaching in the 21st century.
Bob Dasal , Vice-President
WORDsearch Bible Software
Former Editor-in-Chief of Pulpit Helps Magazine
April 11, 2007
Dear Franklin,
I've been reading your book, Sound Biblical Preaching: Giving the Bible a Voice, and love it.
What a great book! This is a book that will teach seminary students and preachers everywhere what to do and how to do it. It's practical, Biblical and such a gift to preachers. But it's more than that...it's devotional. The pedagogical material is, of course, so good. But this is the kind of book that puts "gasoline" into a preacher's "engine." A preacher should read this book every year until his voice is stilled and God calls the preacher home.
Thanks for writing this book.
I commend it to preachers everywhere!
In Christ,
Dr. Stephen W. Brown
Professor of Preaching
Reformed Theological Seminary
Orlando, Florida
Dr. Steve Brown , professor Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida; author of How To Talk So People Will Listen ; and the teacher on Key Life, a daily syndicated Bible teaching program.
It is refreshing indeed to read a book that serves to remind ministers and teachers of the depth, wonder, and sufficiency of God's Word. Dr. Franklin Kirksey, a gifted author and pastor, has delivered just such a text. Sound Biblical Preaching calls us to return to scriptural truth, structure, and expository preaching at a time when the church has become inundated with humanistic principles and topical presentations. Dr. Kirksey has initiated a "homecoming" for his fellow preachers that will return power and authority to the pulpit. It is my pleasure to recommend it to ministers, counselors, and educators everywhere!
W.P. "Ab" Abercrombie, Ph.D.
Co-Founder: The Biblical Counseling Institute
www.bcinstitute.com
Co-author of CHRISTIAN SHRINKS Answer ALL Your Questions…(No Couch Required)
Dr. Ab Abercrombie
The Biblical Counseling Institute
235 North Circle
Fairhope, AL 36532
(251) 401-0293
ab@bcinstitute.com
www.BCInstitute.com
www.ChristianShrinks.com
" Dr. Franklin Kirksey has given the pastoral ministry a great gift in his book Sound Biblical Preaching. As a church planter and a mentor to church planters, I believe this book will help every church planter to a call to biblical preaching in such a way that will lay the foundations for the future of the new church. Dr. Kirksey has given an anthology of preaching and preachers that will be invaluable to every student of preaching. This fresh reminder of the call to ministry, and the committment to expository preaching and teaching is invaluable to the foundations of a new church. May we see the day as biblical preaching, God-called visionary leadership, sound growth principles, and just hard work will raise up millions of new churches who see their calling as world mission strategy centers, every Christian leader as a mission strategist, and every believer a kingdom mission agent in the marketplace. I believe that Sound Biblical Preaching will be a valuable contribution to see this new day a reality."
Dr. George W. Garner has served as a pastor for many years and as Association Director of Missions/Church Starter Strategist, 1990-2001, Platte Valley Baptist Association, Flagler, CO; National Missionary for Town and Country Church Planting, North
American Mission Board, SBC, 2001-2005; State Director of Missions/Leadership Consultant, Utah-Idaho Southern Baptist Convention, 2004. Dr. Garner is currently serving under appointment with NAMB in a dual role to be a church planting catalyst in the region and to lead KCBC to be a model as an Acts 1:8 Church Planting Church.
George W. Garner, D. Miss.
Missions Pastor/Church Planting Director, Ken Caryl Baptist Church
8395 W. Ken Caryl Ave.
Littleton, CO 80128
Office: 303-973-1700
Cell: 303 518-4032
george@georgegarner.com
In “Sound Biblical Preaching” my friend and fellow preacher of the Gospel, Dr. Franklin Kirksey, has issued a needed call for careful preparation and enthusiastic delivery of expository sermons. While the entire book is a great resource for any preacher, his chapter entitled “The Delivery of Sound Biblical Sermons” is a must read. Already, I have given this book to several preachers.
Dr. Larry C. Patterson
Director of Missions
Baldwin Baptist Association
Baldwin County, Alabama
SOUND BIBLICAL PREACHING: GIVING THE BIBLE A VOICE
This is a wonderful book that every preacher must read. It gives preachers a warning and at the same time help and a reminder of our responsibilities. It also gives a call to preachers to let the Bible speak on issues of life so that people will hear the voice of God and not men.
This is a timely book in the light of what is happening around the world.
Read it and it will change your perspective on your responsibility of preaching God's word.
Rev. Yaw Ofori
Evangelism and Missions Director
Ghana Baptist Convention
Ghana
Dr. Kirksey has written what will be a very valuable asset for all preachers of the gospel. His concern for sound biblical preaching is evidenced by his own passion for the word, and his compassion for the ultimate end result of sound biblical preaching; To exalt the savour; To edify the saints; To evangelize the lost. Well done brother Frank. To God be the glory.
John Sigler, pastor, Springhill Baptist Church, Franklin, AL
Franklin,
I enjoyed reading Sound Biblical Preaching. In fact, I had to read it in one setting because I was so intrigued by it I couldn't put it down. I think I preached with more unction the next Sunday!! I plan on purchasing some copies for our pastors and using it to encourage them. Well done
Blessings,
Marc D. Howard
Director of Missions, Lee/Itawamba Baptist Assns, Mississippi
"It is really exciting to see a book that lives up to its title..Sound Biblical Preaching! Dr. Kirksey is committed to sound biblical preaching and this fact is revealed on each page. His love for the innerant Word of God is evident. Every preacher, especially young preachers, should add this book to their library and absorb the great truths contained herein. The Apostle Paul admonished the young preacher, Timothy to "Preach the Word.
Be instant in season and out of season.." (II Timothy 4:2). If you are called of God to preach the Word, this book will excite, inspire and strengthen you to "Preach the Word."
Dr. Paul Blanchard
Associational Missions Director
Winston Baptist Association
Louisville, Mississippi
Are you seeking a vital union with God and a deeper sense of personal wholeness? Then let Dr. Kirksey help to break up the 'fallow ground'. His insights in Sound Biblical Preaching are down-to-earth, practical and thoroughly Biblical. He delves to the heart of what it means to “preach the word” with conviction and power. This collection of wisdom deserves a serious reading by the serious pastor and the hungry teacher.
Stephen Goforth, Broadcast Manager & Asst. Prof. of Journalism University of Mississippi, Oxford, Mississippi
Goforth joins the Student Media Center after a seven year stint at CNN as anchor, writer and producer. He covered stories like 9/11 and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He took home a share of the network's Peabody Awards for Hurricane Katrina coverage and the Tsunami Disaster in South Asia. Stephen also occasionally played reporter for CNN, putting together packages from around the region.
While CNN offered the chance for him to roll up his sleeves with a professional group of journalists, the forward-thinking and hands-on learning environment at the Student Media Center lured him to Mississippi.
Stephen earned his Masters Degree in Broadcast Journalism from The American University in Washington, DC. While in the nation's capital, he anchored radio network news for Salem Radio Network (airing on more than 100 stations) and worked in a variety of TV positions in the media covering Congress and the federal courts including producer for the America's Voice Network's flagship show.
Stephen's interest in the media's advance toward the Internet is captured in websites he maintains like DeafNewsToday.com and ChristianNewsReport.com.
Franklin,
I have read your book and was greatly blessed. This book has the greatest collection of the finest quotes from preachers through the ages. I highly recommend this book to not only help pastors in sermon preparation but also to encourage the soul in the work of the preacher.
God bless,
Kerry
Kerry L. Skinner
Biblical Counseling Institute
235 North Circle
Fairhope, AL 36532
(251) 401-0293
kerry@bcinstitute.com
www.bcinstitute.com
Rev. Kerry L. Skinner has served in pastoral roles for 30 years with an emphasis in Christian discipleship and pastoral counseling. He has co-authored many books with Dr. Henry Blackaby and Dr. Henry Brandt. Kerry also has developed and written curriculum for Prison Fellowship Ministry.
A graduate of Campbellsville College—where he served two terms as a Trustee—and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kerry has served in several churches as Associate Minister and Minister of Christian Education. Kerry also served as associate to Dr. Henry Blackaby in the office of Prayer, Revival, and Spiritual Awakening for the North American Mission Board and later served as executive vice-president of Henry Blackaby Ministries.
For almost ten years, Kerry spoke across North America in conferences for all levels of Christian leadership. God used the message placed in Kerry’s life to share in hundreds of conferences on the subjects of Biblical counseling, repentance, family life, and personal discipleship. His books help people to practically deal with life-dominating issues and include, The Heart of the Problem, The Word for the Wise, and Marriage God’s Way. He is currently completing his doctorate at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
"Dr. Franklin Kirksey is qualified to write about Sound Biblical Preaching because this is his life. Dr. Kirksey has practiced sound biblical preaching for many years. Dr. Kirksey demonstrates a grasp of the principles of preaching the Word of God."
Dr. John H. Killian, D.Min., Pastor Maytown Baptist Church,Maytown, AL., Adjunct Professor New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, President, 2006 Alabama Baptist Pastors Conference
"...a “must read” for preachers and preachers-to-be who aspire to effectively proclaim the Word of God."
Bart Cannon, Author
Champions through Christ: Winning the Game of Life
2004 Dallas/Fort Worth Writer of the Year
American Christian Writers Association
"Dr. Kirksey's scholarship provides the deepest foundation for those who teach and preach, giving God's Word a voice."
Glenn M. Gring, Retired Pastor, Hospital Chaplain, and Counselor; Former Chaplain, University of South Alabama Medical Center, Mobile, Alabama; Former Director Baptist Student Union (now Baptist Campus Ministry), University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama
“Sound Biblical Preaching is one that I believe, after the Bible, every student of preaching God's word should have as a handbook.”
Dr. Mark A. Wood, pastor,professor, Covington Theological Seminary, Andalusia Extension.
First Baptist Church Gantt, Alabama.
"I also took time to read your book while in Africa, and I thoroughly enjoyed it and was challenged to work
more diligently than ever in preparing and preaching expositional biblical messages in my own ministry."
Rev. Terry A. Veazey , Harvesters International P.O. Box 240762 Montgomery, AL 36124-0762 USA
(334) 272-1469 office (334) 272-3388 fax (334) 221-0246 cellular phone www.terryveazey.com (via e-mail 04/20/06)
Since 1970, Evangelist Terry Veazey has traveled more than three million miles world-wide, proclaiming the Gospel in most of the USA and in more than fifty nations on five continents. Multitudes have trusted in Jesus Christ during Terry's evangelistic campaigns, and thousands of native church leaders are being trained to reach their own regions with the Gospel.
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