Preaching with Bold Assurance: A Solid and Enduring Approach to Engaging Exposition

by Hersheal York, Bert Decker

Preachers are under the biblical mandate to preach with conviction, passion, and in a way that the Word of God engages the audience and grips their hearts. Hershael York and Bert Decker have written a book that will equip preachers to do just that. Preaching with Bold Assurance brings the Bold Assurance concept to the pulpit, giving preachers a practical tool to help them use their minds, mouths, and beings to communicate effectively. Preachers will learn the tools for powerful and effective communication based on biblical truth and proven concepts from the business world so they can preach boldly and skillfully by understanding how God uses us as communicators.

Genres: Theology, Christian, Christianity

288 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2003

Reviews

[Holland Johnson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was easy to read and very practical. I got a few good things from it, and there was very little that I disagreed with the authors about when it came to their methodology.

[Daniel Kingsley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of the best preaching inspire to the importance and responsibility of preaching God’s word. This book felt more like a scolding of how preaching can go wrong. This book talks much more about the mechanics of preaching then why the importance of preaching. There are better preaching books to start with such as Christ centered preaching.

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is divided into three parts: The Text, The Sermon, and Delivery. Part I was the strongest. Part II started with an explanation of the trademarked Decker Grid System for building sermons that felt like quite a departure from Part I, though getting past that, there was definitely good material. Part III was about delivering sermons so the focus was on effective communication. Some of the psychology stuff got in the way, but it helped me think about different aspects of delivering a sermon and connecting with an audience.

Overall, it is not an exhaustive treatment, nor was it intended to be. The book covers a good bit of ground from studying the text, to building the sermon, to delivering the sermon. Throughout I was challenged to think about my own ministry and examine deficient areas in my own preaching. I'm thankful for the book and recommend it as worth reading.

[Dr. Z · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid intro to the topic, though not in the top 5.

[Aaron · Rating 4 out of 5]

Class reading for: Christian Preaching with Hershael York (SBTS).

[Jeremy Jessen · Rating 4 out of 5]

This preaching text was a clear, systematic manual for the preparation and delivery of sermons minus the Decker Grid system. The Decker system was confusing and cluttered compared to other preaching texts. Aside from that, Dr. York is deliberate and detailed in his instructions for the preacher and I would gladly pass the volume along.

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fairly decent book on expository preaching. Its biggest strength is the section on application. If you are looking for a book on preaching, don't start with this one, but it has some helpful nuggets of information in it, for what it's worth.

[Nate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I was lucky enough to read this book as part of a preaching class taught by the author, Dr. York. I do not come from a preaching background and found this book to be of great benefit in understanding how to construct a sermon.

[William Coleman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book for learning how to maximize the preaching event. Preachers should strive for "engaging exposition."

[Daniel Alvers · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's ok. A fine book to learn some basics.

[Chrys Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent book on preaching. The section on communication skills was worth the price of the book for me!