J. A. Broadus Preaching Collection (3 vols.)

by John Albert Broadus

Publishers:

Hodder and Stoughton; H. M. Wharton & Co.; Sheldon & Company

, 1879–1898

Overview

This collection is a "must-have" for anyone with an interest in homiletics. It includes three titles by John Albert Broadus, who has been called "The Prince of Expositors." In fact, his On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons is an enormously popular homiletics textbook, and has been in print for more than 100 years.

Broadus was a master of clarity in communication and sympathy with his audience. In these three books you will discover not only his instructions for effective preaching, but also the text of 21 sermons and addresses he delivered. His History of Preaching is a fascinating guided tour of preaching practices, trends, highlights, and low points, from Old Testament figures through his own contemporaries. This is a real gem!

If you preach, teach, or otherwise present the Gospel publicly...this collection is for you. The textbook alone carries a list price of $29 today, which makes the collection an excellent value!

Praise for the Print Edition

[Broadus'] textbook...is the most widely used text on preaching ever published; more than a century later, it is still used in many colleges and seminaries.

—Michael Duduit, Handbook of Contemporary Preaching

Product Details

• Title: J. A. Broadus Preaching Collection
• Author: J. A. Broadus
• Volumes: 3
• Pages: 1,238

A Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons

• Author: J. A. Broadus
• Publisher: A. C. Armstrong and Son
• Publication Date: 1898
• Pages: 552

On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons is an enormously popular homiletics textbook, and has been in print for more than 100 years. It is as helpful today as the day it was written. The Handbook of Contemporary Preaching notes that it "is the most widely used text on preaching ever published; more than a century later, it is still used in many colleges and seminaries."

John Albert Broadus was a master of clarity in communication and sympathy with his audience. You will discover not only his instructions for effective preaching but also be challenged by his call to faithfulness in preaching ministry.

Lectures on the History of Preaching

• Author: J. A. Broadus
• Publisher: Logos Research Systems
• Publication Date: 2001
• Pages: 241

This volume is comprised of five lectures, delivered by J. A. Broadus to a popular audience at Newton Theological Institution in 1875. This work discusses preaching styles, as well as French and English preachers throughout history.

Sermons and Addresses

• Author: J. A. Broadus
• Publisher: H. M. Wharton & Co.
• Publication Date: 1886
• Pages: 445

Preserved in this work are the texts of 21 sermons and addresses Broadus delivered on a wide range of occasions. Topics range from worship to sanctification, from evangelism to prayer to an exhortation to read the Bible by books.

Most of Broadus' preaching is intensely practical and will encourage your spiritual growth. As he summarized his calling, "The greatest privilege of earthly life is to give some fellow creature the blessed word of God, and then try by loving speech and example, to bring home to the heart and conscience...the truths it contains."

About J. A. Broadus

J. A. Broadus was one of the founding faculty of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Professor of Homiletics. A master of clarity in communication and sympathy with his audience, he was also considered to be one of the foremost American pastors during the last half of the nineteenth century.