This bibliography contains entries for most of the major books written by Disciples scholars of preaching in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Occasional items other than books are listed. This list is not comprehensive; if you have suggstions to add to this list, please contact us.

Compiled 2024

Books and other Resources

Bond, L. Susan. Contemporary African American Preaching: Diversity in Theory and Style. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2003.

––––––––––, with John S. McClure, Dale P. Andrews, Lee Ramsey, Dan P. Moseley, and Ronald J. Allen. Listening to Listeners: Homiletical Case Studies. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2004.

––––––––––. Trouble with Jesus: Women Christology and Preaching. St. Louis, Mo: Chalice Press, 1999.

Craddock, Fred B. As One Without Authority. Enid, OK: Haymaker Press, 1970. (original edition).

––––––––––. The Bible in the Pulpit of the Christian Church. Claremont, CA: Disciples Seminary Foundation, 1982.

––––––––––. The Cherry Log Sermons. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2001.

––––––––––. The Collected Sermons of Fred B. Craddock. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2011.

––––––––––. Craddock on the Craft of Preaching, edited by Lee Sparks and Kathryn Hays Sparks. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2011.

––––––––––. The Fellowship of Prayer. St. Louis, MO: CBP Press, 1983.

––––––––––. The Gospels. Interpreting Biblical Texts. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1981,

––––––––––. Finding Our Place in God’s Order. St. Louis: Christian Board of Publication, 1972.

––––––––––. First and Second Peter, and Jude. Westminster Bible Commentary. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1995.

––––––––––. John. Knox Preaching Guides. Atlanta: John Knox Press, 1982.

––––––––––. Luke. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1990.

––––––––––. Overhearing the Gospel. Revised. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2002.

––––––––––. With Eugene Boring. The People’s New Testament Commentary. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. 

––––––––––. Philippians. Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching. Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 1985.

––––––––––. Preaching. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1985.

––––––––––. The Pre-Existence of Christian in the New Testament. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1968.

––––––––––, with John H. Hayes, Carl R. Holliday, and Gene M. Tucker. Preaching the New Common Lectionary: Years A, B, and C . Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1984, 1985, 1986. Nine volumes.

–––––––––– .Reflections on My Call to Preach: Connecting the Dots. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2009.

––––––––––, with John H. Hayes, Carl R. Holliday, and Gene M. Tucker. Preaching Through the Christian Year: A Comprehensive Commentary on the Lectionary. Valley Forge, PA: Trinity Press International, 1992-94. Three volumes.

Graves, Mike. With Richard F. Ward, editors. Craddock Stories. St. Louis, Mo: Chalice Press. 2001.

––––––––––. Jesus’ Vision for Your One Wild and Precious Life: (on Things Like Poverty, Hunger, Polarization, Inclusion, and More). What Jesus can Teach us about Life before Death. Kindle. 2023.

––––––––––, with David M. Hay. Preaching Matthew: Interpretation and Proclamation. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2007.

––––––––––. The Sermon as Symphony: Preaching the Literary Forms of the New Testament. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 1997.

––––––––––. Table Talk: Rethinking Communion and Community. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2017.

With André Resner. What’s Right with Preaching? The Enduring Influence of Fred B. Craddock. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2021.

––––––––––. What’s the Matter with Preaching Today? Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004.

––––––––––, with David Schlafer, editors. What’s the Shape of Narrative Preaching? St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2008.

Howden, William D, with Jan Davis. Soul Windows. soulreflection.org. (accessed April 16, 2024).

Jiménez, Pablo A. El ABC de la Predicación. Kindle, 2022.

––––––––––. En el poder del Espíritu: Diez sermons sobre el libro de los Hechos de las Apóstoles. Kindle, 2022.

––––––––––. Heberos. Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Fortress Press, 2006.

––––––––––. With Daniel Andres Rivera Rosado. La Gran Comisión: Estudios biblicos sobra del misión, la evangelización, el ministerio cristiano. Edition Didásko, 2024.

––––––––––. drpablojimenez.com (website) (accessed April 17, 2024) .

––––––––––. Lectures on a variety of topics, e.g., Predicación biblical: drpablojimenez.com/homiletica/#Predbib

––––––––––. Prediquemos. red-educativa-genesaret-nccmn.teachable.com/p/prediquemos. (website)

––––––––––. La Predicación en el siglo XXI: Actualidad, Contexto, Cultura, Justicia Social, Liberación, Postmodernidad. Vida Publishers, 2011.

––––––––––. With Martin Ramon Martinez Orabona. La Siete Palabras: Meditaciones para el Vernes Santo. Kindle, 2022.

––––––––––. Manual de homiletica hispana: teoria y practica desde la diaspora. Clie, 2008.

––––––––––. Que es un Discipulo? Bayamon, PR: La IglAndesia Cristiana (Discipulos de Cristo) en Puerto Rico, 1991.

––––––––––. Principos de Educacion Cristiana. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003.

––––––––––. Principos de Predicacion. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2003.

––––––––––, with Justo Gonzales. Púlpito: An Introduction to Hispanic Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2005.

––––––––––, with Julia Acuña and Alberto Botto. Salud mental y psiquiatría en la práctica de Atención Primaria. Kindle:  2024.

––––––––––. Escribe tú estas palabras: Consejos práticos para entrar en elm undo de las publixcaciones cristianas. Prediquemos: 2023.

Jeter, Joseph R. Crisis Preaching: Personal and Public. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 1998.

––––––––––. with Ronald J. Allen. One Gospel: Many Ears. Preaching for Different Listeners in the Congregation. St. Louis, M: Chalice Press, 2002.

––––––––––. Preaching Judges. Preaching Classic Texts. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2014.

––––––––––. with Cornish R. Rogers. Preaching Through the Apocalypse: St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1992.

––––––––––. Remembering: Meditations and Sermons for the Table of Christ. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1996.

Moseley, Dan P. with K. Brynolf Lyon. How to Lead a Church in Conflict: Healing Ungrieved Loss. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2012.

Moseley, Dan P., editor. Joyful Giving: Sermons on Stewardship. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1997.

––––––––––. Healing Relationships: A Preaching Model. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2009.

––––––––––. Living with Loss. Nashville, TN: Xyzzy Press, 2007.

––––––––––. Love, Love, Love: The Spiritual Gifts of Loss and Change. Nashville, TN: Upper Room Books, 2011.

––––––––––, with Diane Turner-Sharazz, Dawn Ottoni-Wilhelm, and Ronald J. Allen. Believing in Preaching: What Listeners Hear in Sermons. St. Louis, MO: Lucas Park Books, 2014.

––––––––––, and Rufus Burrow, Jr. Daring to Speak for God: Ethical Prophecy in Ministry. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2002.

––––––––––. Go to Jerusalem: A Lenten Devotional. St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2021.

––––––––––, and Ronald J. Allen, Make the Word Come Alive: Lessons from Laity. St. Louis, MO: Chalice press, 2005.

––––––––––, with Rufus Burrow, Jr. Standing in the Margin: How Your Congregation Can Minister with the Poor (And Perhaps Recover Its Soul in the Process). Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2004.

––––––––––. “Teaching Disciples to Preach at Services of Word and Table.” In Preaching at the Double Feast for Eucharistic Worship, edited by Michael Monshau (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2006), 46–110.

––––––––––, General Editor, with Ronald J. Allen, Dave Bland, David Fleer, Joseph Grana II, Tim Sensing, Bruce Shields, Casey Sigmon, Richard Voelz. The Living Pulpit: Sermons that Illustrate Preaching in the Stone-Campbell Movement, 1968–2018. St. Louis, MO: Christian Board of Publication, 2018.

Norton, Yolanda. Beyonce Mass. beyoncemass.com (accessed April 16, 2024).

Pape, Lance, with Mary Donovan Turner, Eric Barreto, and Walter C. Bouzard, New Proclamation: Year C. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013

––––––––––. The Scandal of Having Something to Say: Ricoeur and the Possibility of Postliberal Preaching. Waco, TX: Baylor University Press, 2013.

Snider, Phil. The Hyphenateds: How Emergence Christianity is Re-Traditioning Mainline Practices. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2011.

––––––––––. Toward a Hopeful Future: Why the Emergent Church is Good News for Mainline Congregations. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2010.

––––––––––, editor. Justice Calls: Sermons of Welcome and Affirmation. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2016.

––––––––––. Preaching After God: Derrida, Caputo, and the Language of Postmodern Homiletics. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2012.

––––––––––, editor. Preaching as Resistance: Voices of Hope, Justice and Solidarity. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2018.

Thomas, Frank A. American Dream 2.0: A Christian Way out of the Recession. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2012.

––––––––––. A. The Choice: Living Your Passion from the Inside Out, Indianapolis, IN: Hope for Life International Press, 2013.

––––––––––. How to Preach a Dangerous Sermon. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2018.

––––––––––. The God of the Dangerous Sermon. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2021.

––––––––––. Introduction to the Practice of African American Preaching. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2016.

––––––––––. The Lord’s Prayer in Times Such as These. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2002.

––––––––––, with Martha Simmons. Preaching with Sacred Fire: An Anthology of African American Sermons from 1750 to the Present. New York, NY: W.W. Norton Co., 2010.

––––––––––. Spiritual Maturity: Preserving Congregational Health and Balance. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2022.

––––––––––. Surviving a Dangerous Sermon. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2020.

––––––––––. They Like to Never Quit Praisin’ God: The Role of Celebration in Preaching. Revised edition. Cleveland, OH: Pilgrim Press, 2013.

––––––––––. What’s Love Got to Do With It? Love, Power, Sex, and God. Valley Forge, PA: Judson Press, 2001.

Turner, Mary Donovan. The God We Seek: Portraits of God in the Old Testament. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2010.

––––––––––, with Eric Barreto, Walter C. Bouzard, and Lance Pape New Proclamation: Year C. Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2013.

––––––––––. Old Testament Words: Reflections for Preaching. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 2003.

––––––––––, with Mary Lin Hudson. Saved From Silence: Finding Women’s Voice in Preaching. St. Louis, MO: Lucas Parks Books, 2014.

Voelz, Richard W. Preaching to Teach: Inspire People to Think and Act. Artistry of Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2019.

––––––––––. Tending the Tree of Life: Preaching and Worship through Reproductive Loss and Adoption. Guides to Practical Ministry. 2^nd Revised Edition. (Gonzalez, FL: Energion Publications, 2018).

––––––––––. Youthful Preaching: Strengthening the Relationship between Youth, Adults, and Preaching. Lloyd John Ogilvie Institute of Preaching. Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2016.

––––––––––, with Mary Alice Mulligan, General Editor, Ronald J. Allen, Dave Bland, David Fleer, Joseph Grana II, Tim Sensing, Bruce Shields, Casey Sigmon. The Living Pulpit: Sermons that Illustrate Preaching in the Stone-Campbell Movement, 1968–2018. St. Louis, MO: Christian Board of Publication, 2018.

Joseph Webb, Comedy and Preaching. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1999.

––––––––––, with Robert Kysar. Greek for Preachers. St. Louis, Mo: Chalice Press, 2002.

––––––––––. Preaching and the Challenge of Pluralism. St. Louis, MO: Chalice Press, 1998.

––––––––––. Preaching for the Contemporary Service. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2006.

––––––––––. Preaching Without Notes. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press, 2001.

Some Historical Sources

Beckelhymer, Hunter. The Vital Pulpit of the Christian Church: A Series of Sermons by Representative Men Among the Disciples of Christ. St. Louis, MO: Christian Board of Publication, 1969.

McClean, Alexander. Alexander Campbell as Preacher: A Study. Chicago, IL: Fleming H. Revel, 1908.

Moore, W.T., editor. The Living Pulpit of the Christian Church: A Series of Discourses, Doctrinal and Practical, from Representative Men among the Disciples of Christ, with a brief Biographical Sketch and Portrait of Each Contributor. Cincinnati, OH: R.W. Carroll, 1867.

Moore, W.T., editor. The New Living Pulpit of the Christian Church: A Series of Discourses, Doctrinal and Practical, By Representative Men among the Disciples of Christ: With Introduction on the History of Preaching and Brief Biographical Sketch and Halftone Portrait of Each Contributor. St. Louis, MO: Christian Board of Publication, 1918.

Walker, Granville T. Preaching in the Thought of Alexander Campbell. St. Louis, MO: Bethany Press, 1954.

Stevenson, Dwight. Disciple Preaching in the First Generation: An Ecological Study. Nashville, TN: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1969.

Basic Bibliographical Resource

Robert R. Howard, “Disciples Preaching: A Bibliography.” Encounter. 65 (2004) 77­85.