A Consumer's Guide to Preaching - Softcover

Adams, Jay E.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 194973739X ISBN 13: 9781949737394

Publisher: Institute for Nouthetic Studies, 2025

Synopsis

Most preaching is boring.
I don’t get anything out of my preacher’s sermons.
From the minute he reads the text, I know what he is going to say.

These—and dozens of complaints like them—may be heard in many gatherings of Christians talking seriously about their church. What’s the problem? Is it all the preacher’s fault?

Jay Adams says NO! Preaching is not a one-way street where the responsibility for communicating God’s message rests completely on the shoulders of the preacher. The listener plays an active role in the communication process—for good or ill.

This book offers help for the consumers of preaching. It will:

• introduce you to some of the biblical guidelines that point out the listener’s responsibilities.
• confront and offer solutions to many problems encountered in listening to sermons.
• outline a program to help sincere churchgoers sharpen their communication skills.
• deal with the needs of those who must listen to inadequate preaching. And much more.

"Scores of books flood the market on how to preach; few focus on how to listen to preaching. Few parishioners understand Calvin when he said that hearers should become as involved in sermons as preachers. In BE CAREFUL HOW YOU LISTEN, Jay Adams begins to redress this imbalance by providing numerous practical tips on how to get more out of sermons--even poorly preached sermons! Wise are the church leaders who give a copy of this book to every family in their church." - Joel R. Beeke

About this title

About the Author

JAY E. ADAMS, AB, BD, STM, Ph.D. (1929-2020) served as a pastor, church planter, denominational executive, seminary professor, author, and lecturer. He taught homiletics at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia and was the Director of Advanced Studies at Westminster Seminary in California. He was the founder of the Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation (CCEF), the Association of Certified Biblical Counselors (formerly NANC), and the Institute for Nouthetic Studies (INS). Adams was the author of over 100 books including the best seller Competent to Counsel which launched the modern biblical counseling movement. He was a recipient of The Order of the Palmetto, the highest civilian honor awarded by the State of South Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Institute for Nouthetic Studies
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 194973739X
• ISBN 13: 9781949737394
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160