bookslover
Puritan Board Doctor
A publishing tradition that has just about died out that I would like to see revived is books of sermons. These used to be very common, especially in the 19th century, but one rarely finds them today. Many pastors (a la MacArthur) re-work their sermons into topical books, but he (just to use him as an example) has never published a book of sermons, as sermons.
Ryken's volume on Exodus and Mark Dever's volumes on the two testaments are close, but those are connected series on the same topic.
What I want is a book of unconnected sermons: chapter 1 is a sermon from Job; chapter 2 is a sermon from 3 John - you get the idea. Expository preaching is what we Reformed do - but one sees far too few of these sermons making their way into print.
I know: books of sermons have been replaced by tapes and CDs of sermons; but, somehow, it just ain't the same.
Ryken's volume on Exodus and Mark Dever's volumes on the two testaments are close, but those are connected series on the same topic.
What I want is a book of unconnected sermons: chapter 1 is a sermon from Job; chapter 2 is a sermon from 3 John - you get the idea. Expository preaching is what we Reformed do - but one sees far too few of these sermons making their way into print.
I know: books of sermons have been replaced by tapes and CDs of sermons; but, somehow, it just ain't the same.