A review by frootlupo
Speaking God's Words: A Practical Theology of Preaching by Peter Adam

informative reflective slow-paced

4.5

This ain’t your grandma’s run of the mill preaching book with well-meaning but vague advice. This book is DENSE. I’d liken it far more to a textbook or research paper than a preaching primer. This isn’t a bad thing in any sense - however it’s important to know what you’re getting. 
 
Peter Adam does an excellent job laying a groundwork for a solid and robust theology of preaching, and also is able to take that theology and extrapolate it into practice for the everyday preacher. I was more than pleased with the content of the book. 

 

My only slight critiques come more from a taste perspective. I sometimes find that academic writing can become a bit tedious - sometimes I want to be informed the author’s perspective rather than being led through 5 competing perspectives the author disagrees with and why before getting to his own ideas at the end. So that sometimes made reading a bit less enjoyable. Also, in an inverse of that issue, I would have preferred more examples of helpful preaching in chapter 6 rather than just an exhaustive look at Calvin. 
 
Despite my slight gripes - I was deeply impressed and satisfied with this book. The more I read preaching books the more they all start sounding the same. Adam aims to accomplish something quite different, and he quite succeeds in that venture. This makes Speaking God's Word stand apart in the best of ways.