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The Art of Preaching
The preacher’s spiritual life. Preparing and delivering a sermon.
Preaching is called to help people turn to God and grow in the life of the spirit. This collection brings together books on the minister’s calling and inner life, understanding Scripture, and speaking to the hearer. Historical English originals are accompanied by new Russian translations prepared for Life for God.
The first books in the collection

Lectures to My Students
Charles H. Spurgeon · 1875
Calling, prayer, the substance of a sermon, choosing a biblical text, and speaking to an audience. We begin with the first series of thirteen lectures.
The complete first lecture is available in English and Russian. Translation of the remaining lectures continues.

The Preacher and His Models
James Stalker · 1891
The preacher as a man of God, a man of the Word, a Christian, and an apostle. Nine Yale lectures and an ordination charge.
In the first translation group. The English source is available now.

On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons
John A. Broadus · 1870
A systematic guide to interpreting a text, explanation and illustration, sermon arrangement, style, and delivery.
In the first translation group. The English source is available now.
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Lectures on Preaching
Phillips Brooks · 1877
The preacher’s personality, the idea of the sermon, the congregation, and the value of the human soul.
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Homiletics and Pastoral Theology
William G. T. Shedd · 1867
An extensive course on preaching and pastoral ministry, available in the Library of Congress collection.
Next in the collection.