ABOUT JOE

Dr. Webb has worked professionally in all aspects of journalism and media. He has taught all aspects of the profession more than three decades at numerous colleges and universities, including Pepperdine University, California State University (Northridge, San Bernardino), and Southern Illinois University. He has founded and administered media programs at two Christian institutions, Milligan College in East Tennessee and Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida.

In addition, his academic work has been largely in applying communications to the process of Christian preaching, following five years of teaching homiletics at the Claremont School of Theology. He is the author of seven books on preaching—Preaching and the Challenge of Pluralism (1998, Chalice), Comedy and Preaching (1998, Chalice), Old Texts, New Sermons (2000, Chalice), Preaching Without Notes (2001, Abingdon), Greek for Preachers (2002, Chalice), Preaching for the Contemporary Service (Abingdon, 2006), and Preaching to Postmoderns (2006, Hendrickson). He has been active in the National Academy of Homiletics and was elected president of the Academy for 2008. He joined the faculty at Gardner-Webb University in 2007.

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Books By Joseph M Webb

Customer Reviews

Great book that explains concisely how to preach a sermon without notes. It includes all the preparation, laying out a schedule for the week., from choosing a text, taking notes, making an outline, editing the outline, memorizing the sermon, and preaching the sermon. For me, this is the best method for preaching, from both a public speaking perspective and a spiritual perspective.

Rich

I’ve been preaching without notes for a while and wanted to broaden the scope and depth of my sermons. I’ve written two sermons using the author’s suggestions and they were well received. My process does differ from his, but the basic actions remain the same. Mostly I find I’ve had to simplify what he has said. I wish I had known about this book when I was in seminary.

Helen E. Skwarek

This is a great book to use to study Greek in preparation for preaching. HOWEVER, you do need to set aside time and quiet to learn. This is not a book to skim, but to slowly incorporate new knowledge. Very helpful.

Lee
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