PREACHING MATTERS
Encountering the living God
By Jonathan Lamb
IVP. 192 pages. £9.99
ISBN 978 1 783 591 497
Jonathan Lamb’s aim in writing this book was simple. He says: ‘Preaching matters, because it is a God-ordained means of encountering Christ.’ It is a refreshing book and one which is very easy to read, and is founded on a conviction of the importance of the Word of God in the lives of his people.
The book takes as its basis the remarkable account of God’s people rediscovering the Word in Nehemiah chapter 8. This approach is extremely helpful as it models for us the author’s conviction that everything that we do in preaching should put God’s Word front and centre. Using the narrative, the author unpacks the essential elements of sound, Biblical preaching.
