“A History of Preaching, Vol. 1 (From the Apostolic Fathers to the Great Reformers),” E.C. Dargan / “The Sermon, Its Homiletical Construction,” R.C.H. Lenski / “Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological, and Ecclesiastical Literature,” John McClintock and James Strong

"A History of Preaching, Vol. 1 (From the Apostolic Fathers to the Great Reformers)," E.C. Dargan; Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Mich. 577 pages (paperback edition), $3.95. This book dates from 1904 and comes from the pen the Professor of Homiletics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. It is not an easy task to write history interestingly; and I would say that a history of preaching is not the easiest history to write. The author has succeeded admirably, however; and at the same time...