"Haddon Robinson has influenced generations of students and preachers through his widely used classic text, Biblical Preaching, in which he shows preachers how to communicate the Bible's big ideas with precision. But does Robinson's "big-idea" approach to expository preaching still work in today's diverse cultures and tast-paced world?

The Big Idea of Biblical Preaching presents a strong defense of the ongoing relevance of this approach to expository preaching. An experienced and skilled group ot contributors to this volume includes:

This volume is written not only for the current generation ot students but also for today's preachers, who will find in the pages of this book a powerful approach to expository preaching."

Contents

		Introduction and Dedication	7
Part 1:		Big Idea Preaching: Why a Single Idea Lands the Best Punch
1.		A Bullet versus Buckshot: What Makes the Big Idea Work? - Keith Willhite	13
2.		Biblical Preaching That Adapts and Contextualizes - Scott A.Wenig	25
Part 2:		Big Idea Preaching: Its Biblical and Theological Power
3.		Old Testament Interpretation Issues for Big Idea Preaching: Problematic Sources, Poetics, and Preaching the Old Testament, An Exposition of Proverbs 26:1-12 - Bruce K. Waltke	41
4.		New Testament Challenges to Big Idea Preaching - Duane Litfin	53
5.		Is There Really One Big Idea in That Story? - Paul Borden	67
6.		Preaching the Big Idea to Cultures and Subcultures: Exegeting the Culture - Terry Mattingly	81
7.		The Big Idea and Biblical Theology's Grand Theme - Bruce L. Shelley	95
Part 3:		Big Idea Preaching: Communicating the Point
8.		Sticking to the Plot: The Developmental Flow of the Big Idea Sermon - Donald R. Sunukjian	111
9.		Preaching for a Change -Joseph M. Stowell III	125
10.		Visualizing the Big Idea: Stories That Support Rather than Steal - John W. Reed	147
11.		Philosophy versus Method: Big Idea Preaching's Adaptability - Scott M. Gibson	163
		Notes	173
		Contributors	179