Intentional Preaching
A View from the Pew
Intentional Preaching – A View from the Pew
– by Meirwyn Walters
“Although pastors may have talked among themselves about how to construct effective sermons, they have seldom brought the listeners into the conversation. Meirwyn Walters has done just that.” – Haddon Robinson
PURCHASE BOOK AT CHRISTIANBOOK.COMA Sampling of Excerpts from the Book
It’s a Tough Job
Ever spent a day shaving pigs? Apparently that’s a job for some people. It makes the pig’s muscles stand out so the hope for future bacon looks brighter. Ever worked as an oil tank removal technician? A sinkhole garbage specialist, concrete-wall demolisher or slime eel fisher? Mike Rowe made a quite a career trying out …
Your Tough Job Matters. But You Have to Bring Your A++ Game.
If you are a preacher, you have my immediate admiration.What you do matters. Really matters. That sermon timeslot on Sunday has the potential to be the most important module in our week. Those of us sitting in the pews know that we should have daily quiet times. We know that we should listen to our …
The Big Idea of this book
Everything you do with respect to your preaching should be the product of an intentional choice. The ironic thing is that even when you think you are not making choices intentionally, your actions reveal your intentions. Even if you don’t mean them to. The essential principle upon which this book rests is the following: the …
Praise for Intentional Preaching
This is the book I’ve been waiting forty years to read. Each Sunday when I rise up to preach, I find myself wondering what my people are expecting of me… At last, a knowledgeable layman has written on behalf of his fellow pew-sitters an extremely helpful and practical compendium of wisdom and counsel directed to us preachers.
Doug Pratt
Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Bonita Springs, Florida
Preaching is more, but not less, than making a good argument from a text. What better feedback from the faithful can we get than that which is shaped by years of legal training and experience – not to mention, growing up with a seasoned preacher! Meirwyn Walters reflections here reward not only us preachers but our hearers. I heartily recommend it.
Michael Horton
J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary, California
About Author
Meirwyn Walters
Attorney/Preaching Coach/Author
After graduating with a B.A. in American history from Harvard University, Meirwyn Walters studied law and theology at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and then earned his J.D. at Boston College Law School. A full-time partner at Walters Lacey LLP, he is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Business Law at Gordon College in Wenham, Massachusetts. He is also a ruling elder at First Presbyterian Church North Shore (Presbyterian Church in America). Married over 25 years to Nina, he enjoys spending time with his three children. He also competes in Masters Track and Field as a sprinter, plays piano and bakes bread.
Meirwyn can be reached at:
Meirwyn Walters, Esq.
WaltersLacey LLP
Suite 26
7 Federal Street
Danvers MA 01923
m @ waltlaw . com
A Conversation on Intentional Preaching
Video Introduction
Meirwyn Walters & Rabbi Walker discuss his book Intentional Preaching.