Preaching With Passion

Rating:
Summary: Good and Encouraging Read
Review: Montoya has written an excellent book for pastors and Bible study teachers who want to preach/teach with more conviction and passion.

Among the points Montoya covers include:

1. Reasons why preachers lack passion.
2. The power to preach comes only from God.
3. Passionate preaching comes from a person of convictions - know what you believe and then say it!
4. Excellent notes on having compassion for the people you preach or teach to and wrong reasons for preaching and teaching.
5. Do not use the pulpit as a weapon or become an authoritarian preacher. Do speak with authority but realize that authority comes from God, not yourself or others.
6. Allow God to break you so you can become a broken man and be more useful to God!
7. Use imagination when preaching - do not bore your listeners to sleep!

I agree with the previous reviewer about the book being more motivational than informational. However, pastors and teachers do need encouragement and motivation even after we have become thoroughly educated lest we become too self-satisfied and complacent. While I love to continue to learn new things, sometimes God has used the Bible and other books to motivate and encourage me!

Rating:
Summary: Good and Encouraging Read
Review: Montoya has written an excellent book for pastors and Bible study teachers who want to preach/teach with more conviction and passion.

Among the points Montoya covers include:

1. Reasons why preachers lack passion.
2. The power to preach comes only from God.
3. Passionate preaching comes from a person of convictions - know what you believe and then say it!
4. Excellent notes on having compassion for the people you preach or teach to and wrong reasons for preaching and teaching.
5. Do not use the pulpit as a weapon or become an authoritarian preacher. Do speak with authority but realize that authority comes from God, not yourself or others.
6. Allow God to break you so you can become a broken man and be more useful to God!
7. Use imagination when preaching - do not bore your listeners to sleep!

I agree with the previous reviewer about the book being more motivational than informational. However, pastors and teachers do need encouragement and motivation even after we have become thoroughly educated lest we become too self-satisfied and complacent. While I love to continue to learn new things, sometimes God has used the Bible and other books to motivate and encourage me!

Rating:
Summary: Good Work But Not Unique
Review: Preaching With Passion by Alex Montoya does not offer a lot of unique material, but it clearly presents an explanation of what is required to preach with conviction and sincerity.

The book offers more than a few clever complaints about boring and tedious preaching, beginning in the first chapter, "Preach with Spiritual Power." The other chapters include: "Preach with Conviction, Preach with Compassion, Preach with Authority, Peach with Urgency, Preach with Brokeness, Preach with the Whole Being, and Preach with Imagination.

For someone who has not been exposed to similar material, this work may prove beneficial. It emphasizes the need for the preacher to have a close walk with God and a burden for his people. For those of us who have attended pastor's conferences and been around the block a few times, its value may be more motivational than informational.