Top Six Books on Preaching
Carmen Joy Imes
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16 September 2025
24 September 2025
Top Two is a new weekly video series with me, Dr. Carmen Joy Imes, where I talk about influential books in biblical scholarship. In this video, I discuss my favorite books about preaching at three different scholarly levels. If you have any topics you would like to cover, please comment below! Here's the link to order from Hearts and Minds Books: https://www.heartsandmindsbooks.com/order/ (20% discount on all books mentioned until September 16) Collier, Winn. Love Big, Be Well: Letters to a Small-Town Church. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2017. Carty, Austin. The Pastor's Bookshelf: Why Reading Matters for Ministry. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2022. Davis, Talbot. Simplify the Message, Multiply the Impact. Nashville: Abingdon, 2020. Arthurs, Jeffrey D. Preaching as Reminding: Stirring Memory in an Age of Forgetfulness. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2017. Glanville, Mark R. Preaching in a New Key: Crafting Expository Sermons in Post-Christian Communities. Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2025. Mathewson, Steven D. The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative. 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2021. Mathewson, Steven D.The Art of Preaching Old Testament Poetry. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2024. Top Two is brought to you with support from @BiolaUniversity. Video content and filming by Carmen Joy Imes. Produced by Carson McHuron Music by Kevin MacLeod Graphics by George Khoury. Check out my channel to see playlists of dozens of other Torah Tuesday videos on Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and even Psalms, as well as interviews, sermons, and chapel messages. Follow me on Twitter: / carmenjoyimes Follow me on Facebook: / carmen.imes.7 Check out my blog: https://carmenjoyimes.blogspot.com/ Amazon Author Page: http://bit.ly/4ot2UNi For more information about our programs at Biola University, check out our website (www.biola.edu). Thanks for watching!
