At first glance one might consider the 169 pages of He Is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World by R. Albert Mohler as just another book on preaching, but Mohler does not simply regurgitate familiar principles or praxis from well-proven books on expository preaching. Instead, Mohler calls preachers to preach the Word in postmodern times. There are the expected biblical imperatives, historical arguments, and biblical definitions found in most preaching textbooks, but Mohler goes further – He argues for a countercultural response to the attacks that postmodernism has levelled against expository preaching.
He Is Not Silent calls today’s preachers to keep on preaching no matter what postmodern trends surface. If you’re looking for a textbook on expository preaching there are more comprehensive books available, but Mohler is an accurate commentator of the times. His comprehension of postmodernism is what makes this book on preaching helpful at this particular juncture of church history. I enjoyed his cultural insights and am thankful for an evangelical leader who will not vacillate on the biblical mandate to ‘preach the Word’ especially in times such as these.
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