Fred Craddock has been one of the most important homileticians in America for the last forty years. As a teacher of preachers, his influence has spread beyond the classroom through his writings and lecturing.

This collection of more than fifty of Craddock’s sermons offers a glimpse of a master preacher at work. Only one of the sermons was preached from a manuscript written in advance. For Craddock, a sermon is an event in the world of sound. As a result, the selections here wonderfully reflect and preserve Craddock’s “voice”, engaging readers with all the immediacy of the spoken word.

Barbara Brown Taylor write in her foreword, ‘Reading these sermons one after another will take you places you have never been between the covers of a book.’ Indeed, with such sermons as ‘Does Money Carry Germs?’, ‘Praying through Clenched Teeth’, and ‘Does God have too many children?’ readers will find this to be a charming, engaging collection from one of the best preachers of our time.