Overhearing the Gospel

Craddock puts the question quite right: "How do we proclaim the gospel to people who have heard it all before--and have done so for years, and decades, and eons?!?!" How might we phrase our remarks so that the gospel just might be overheard by those not intending to "hear" the gospel at all? But this is God's work and not ours--yet Craddock invites us, as the master preacher that he is to think about these matters carefully... Read Full Review

Fred Craddock's "Overhearing the Gospel" is a must-read for anyone preaching the word. Craddock shares Soren Kierkegaard's thoughts and methods, as well as his own. Once you become engaged with this book, it is difficult to set the reading aside. The reader is challenged with the truths of preaching, and the desire to incorporate all this information into his/her own style of preaching. "Overhearing the Gospel" addresses... Read Full Review

For a time this book slipped under the radar. I couldn't find it in the late 90's, but it's finally being rediscovered. I think this is because it expresses so well the method of communication that has made Hollywood one of the most compelling story tellers on the planet, far overshadowing the impotence of the Church in telling the greatest story ever told, and yet one used almost exclusively by Jesus himself. Inadvertently... Read Full Review

Two great books were first printed in 1978: Overhearing the Gospel, by Fred Craddock and The Prophetic Imagination, by Walter Brueggemann. Although it took me 13 years to become familiar with either one, they were both worth the waiting!I cannot remember when I heard Dr. Craddock tell the story of gathering the fallen stars in the backyard of his home and storing them in his Grandma's clothes basket; But this story is placed... Read Full Review