If You Cannot Preach Like Paul...

Many preachers and Christian speakers will appreciate Nancy Lammers Gross's If You Cannot Preach Like Paul, which seeks ""to reclaim Paul for the preaching ministry of the church."" Pastors have neglected Paul, she says, because of the recent trend toward narrative preaching and also because of confusion about how to deal with some of the trickier elements of his letters. The tone is primarily academic, with Gross citing theorists such as Paul Ricoeur, but she also offers illustrative anecdotes from her own life and effectively summarizes each chapter to help the reader. (Mar.)