Book Review

Feed My Sheep: Preaching God’s Word

- by Emmanuel Cleaver III

Feed My Sheep: Preaching God’s Word is a much needed resource for today’s preachers. Author Emanuel Cleaver III writes that like much of life, preaching is a journey with never-ending ups and downs because the ultimate goal is perfection, consistently delivering sermons that touch the heart and mind

Preaching perfection is like a feast. As preachers, we may serve a good meal every Sunday, but if we are honest with ourselves, we don’t serve a feast every week.

In Feed My Sheep, preacher and author Emanuel Cleaver III writes: “If preaching is the primary means by which most people will be fed God’s Word, then it makes sense to spend a lot of time in the kitchen (study). Failure to do so leads too many preachers to serve microwave meals full of popular clichés, repetitive phrases, and lackluster exegetical work with no real depth.”

Feed My Sheep is a thoroughly biblical call to experience preaching as a holy task that God uses to transform lives to the likeness of Christ. Emanuel Cleaver III offers a fresh look at why preaching matters, then shows us how to make it spiritual and relevant to those who gather to seek a word from God. This book calls the best out of preachers of all experience levels, introducing new ideas and authors that will help renew your commitment to this important task.

- Bishop Tom Berlin Florida Conference of The United Methodist Church