CartKing Came Preaching
The Pulpit Power of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
By Dr. Mervyn A. Warren
Foreword by Gardner C. Taylor
(hardcover)
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Product Details
Line: IVP Academic
Length: 223 pages
Size: 6 x 9 inches
Binding: hardcover
Published: October 2001
ISBN-10: 0-8308-2658-0
ISBN-13: 978-0-8308-2658-2
IVP Order Code: 2658
"A prominent New York lawyer, descendant of the abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, once said in my hearing that Martin Luther King was not only a preacher. This was true, but anyone who knew Dr. King will know that his highest purpose was to be a preacher of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
"Martin King would feel greatly gratified by Mervyn Warren's book King Came Preaching. It is a thoroughly examined analysis of the preaching of the man who gave to America 'a new birth of freedom.' One will not be far into this book without seeing that the rare pulpit gifts of America's only true spiritual genius, Martin King, have been carefully and faithfully dissected. Dr. Warren has made all students of King and of preaching his debtors."
—Dr. Gardner Taylor (from the Foreword)
"Martin Luther King Jr. was many things--teacher, mediator, architect of social change--but more than anything else he was a preacher, and Mervyn Warren is right to remind us of this. King stood in a long line of preachers, from the Hebrew prophets to the preachers of the black tradition, and it was his giftedness in the pulpit, more than any other single factor, that insures his place in history."
—Dr. John Killinger, author of Fundamentals of Preaching
"Dr. Warren celebrates that mysterious quality of rhetorical wisdom and that rare gift of oratory and conversational resonance that made Martin Luther King Jr. one of the few great pulpiteers in twentieth-century America. A tremendous contribution to the growing body of King scholarship."
—Dr. Lewis V. Baldwin, Martin Luther King Jr. Professor, Vanderbilt University
"This book is aptly crafted and well-written, a worthy addition to the growing number of studies about King's preaching. The inspirational tone in its pages deepens one's appreciation for the teaching and practice of preaching. Even the most seasoned practitioners will find help and inspiration here for their own pulpit work."
—James Earl Massey, emeritus dean of the chapel, Tuskegee University
"Yes, here is one more volume on Martin Luther King Jr., but this one is distinguished by first-person conversations not previously published. It offers, also, valuable background, detailed coverage and analysis, and fresh insights into King's message as a preacher of the gospel."
—Dr. Henry H. Mitchell, author of Black Preaching
Black Man's Religion