Fred B. Craddock (1928–2015)
Author of Preaching
About the Author
Fred B. Craddock is Bandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament, Emeritus, at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. America's most respected and distinguished teacher of preaching, he is the author of numerous books, including As One Without show more Authority and Overhearing the Gospel. show less
Series
Works by Fred B. Craddock
Philippians: Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching (1984) 446 copies, 1 review
Preaching through the Christian year : Year B: a comprehensive commentary on the lectionary (1993) 123 copies
Preaching through the Christian year : Year C: a comprehensive commentary on the lectionary (1994) 117 copies
Preaching through the Christian year : Year A: a comprehensive commentary on the lectionary (1992) 107 copies
Preaching the New Common Lectionary: Year C: Advent, Christmas, Epiphany (1985) — Author — 57 copies
Preaching the New Common Lectionary 5 copies
Preaching the Common Lectionary 2 copies
Luke's Jesus, Man of Prayer 1 copy
Preaching c.2 1 copy
Interpretation 1 copy
Recorded sermons (audiotapes 1986) of Fred B. Craddock Professor of New Testament and Preaching 1 copy
The Bible: The Book of Books 1 copy
Associated Works
The New Interpreter's Bible, Vol. 12: Hebrews; James; 1 & 2 Peter; 1, 2, & 3 John; Jude; Revelation (1998) — Contributor — 409 copies
The Company of Preachers: Wisdom on Preaching, Augustine to the Present (2002) — Contributor — 202 copies, 2 reviews
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- Legal name
- Craddock, Jr., Fred Brenning
- Birthdate
- 1928-04-28
- Date of death
- 2015-03-06
- Gender
- male
- Education
- Johnson Bible College
Phillips University
Vanderbilt University (Ph.D., 1964) - Occupations
- minister
professor - Organizations
- Studiorum Novi Testamenti Societas
Emory University (Candler School of Theology / Professor of Preaching)
Disciples of Christ (Minister) - Short biography
- Dr. Fred B. Craddock in Minister Emeritus of the Cherry Log Christian Church in Cherry Log, Georgia. He was named by Newsweek magazine at the turn of the century as one of the ten best living preachers. He is Brandy Distinguished Professor of Preaching and New Testament, Emeritus, in the Candler School of Theology, Emory University. Much sought after as a lecturer, he has delivered the Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale, the Scott Lectures at Claremont School of Theology and Bethany College, WV, the Cole Lectures at Vanderbilt, the Adams Lectures at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, the Westerville Lectures at Austin Presbyterian Seminary, the Mullins Lectures at Southern Seminary and Earl Lectures at Pacific School of Religion. When the word storyteller is mentioned, Dr. Craddock is who comes to mind. In the field of homiletics his approach to sermon development and delivery has inspired vital new insights in Biblical interpretation and presentation.
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Humboldt, Gibson County, Tennessee, USA
- Place of death
- Blue Ridge, Fannin County, Georgia, USA
- Burial location
- Cherry Hill Cemetery, Cherry Log, Gilmer County, Georgia, USA
- Associated Place (for map)
- Georgia, USA
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Reviews
While this short treatise offers little in the way of nuts and bolts, it is a masterful look into the philosophy behind Craddock's indirect, narrative form of preaching. To an audience engorged with biblical information, Craddock preaches to awaken more so than inform. He invites his people to enter in and participate as he lays a storied framework for them to inhabit. Of course, Craddock writes about his method by way of musing on Kierkegaard, which may account for the thick and sometimes show more heady writing style of this book. Having initially fallen in love with a later, more grandfatherly Craddock, it was very noticeable to me that he was taking his scholarly role more seriously at this point in his career. All the same, the book was accessible enough, and being short in length, the preacher could work through it several times, uncovering gold at each reading. show less
I do tend to appreciate the Interpretation series for balancing the quality of the exegesis of the text with how to well present it for instruction and application. This becomes all the more compelling when the author is the justly famous Fred Craddock. This is the commentary a lot of commentaries will quote at times, and for good reason. The spirit of the text is well captured and, as expected, encouragement in its preaching and teaching is presented in high quality ways.
Overhearing the Gospel: Preaching and Teaching the Faith to Persons Who Have Already Heard by Fred B. Craddock
Even though it's a few decades old, well worth reading, since his diagnosis is unfortunately still accurate and his prescription helpful. I was fascinated by the way he interacted with Kierkegaard in his analysis, which revised my opinion of the gloomy Dane. One drawback: I was not able to access the endnotes via the hyperlinks. This feature seems to work in other Kindle books, so perhaps this is a problem with the coding of the electronic file. [review first posted on Amazon.com]
This book by any other author would have been a definite four stars, but Craddock (fairly or unfairly) carries the weight of his excellence. The collection (20 short sermons of 5-6 pages each) included some powerful messages and some that were "fair to middling." The sermon on Matthew 1, waiting for Christmas with Joseph, was probably one of my favorites.
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