Engaged: Preaching that draws people closer to God
Why is it that so much preaching explains the Bible clearly yet leaves people unchanged? Why do sermons faithfully unpack Scripture but still fail to draw listeners into a deeper, wholehearted relationship with God?
Many preachers sense a gap they struggle to name. Countless books teach how to understand the Bible technically or communicate it accurately, but far fewer explore how Scripture can be proclaimed so that people encounter God Himself - responding to Him, not merely learning about Him.
Engaged: Preaching that Draws People Closer to God serves as a companion to careful biblical study. It calls preachers to proclaim God’s Word in a way that genuinely draws people to Him. Learning from Christians across times and cultures—not just twentieth-century Western literary techniques—it gathers wisdom that equips preachers to lead their congregations into attentive, responsive, wholehearted engagement with the living God.
ISBN & Pages
9781 918634 1526 - 70 pages
Author: Lloyd Etheridge
Lloyd Etheridge is Associate Vicar of Bishop Hannington Memorial Church in Hove. He has taught with the Northwest Gospel Partnership, where he also led a preaching group, and has taught How to Give Bible Talks and Principles of Exposition with the Sussex Gospel Partnership. He loves his wife Sarah and their three children. When he is not juggling the priorities of ministry and family life, he enjoys philosophy, history, politics and watching YouTube Shorts and TikTok in a failed attempt to stay young and relevant.
