A Legacy of Preaching, Volume One--Apostles to the Revivalists explores the history and development of preaching through a biographical and theological examination of its most important preachers. Instead of teaching the history of preaching from the perspective of movements and eras, each contributor tells the story of a particular preacher in history, allowing the preachers from the past to come alive and instruct us through their lives, theologies, and methods of preaching. Each chapter introduces readers to a key figure in the history of preaching, followed by an analysis of the theological views that shaped their preaching, their methodology of sermon preparation and delivery, and an appraisal of the significant contributions they have made to the history of preaching. This diverse collection of familiar and lesser-known individuals provides a detailed and fascinating look at what it has meant to communicate the gospel over the past two thousand years. By looking at how the gospel has been communicated over time and across different cultures, pastors, scholars, and homiletics students can enrich their own understanding and practice of preaching for application today.  Volume One covers the period from the apostles to the revivalists and profiles thirty preachers including: Paul by  Eric Rowe Peter by  David R. Beck Melito of Sardis by  Paul A. Hartog Origen of Alexandria by  Stephen O. Presley Ephrem the Syrian by  Jonathan J. Armstrong Basil of Caesarea by  Jonathan Morgan John Chrysostom by  Paul A. Hartog Augustine of Hippo by  Edward L. Smither Gregory the Great by  W. Brian Shelton Bernard of Clairvaux by  Elizabeth Hoare Francis of Assisi by  Timothy D. Holder Saint Bonaventure by  G. R. Evans Meister Eckhart by  Daniel Farca? Johannes Tauler by  Byard Bennett John Huss by  Mark A. Howell Girolamo Savonarola by  W. Brian Shelton Martin Luther by  Robert Kolb Ulrich Zwingli by  Kevin L. King Balthasar Hubmaier by  Corneliu C. Simu? William Tyndale by  Scott A. Wenig John Calvin by  Anthony N. S. Lane William Perkins by  Dwayne Milioni Richard Baxter by  Simon Vibert John Owen by  Henry M. Knapp John Bunyan by  Larry Steven McDonald Matthew Henry by  William C. Watson and W. Ross Hastings François Fénelon by  Martin I. Klauber Jonathan Edwards by  Gerald R. McDermott John Wesley by  Michael Pasquarello III George Whitefield by  Bill Curtis and Timothy McKnight Volume Two, available separately, covers the period from the Enlightenment to the present day and profiles thirty-one preachers including Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Karl Barth, John Stott, Martin Luther King Jr., Billy Graham, and more.