"This volume offers a balance of historical information concerning and theoretical principles pertaining to the eighth century prophets, preaching as praxis, and prophetic books as literary pieces on the one hand, and sermons which "put flesh on" the information and principles enunciated in the preparatory essays on the other. I enthusiastically applaud the effort and time expended by the authors and editors of this volume to produce a motivational, user-friendly book which will challenge and encourage preachers and teachers to seek to proclaim faithfully God's word found in the Old Testament."

John T. Willis
Professor of Old Testament
Abilene Christiain University

Table of Contents

	Biographical Sketches	vii
	Foreword Donald E. Gowan	xi
	Introduction David Fleer and Dave Bland	1
Part 1:	Essays on Preaching The Eighth Century Prophets
1	Pastors Who are Preachers Who are Prophets William H. Willimon	11
2	The Proclamation of Doom in the Eighth Century Prophets: Want vs. Need Rick Marrs	29
3	Theology, Ethics, and Homiletics in the Eighth Century Prophetic Oracles of Salvation John Fortner	59
4	Living In Hosea Craig Bowman	95
5	Re-imagining the Future: Past Tense Words in a Present Tense World Timothy Sensing	119
6	Exploring Preaching's Voices from Ex Cathedra to Exilic Robert Stephen Reid	135
Part 2:	Sermons on The Eighth Century Prophets
	Dave Bland
7	What Makes God Most Angry (Amos 1-2)	169
8	Prophetic Imagination (Amos 9:11-15)	177
9	The Knowledge of God (Hosea 4:1-10)	185
10	The Loving Father (Hosea 11:1-9)	193
11	Worshipping God (Isaiah 6:1-8, 1:10-15)	201
12	The Peaceable Kingdom (Isaiah 11:6-9)	209
	Mark Frost
13	The Snake in the Pew (Amos 5:18-27)	217
	Royce Dickenson
14	Heartbroken for the Heartless (Hosea 1-3)	227
	David Fleer
15	In Micah's Courtroom (Micuh 6:1-8)	237