This is a newly revised edition of one of the standard introductory preaching textbooks on the market today Beginning with a solid theological basis veteran preacher & best-selling author Thomas G Long offers a practical step-by-step guide to writing a sermon Long centers his approach around the biblical concept of witness To be a preacher Long posits is to be a witness to God's work in the world-one who sees before speaking one whose task is to tell the truth the whole truth & nothing but the truth about what is seen This updated edition freshens up language & anecdotes contains an extensive new analysis of the use of multimedia & its impact on preaching & adds a completely new chapter on plagiarism in preaching Included for the first time are four complete sermons with Long's commentary & analysis The sermons were written & originally preached by Barbara Brown Taylor Cleophus J La Rue Ginger Gaines-Cirelli & Edmund Steimle With this third edition The Witness of Preaching reaffirms itself as the essential resource for seminary students as well as new & experienced preachers