Haddon Robinson

Haddon Robinson, Ph.D., is the Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Articles by Haddon Robinson

The value of a lament

November 2023

Why has this happened to me?” “Where is God?” “What’s the point?” Sometimes, life presents wave after wave of crises. Questions are many, and answers are few. One response is to recognize that events are seasonal: to be anticipated and expected.…

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Feeding Five or Five Thousand 1

May 2015

Jesus was a splendid communicator. Of course, as a teacher of preaching and a devout Christian, I am expected to say that. As far as I know, the Bible does not make that claim. No verse in the Bible tells us how marvelous Jesus was…

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Radio Work and Results in Mexico

June 1948

We have sanitariums, treatment rooms, clinics, health books and magazines in Mexico, and for the same reasons as in the States—to acquaint the people with the best ways of healthful living and to prepare their…

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Bullets or buckshot

September 2000

Derek Morris: In Biblical Preaching, you emphasize that "a sermon should be a bullet and not buckshot." In other words, a sermon should present a single dominant idea rather than a collection of numerous unrelated ideas.…

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