Ethical Approaches to Preaching

“Ethical Approaches to Preaching could not come at a better time as preachers grapple with how to address the concerns that matter to their listeners, their communities, and a hurting world. With methodical clarity and a helpful organizational framework, McClure gives preachers a guide to thinking through four different approaches to social issues, as well as how to apply the approaches in a given situation. This is an essential handbook for courageous, prophetic, and prudent sermons!”


—Leah D. Schade, author of Preaching in the Purple Zone





“Clear and concise explanations of preaching as ‘theo-ethical Christian practices.’ This handbook is one of the best resources to learn how to preach on ethical issues in a contextually appropriate way. The author’s sermons on immigration and carefully selected ‘situational sermon examples’ are practically helpful in teaching and learning various ethical approaches to preaching.”


—Eunjoo Mary Kim, Iliff School of Theology





“In a time when responsible, clear-headed Christian ethical praxis and reflection have never been more crucial, this is a book that belongs on every preacher’s desk. . . . McClure devotes chapters to each of four distinctive approaches to Christian ethics in the pulpit: communicative ethics, ‘witness’ ethics, liberation ethics, and ‘hospitality’ ethics. . . . McClure not only lays out the primary theological/theoretical commitments and aims of a specific approach to ethical reflection, but proposes concrete practices for active ethical engagement beyond the church walls, as well as key homiletical strategies commensurate with the approach under discussion.”


—Sally A. Brown, Princeton Theological Seminary