Sometime in the late 1980s I was presenting a paper on my dissertation when I noticed that the most important person in postwar American preaching was sitting in the first row. I had the opportunity ...

Fred Craddock, who taught preaching and New Testament at Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, died last Friday at the age of 86. Those of us who preach know his name well. It was ...

Every leading homiletician is known for a particular slant on preaching: Haddon Robinson advocates the “big idea.” Bryan Chapell looks at the “fallen condition focus.” Fred Craddock touts induction.

When the late Dr. Fred Craddock, preeminent professor of preaching today, was on the faculty of Phillips University in Enid, Oklahoma, he was one time flying in to Oklahoma City from a speaking ...

The Candler School of Theology at Emory University will host a memorial service April 9 for world-renowned preacher, scholar and author Fred Brenning Craddock, who died earlier this month. Craddock ...

United Methodist pastor Fred Craddock, one of the nation’s best known preachers, died on Friday, March 6. He taught preaching at Emory’s Candler School of Theology until his retirement in 1994. He was ...