Rebind Scholar

Thomas G. Long

Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching, Candler School of Theology, Emory University

Thomas G. Long is Bandy Professor Emeritus of Preaching at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, and has taught preaching for over forty years. His introductory textbook The Witness of Preaching is used in theological schools around the world, and he has served as president of the Academy of Homiletics and delivered the Lyman Beecher Lectures at Yale Divinity School.

“A pastor I know was in the hospital visiting a parishioner who was dying. At the end of the visit she made a surprising request. “I have been reading the book of James,” she said, “and I want you to come back to my room with the officers of the church, and I w…”

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