“Crisis. Such an alarming word, a grab-you-by-the-throat word. But this is the truth of where we are. And in a crisis, what we need is God. We need a fresh proclamation of good news. And we need Tyshawn Gardner to show us the way.”

—Winn Collier, director of the Eugene Peterson Center for Christian Imagination at Western Theological Seminary and author of Love Big, Be Well and A Burning in My Bones: The Biography of Eugene Peterson

“So many of our books are not answering the questions we should be asking. We are weary of manuscripts that diagnose but cannot solve. Here is a book we’ve been waiting for! The Lord has given Tyshawn a discourse the church needs right now. The crisis facing Christian preaching is at fever pitch. The pulpit has at times been handicapped by the academy and politicized by culture. We need an example of the kind of preaching that fits our current milieu. This is it. The words in these pages are like lights on the path. Read them and preach.”

—Charlie Dates, senior pastor, Progressive Baptist Church, Chicago, IL

“Dr. Tyshawn Gardner’s volume presents an unprecedented combination of biblical exposition, Christian anthropology, and innovative analysis of the current public debate in our social crisis. The national consciousness in the post-George Floyd era pleads for such a book. After the theological and exegetical discussion, Dr. Gardner bridges the often-uncrossed gap between the study and the pulpit. He builds a sturdy bridge to carry the biblical message over the chasm that often exists between the exegetical insight and venue specific proclamation. Born from the reflections of a gentleman who combines academic credentials with extensive pastoral experience, this is a book both for the knowing and the perplexed when preaching on today’s controverted issues.”

—Joel C. Gregory, George W. Truett Endowed Chair in Preaching and Evangelism and director of the Kyle Lake Center for Effective Preaching, George W. Truett Theological Seminary

“Gospel preaching at its best is a social enterprise. Like a wise physician, Dr. Gardner provides an accurate diagnosis and proper response to the existential crises confronting the church in the twenty-first century. Social Crisis Preaching is a work that will challenge the status quo of the pulpit and pew. Dr. Gardner writes with the mind of a scholar but with a pastor’s heart.”

—Frank Kennedy, Jr, executive pastor, New Mount Olive Baptist Church, Ft. Lauderdale, FL

“Tyshawn Gardner has written a compelling, convicting, and challenging volume that carries on the spirit of what he has newly dubbed the black church tradition’s “prophetic radicalism.” Carefully theologically reasoned, ecclesiastically oriented, and homiletically charged, Gardner has written a wonderful, bold, and provocative work that will bless both the church and academy. It is a book for Christians wanting to address the social ills of racism, sexism, and inequality. It is a book for preachers. But above all, it is a book ...