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“James, what resources do you recommend to a literate English reader who wants to interpret the Gospels accurately and preach the gospel effectively like the apostles?”

I recommend my book Reaching and Teaching through Preaching. Several volumes by distinguished preachers of the 1800s are also very worthwhile, and completely free by following the embedded links here:

On the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons - John Broadus

Homiletics, or The Theory of Preaching - Alexandre R. Vinet

Sacred Rhetoric: Or, a Course of Lectures on Preaching - Robert L. Dabney

Lectures to My Students - Charles Haddon Spurgeon.

The Ministry of the Word - William M. Taylor

For anyone - not just men who stand in pulpits - who desires to handle accurately the worth of truth, these free resources are also available:

Hermeneutics - David Roberts Dungan

Introduction to the Exegetical Study of the Scriptures of the New Testament - Patrick Fairbairn
(Printed edition on Amazon)

Biblical Hermeneutics: A Treatise on the Interpretation of the Old and New Testaments - Milton S. Terry

Sacred Hermeneutics Developed and Applied - Samuel Davidson

The Elements of Biblical Interpretation - Leicester Ambrose Sawyer

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Volume 1) - James Orr, editor

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Volume 2) - James Orr, editor

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (Volume 3) - James Orr, editor