Haddon Robinson of Willow Valley, Pennsylvania, the respected author and seminary president who literally wrote the book on biblical expositional preaching, died July 22. He was 86. A memorial service to celebrate Dr. Robinson’s life is scheduled for September 7, 2017 at 7:00 pm at the chapel of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, Massachusetts.

Read Dr. Robinson’s funeral home obituary.

Author of numerous books on biblical preaching and Christian living, Dr. Robinson was the longtime Harold John Ockenga Distinguished Professor of Preaching, and former president of, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Formerly he served 12 years as president of Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary, now Denver Seminary, and 19 years on the faculty of Dallas Theological Seminary.

For more than 23 years, Robinson lead the conversation about biblical topics on the radio program Discover the Word which posted a video tribute to him on its Facebook page. From the archives of Discover the Word, here is the 10-minute episode with Dr. Robinson focusing on How to Read the Bible for All It’s Worth.

In a 1996 interview with Reformed Worship magazine, Dr. Robinson said, “Great sermons take place when flint strikes steel. When the flint of a person’s problem strikes the steel of the Word of God, you get a spark, and the spark will burn. Some sermons are too “flinty”: they’re all problem, and not much Scripture. Others are all steel and no flint: they are strong on the Bible but stop short of challenging people’s lives. What we want is some combination of the eternal Word of God striking people where they live. Preachers who can do that have a better chance of reaching the audience today and in years to come.”

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