Kerry McGonigal
How to Select a Preaching Text, Part 2

How to Select a Preaching Text, Part 2

(This post is the second in a two-part series. You can read Part 1 here.) Sunday is over and another sermon is in the books. Now it’s Monday and you can take a break, right?...

How to Select a Preaching Text, Part 1

How to Select a Preaching Text, Part 1

(This is the first a two-part series on selecting a preaching text within an expository book series.) There are a number of factors involved in selecting a text (or topic or...

Popery in the Pulpit

Popery in the Pulpit

The preacher has neither authority nor right to use the pulpit as a place to express his own opinions on anything: the pulpit is not a soapbox. Too many preachers have...

Our Calling as Preachers

Our Calling as Preachers

Our calling as preachers is really very simple. We study, we stand before our people, we read the text, and we explain it. We reprove, rebuke, exhort, encourage, and...

How Can Preachers Receive Compliments Humbly?

How Can Preachers Receive Compliments Humbly?

"How can young preachers receive compliments humbly?" This was a question posed to Al Mohler on his 02-08-14 Ask Anything:Weekend edition. His answer is quite thoughtful and...

So, Preacher, What’s Your Thing?

So, Preacher, What’s Your Thing?

I recently listened to an audio recording of Sinclair Ferguson addressing the topic of "Preaching Christ in All the Scriptures." In the following excerpt he explains why he...