Book-Level Preaching: A Podcast Conversation
A few weeks ago, I published an article here on Preaching & Preachers introducing what I’ve come to call High-Altitude Spiral Preaching, a philosophy and methodology for preaching whole books of the Bible at the book level, not as a replacement for ground-level...
Book-Level Preaching: A Podcast Conversation
A few weeks ago, I published an article here on Preaching & Preachers introducing what I’ve...
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High-Altitude Spiral Preaching
Every preacher knows the tension: we want our people to grasp the message of an entire biblical book, but week-by-week exposition can make it hard for them to see the big...
In Defense of Preaching
Why do we need to preach God’s Word? Is it really necessary?
A Manual for Preaching by Abraham Kuruvilla
Abraham Kuruvilla is senior research professor of preaching and pastoral ministries at Dallas Theological Seminary. He is a prolific writer in the area of homiletics and...
What Is Expository Preaching?
Has this ever happened to you? You hear someone singing the praises of a particular preacher using words like "world-class expositor." Curious, you look the guy up online,...
What Impression Do You Want Your Sermon to Make?
One question we must ask in assessing our preaching is this: "What are my listeners impressed with at the end of my message? Or you could put it this way: "Who are my...
The Story Behind Christ-Centered Preaching
Have you ever been deeply disappointed with your own preaching, felt like a failure, and considered leaving the ministry? Bryan Chapell did, and in a recent Faithlife Today...
Stop Thief! (Should I Have Put That in Quotes?)
Students regularly ask me when and how to cite sources in their sermons. There is, of course, no easy, one-size-fits-all, black-and-white answer to their question. As J. D....
Fact-Checking Your Sermon Illustrations
Regardless of what you think of Roger Olson's theology, this excerpt from his book The Story of Christian Theology serves as an important reminder for preachers to...