One thing I wrestle with as a homiletics teacher is how to instill fervency or passion in my students as they preach. I have discovered that I can encourage it and try to...
Kerry McGonigal
Preaching Is More than Regurgitation
Preaching is more than regurgitating your favorite exegetical commentary, recasting the sermons of your favorite preachers, or reshaping notes from one of your favorite...
The One Mode of Preaching God Promises to Bless
It must never be forgotten, that there is but one mode of preaching that God has promised to bless: "when all our sermons . . . are made to set forth and magnify Christ the...
Reviewing the Main Points 06.28.13
Here are some preaching-related resources from this past week all nicely packaged up on one page. Let the Tone of Your Sermon Match the Tone of Your Text - Trevin Wax Giving...
My Philosophy of Preaching
Have you ever taken the time to write down your personal philosophy of preaching? It's an extremely revealing and clarifying exercise. Here's what I did. I sat down and...
How to Make Sure Your Sermon Applications Don’t Eclipse God’s Wisdom
Knowing how to apply an ancient text of Scripture to a contemporary audience can be a risky enterprise. There are many "dangers, toils, and snares" along the pathway. There...
Reviewing the Main Points 06.21.13
Here are some preaching-related resources that surfaced this past week. The Biblical Preaching of John Calvin - Steven Lawson We must have Calvins again. And by God’s grace,...
When Your Own Wife Doesn’t Say Anything about Your Sermon
I was amused and encouraged by these words from Tim Keller. Evidently I'm not the only one who has these conversations with my wife. I remember, some years ago, to when I...
Get Yourself out of the Interpretation and into the Proclamation
Preaching magazine once interviewed John MacArthur and asked him the following question: You've commented that one of the things you have to work at so hard is to get your...
Forming and Being Formed
When an expositor studies his Bible, the Holy Spirit probes the preacher's life. As a man prepares sermons, God prepares the man. As the expositor masters a passage, he will...