If you're like me and have read Bryan Chapell's Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon and benefited from his discussion of redemptive-historical...
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Bullmore on the Critical Necessity of Biblical Exposition
http://vimeo.com/61181592 Mike Bullmore begins his 9Marks at Southern 2013 session with this "strong claim:" Preaching God's word is the fundamental task of pastoral...
Lloyd-Jones on the Golden Rule of Biblical Interpretation
The first thing you have to do [in sermon preparation] is to deal with the meaning of your text. At this point there is one golden rule, one absolute demand— honesty. You...
Is My Sermon Preparation Steeped in Prayer?
A good reminder from James Rosscup: Prayer is not an elective but the principal element in the kaleidoscope of spiritual characteristics that mark a preacher. These traits...
Your Sermon Text Is Not Just a Text
What is your sermon text for tomorrow? Of course, when we hear the words "sermon text" we immediately think of some passage of Scripture. That's all well and good. But have...
The Underlying Nonnegotiable in All Truly Christian Preaching
For many people the word "preaching" is confined to "the pulpit monologue." However, "preaching" is a much broader term, of which the sermon is simply a subcategory. This...
Preaching to Impress: Conveying a Superlative Sense of God’s Glory
How would you personally answer the following questions? What is the "consistent tendency" of my preaching? In other words, what do I tend to magnify and highlight in my...
Mohler on Why Expository Preaching Is Such a Bad Idea
A provocative title, for sure. What is Mohler talking about--expository preaching a bad idea? Isn't Al Mohler an advocate for expository preaching in our day? Yes, he is....
The Ultimate Source of Authority in Preaching
There is something inherently horrid about human beings who claim and attempt to wield a personal authority they do not possess. It is particularly inappropriate in the...
Greidanus Talks about Preaching Christ from the Old Testament
Sidney Greidanus is well known for his work on preaching Christ from the Old Testament. He is the author of Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary...