There is a hunger in the church today that often goes unmet, a genuine desire among church members to be trained in biblical exposition. Not just how to listen to sermons,...
Philosophy of Preaching
Does Your Sermon Outline Need to Follow the Text?
There’s a question you need to answer every time you prepare a sermon: Does the sermon text govern only what I say, or does it also govern how I say it? If you’re...
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...
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?
John Broadus on Continuous Exposition
Counsel from the past on preaching through books of the Bible
What Is Expository Preaching?
We don’t all mean the same thing.
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...
God Is Not Boring: Preaching to Awaken God-Honoring Emotions
What is the difference between preaching that works the crowd and that which awakens God-honoring emotions? That's the question Voddie Bauchum, John Piper, and Miguel Nunez...
Pastors, It’s Time to Preach through 1 Peter
For a number of reasons 1 Peter has suffered from neglect of interest. In 1976 John H. Elliot wrote these classic words regarding 1 Peter which still ring true today (though...