Practice of Preaching
Preacher, Doodle. Doo.

Preacher, Doodle. Doo.

David Prince is one of my favorite contemporary authors in the field of homiletics. His blog posts, book Church with Jesus as Hero, and dissertation on "The Necessity...

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...

Frag-men-tar-y Ex-po-si-tion

Frag-men-tar-y Ex-po-si-tion

In a sincere effort to emphasize the text of Scripture and to keep their messages biblical, some preachers engage in what we could call "fragmentary exposition." Here is the...

Show Your Support! Your Main Points Need It.

Show Your Support! Your Main Points Need It.

How often do we simply assert our main point in a sermon, read a couple of supporting verses with little to no comment, and then move on to illustrate or apply the concept?...