Preaching Post Roundup (July 15, 2021)

Here are some posts on preaching and exegesis that I noticed recently. (To receive Preaching Post Roundup as a weekly email, please subscribe.)

• Pastor, Preach Your Sermon from Ronnie Martin (For the Church) – pastors need encouragement to prepare their hearts to preach their sermons
• What’s Missing from Modern Preaching from Grant Fishbook (Logos Blog) – modern audiences want deeper questions, not alliteration and acrostics, transparency and authenticity, life application, unresolved tension, going straight to Scripture
• A Sermon Is More Than Words Strung Together from Bruce Ballast (Preaching Acts) – sermons need emotion and passion, not just words
• Brothers, We Are Not Charles Spurgeon from Daniel Seabaugh (Jesus Musings) – “The temptation to be your favorite preacher can be deadly to your life and ministry.”
• On Doing Your Own Work | Preachers Talk, Ep. 26 from David Helm, Jeremy Meeks and K. Edward Copeland – the challenge and blessings of doing your own work in preparing sermons
• The Supremacy of God in Preaching: Conclusion from John Piper (Desiring God) – true preaching displays the worth of God’s glory to those thirsting for it
• Leading Out of Your Character – Josiah Graves from Josiah Graves and Mike Neglia (Expositors Collective) – the importance of making sure your sermon is accessible to everyone; the need to continue developing godly character
• Exodus 34: On YHWH’s Self-Expositional Sermon and Why We Have It Better than Radiant-Faced Moses (Bible Talk, Ep. 34) from Alex Duke, Jim Hamilton and Sam Emadi (9 Marks) – biblical theological insights on these chapters
• Judgment Begins at God’s House: A Theology of Malachi (Part 1) from Bob Gonzales (Sharper Iron) – characteristics of lifeless religion: faulty theology, defective worship, covenant infidelity, ungodly religion, tight-fisted unbelief
• [For those who don’t have access to Bible commentaries and other Bible study tools, remember that you can borrow commentaries and tools online. Many of these resources are “critical”, but some are evangelical. Here are some lists: Bible Commentaries to Borrow; Bible Study Tools to Borrow]