Here are some posts and podcasts on preaching and biblical exegesis that I noticed. (To receive Preaching Post Roundup as a weekly email, please subscribe.)
- What Is Preaching from Mark J. Henninger (Theological Treatises) – “preaching is the authoritative verbal presentation of the Person of the Lord Jesus Christ in the message of His gospel of grace and mercy” (3 min)
- What Makes a Sermon Work from J. A. Medders (Spiritual Theology) – ultimately, what makes a sermon work is not anything to do with us (4 min)
- How Do You Rightly Handle the Word of Truth? 2 Timothy 2:14–15, Part 2 from John Piper (Desiring God) – a phrase-by-phrase explanation of 2 Timothy 2:15 (13 min)
- Listen to the Sermon to Hear Christ from David Prince (Prince on Preaching) – our hearers should be encouraged to pray that they will hear Christ through our preaching (3 min)
- Sin, Salvation, and Preaching (Dear Pastor…) from Shane Lems (The Reformed Reader Blog) – thoughts from John Newton on how sin and salvation relate to preaching (1 min)
- Preaching to Those Who Stop Believing from Paul Chamberlain (Preaching Today) – why people leave the faith and how our preaching can prepare our hearers for challenges to their faith (12 min)
- Episode 29: Interview – Steve Matthewson, Part 1: All Scripture (The Biblical Preaching Podcast) from Steve Matthewson, Mike Chalmers and Peter Mead (Cor Deo) – preaching biblical narrative; the importance of preaching from both Old and New Testaments and a variety of genres; confidence in the form of Scripture (34 min)
- “Preacher’s Talk” (Ep. 92) – On The Systematic Theology of the Father from K. Edward Copeland, David Helm, and Jeremy Meeks (9 Marks) – the importance of the doctrine of God; its importance in preaching; over- or underutilizing the doctrine of God; examples of using this doctrine in preaching (29 min)
- What Is Textual Criticism of the Bible? A Crash Course from Wendy Widder (Word by Word – Logos Blog) – what textual criticism is; why it is helpful; Old and New Testament textual criticism; varieties of textual witnesses; goals and limitations of textual criticism; resources (21 min)
- How Should Preachers Deal with the Story of the Woman Caught in the Act of Adultery? from Denny Burk (Denny Burk) – thoughts on dealing with a story that probably was not originally part of John’s Gospel (3 min)
- The Function and Usefulness of Apocalyptic Preaching from Don Carson (The Gospel Coalition) – some of the unique characteristics and functions of apocalyptic literature make apocalyptic preaching especially useful (transcript: 27 min; podcast: 51 min)
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