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.)
- Low Expectations… from Nicholas Batzig (Feeding on Christ) – “if more churches and ministers wholeheartedly committed themselves to [the work of true preaching], the church would have examples to follow and the spiritual expectation of God’s people would necessarily rise” (3 min)
- Four Reasons Why Sermons Fail from Alex Montoya (The Focused Pastor) – sermons fail when they are essays, when they elaborate the obvious, when they fail to treat hearers with dignity, and when they lack purpose (7 min)
- Learning to Preach Like Jesus with Peter Williams from Mike Neglia and Peter Williams (Expositors Collective) – the difference between teaching and preaching; the need for learning without “locking knowledge away”; the genius of Jesus’ teaching (as shown in the parable of the Prodigal Son) and how to appreciate its depth (42 min)
- Episode 28: Guest Preaching (The Biblical Preaching Podcast) from Mike Chalmers and Peter Mead (Cor Deo) – things guest preachers should learn before they preach; things to avoid; what to pray for; a ministry of encouragement (21 min)
- The Bible is Just so… Extra from Tommy Keene (Sign and Shadow) – “the literature of the New Testament, while conforming to already established genres, is nevertheless everywhere pushing the envelope” (6 min)
- “Bible Talk” – In the Beginning Was the Word: A Bonus Bible Talk Episode from Alex Duke, Sam Emadi, and Jim Hamilton (9 Marks) – a discussion of Hamilton’s new book: In the Beginning Was the Word: Finding Meaning in the Literary Structure of the Gospel of John (30 min)
- Unveiling the Heart of Apocalyptic Preaching from Don Carson (The Gospel Coalition) – how to read the book of Revelation; Revelation and the Old Testament; seeing Jesus throughout Revelation (transcript: 30 min; podcast: 46 min)
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