Preaching Post Roundup (August 22, 2024)

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.)

• Beware of Preaching a Christian Failure Narrative from Rod Casey (Preaching Today) – “our sermons ought to reflect a more accurate, hope-filled, Christianly communication”
• The Story Behind from Sean Palmer (Preaching Today) – “two steps preachers can learn about storytelling from the Olympics”
• The Application Cart from T. M. Suffield (nuakh) – we should commit to preaching Christ, avoiding “over-application” and “under-application”; corporate as well as individual applications
• A Fresh Approach to a Generosity Sermon Series from Matt Woodley (Preaching Today) – “rather than focusing on ‘outputs (i.e. giving money),’ focus on our response to the ‘inputs (i.e. spiritual resources)’ we receive from Jesus”
• Calling Quits on the Guilties – on Not Being a Multitasking Preacher from Chris Green (Ministry Nuts and Bolts) – we need not feel guilty about not doing all that famous preachers have done, including praying while we preach
• “Preaching and Preachers” – Episode 279: Small Steps to Improve Your Preaching from Jared Bumpers and Jonathan Pennington (Jason K. Allen) – handling criticism and affirmation; the distinction between preaching and teaching; how preaching is like an encaustic painting; the value of writing a sermon manuscript; the importance of editing; learning from others [originally recorded in May 2023]
• Cultivating Integrity with Bryan Stupar from Bryan Stupar (Expositors Collective) – the importance for our preaching and teaching of maintaining a godly character; how to go about cultivating integrity and living our message
• The Olivet Discourse: Understand the Second Coming of Christ (Matt. 24:29–44) from Don Carson (The Gospel Coalition) – in what sense the Lord’s return is “imminent”; Carson’s interpretation of Matthew 24:29-44
• Women in Acts: Women’s Role in the Birth of the Church from Elyse Fitzpatrick (Word by Word – Logos Blog) – “how women were indeed integral to the founding of the church”
• Tom Schreiner on Paul, the Apostolic Missionary in Acts (Season 2, Episode 8) from Nancy Guthrie and Tom Schreiner (Crossway) – a discussion of the ministry of Paul in the Book of Acts