Here are some posts on preaching and exegesis that I noticed recently. (To receive Preaching Post Roundup as a weekly email, please subscribe.)
- Preaching: “So Weighty a Service” from Shane Lems (Reformed Reader) – the Westminster Confession on the preaching of the Word
- 7 Ways to Not Really Preach a Passage from Peter Mead (Biblical Preaching) – seven non-expository forms of preaching and three reasons that they are problematic
- Pastor, Your People Need the Hard Texts from J. A. Medders (The Gospel Coalition) – texts like Genesis 38 are difficult, but they too should be preached
- Preach the Difficult Sermon from Craig Thompson (Craig Thompson) – “It is easy to play to the crowd, but it is rarely faithful.”
- Rooting Out Sin in the Church: Making Use of Systematic Exposition from Clint Ellis (Preaching Source) – preaching through a book of the Bible enables the pastor to be accountable, protects him from accusation, and leads to trusting the Spirit to eliminate sin
- Preaching Reality: What I’m Learning from Reading Jonathan Edwards’s Earliest Sermons from Randal Pelton (Pelton on Preaching) – Edwards was concerned that doctrines people accept as true still are not real to them
- Four Reasons I Binned All My Quotes for Preaching from Chris Green (Ministry Nuts and Bolts) – collected quotations and illustrations can often be generic and stale
- Before the Sermon from Peter Mead (Biblical Preaching) – factors to be aware of as you are about to deliver your message
- Sermon Delivery Matters from David Prince (For the Church) – “allow your cruciform passion and genuine enthusiasm for what you believe show in order to make much of the cross”
- What Do People Pick Up from Your Ministry? or It Ain’t What You Preach It’s the Way That You Preach It from Paul Levy (ealinglevy) – “it’s what gets us excited that they will remember”
- On Rhetoric (with Robert Kinney) | Preachers Talk, Ep. 18 from David Helm, Jeremy Meeks and Robert Kinney (9 Marks) – while biblical content is primary, an understanding of rhetoric can enable us to present that content more effectively
- Learning from John the Baptist – George Scanlan from Mike Neglia and George Scanlan (Expositors Collective) – the value of a healthy balance between teaching the text and relating to the congregation; the value of eye contact
- Genesis 48–50: On Genesis Fading to Black, Like the Extended Edition of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Bible Talk, Ep. 19) from Alex Duke, Jim Hamilton, Sam Emadi (9 Marks) – biblical-theological insights for preaching these chapters
- Making the Apocalypse Understandable: 7 Keys to Preaching Revelation from Aaron Earls (Lifeway Research) – embrace the excitement, recognize the challenges, study, provide guardrails, be humble, preach the (con)text, focus on the main point
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