Preaching Post Roundup (February 2, 2023)

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.)

•  Three Warnings for Those Who Preach the Word Kenneth Mbugua (The Gospel Coalition) – three dangers that threaten our souls as preachers
• “Highlights from Preaching and Preachers” Episode 83: Power in the Pulpit from Jim Shaddix and Jason Allen (Jason K. Allen) – reflections on having power in the pulpit through careful sermon preparation, prayer, and the working of the Holy Spirit; the value of seminary education [originally published June 2022]
• A Pastoral Mistake from Jeremy Walker (Banner of Truth) – we need to be careful not to assume our hearers have more bible knowledge than they do
• Waking Up to the Realities of Preaching to Sleepy Congregants from Mike Leake (Lifeway Research) – the compassion we should have toward those who fall asleep; tips for preaching to them; the challenge that comes from them
• Preaching to Generation X from Bruce Ballast (Preaching Acts) – some thoughts on how to preach to people born from 1965 to 1983
• Learning from Pastor Augustine with Shane Angland and Ian Clary from Shane Angland, Ian Clary, and Mike Neglia (Expositors Collective) – reflections on and lessons from the pastoral preaching of the church father Augustine
• On Cultural Context (Preachers Talk, Ep. 48) from K. Edward Copeland, David Helm, and Jeremy Meeks (Preacher’s Talk) – the pitfalls and advantages of taking cultural context into account; some examples
• 3GT Episode 279: The Pulpit & Politics from Kyle Borg, Scott Hunt and Barry York (Gentle Reformation) – a discussion about addressing contemporary issues from the pulpit without taking sides politically
• Units of Thought in Discourse from Peter Krol (Knowable Word) – four tools that help identify units of thought in biblical discourse
• Christ and/in the Old Testament from Shane Lems (The Reformed Reader) – quotations from Dutch Reformed theologian Abraham Kuyper regarding Christ as the substance and content of the Old Testament
• Don’t Be Late to the Movies, and Don’t Skip the Pentateuch from Ian J. Vaillancourt (Crossway) – “The Pentateuch is a cluster of five books that make up the essential first act in the Bible’s grand story.”