Preaching Post Roundup (January 12, 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.)

• John Wesley’s Advice and John Wesley’s Advice – Part 2 from Peter Mead (Biblical Preaching) – reflections on the first four of John Wesley’s twelve points of advice about preaching
• I Was Preaching to My Twitter Feed from Brandon Cooper (The Gospel Coalition) – preaching to the people in our congregations instead of to those on social media can move us toward Jesus’ mission
• A Plea for Sound Doctrine from Brandon Pate (For the Church) – “Paul, more than anything else, wanted ministers to be faithful to the word of God amid a world that would be unaccepting of it.”
• Every Sermon Should Have a Purpose and a Point with John Whittaker from John Whittaker and Mike Neglia (Expositors Collective) – learning to improve delivery by listening to ourselves; being aware of the variety of people in the congregation; developing illustrations from the biblical text; helping people become mature in Christ; the importance of having a sermon point and purpose; giving constructive feedback
• “Preaching and Preachers” – Episode 244: Preaching on Sin from Mark Jones and Jason Allen (Jason K. Allen) – to preach Christ and the gospel effectively, we need to preach on sin clearly and specifically [originally published on April 7, 2022]
• What Is Typology? Can We Use It Responsibly in Bible Study? from Sinclair Ferguson (Ligonier) – what typology is; we should work with the clear indications of types given in the New Testament and then move to other possible types (See also the page on this site: Biblical Theology and Typology)
• Asking the Right Questions When the Bible Answers Questions We Aren’t Asking (and Ignores the Ones We Are) from Stephen Kneale (Building Jerusalem) – “We have to make sure the questions we are asking of the text are the ones it has any interest in answering.”
• What Is Distinctive about the Theology of Mark? from Peter Orr (Crossway) – a summary of the unique features of the Gospel of Mark