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.)
- Attentive Preaching from Michael Jensen (Lost Arts) – as preachers we need to give careful attention to the Word of God and to our intended audience; some core convictions about preaching (3 min)
- The Sermon You Owe Yourself (Preaching Guru) – “a preacher who never listens to the Word privately eventually loses the ability to hear it publicly” (4 min)
- What Kind of Sermon Did I Just Preach? The 5-Axis Audit from James Seward (Word by Word – Logos Blog) – we can improve as preachers by thinking carefully about our sermons using five axes: authority, content, aim, locus, and occasion (15 min)
- Five Practical Tips for Pastors from Matthew Ruttan (The Gospel Coalition – Canadian Edition) – following these tips could lead to more effective sermon preparation (6 min)
- Lord, Unleash Your Word Through Me: A Stirring Prayer for Preachers from Gerrit Scott Dawson (Desiring God) – an analysis of the seven movements in George Herbert’s prayer for preachers, “The Author’s Prayer before Sermon” (10 min)
- FTC Mailbag from Jared C. Wilson and Ronni Kurtz (For the Church) – a short segment (32:47 – 37:38) is a discussion of preaching on holidays and special occasions (5 min)
- Ministry Mentorship: Why Leaders Must Remain Teachable with Brian Stupar from Brian Stupar (Expositors Collective) – the framework of mentorship (theological foundation, cultural challenges, historical continuity), its benefits (growth, guidance from models), and its practice (25 min)
- To Understand the Old Testament, Recognize Its Allusions: Review: ‘Scripture’s Use of Scripture in the Old Testament’ by Matthew E. Swale from Steve Bateman (The Gospel Coalition) – the goal of the book is to give readers a “workable method for determining when the Old Testament alludes to another Old Testament text” (6 min)
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