Preaching Post Roundup (June 19, 2025)

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.)

• Your Sermon Doesn’t Need AI from Andrew Noble (The Gospel Coalition – Canadian Edition) – four reasons to limit the use of AI in sermon preparation (5 min)
• Episode 22: Interview – Andy Paterson. Relationships of a Preacher (The Biblical Preaching Podcast) from Andy Paterson, Peter Mead, and Mike Chalmers (The Biblical Preaching Podcast) – being a guest preacher; preaching to your own congregation; the preacher and his wife; guest preaching and pride (31 min)
• “On Preaching” #187 | More Questions, More Answers [PODCAST] from H. B. Charles, Jr. (H. B. Charles, Jr.) – the bi-vocational pastor and personal devotions; physical Bible study tools vs. Bible software; prayer and sermon preparation (22 min)
• How to Preach Your Best Wedding Sermon from Anthony Delaney (Preaching Today) – making wedding sermons personal; several possible wedding sermon texts (13 min)
• “The Everyday Pastor” – Funerals from Matt Smethurst and Ligon Duncan (The Gospel Coalition) – why we should prioritize funerals; funeral texts; having a funeral policy; the funerals of unbelievers; funerals for people outside the congregation; the denial of death; funeral resources and hymns (28 min)
• FBI Raids, Gospel Renewal and Church Planting with Esteban Valenzuela from Mike Neglia and Esteban Valenzuela (Expositors Collective) – spiritual renewal in times of suffering; highlighting the redemptive thread of all of Scripture; preaching translated sermons in a second language; gospel-centered preaching (42 min)
• “Dear Preacher” Letters on Preaching: A Review from Shane Lems (The Reformed Reader) – “overall, this is a helpful brief book on the basics of homiletics” (2 min) (see also my review)
• Captured by the Word: Hermeneutics and the Agonizing Struggle from Brian J. Vickers (Southern Equip) -“faithful interpretation begins with the capture of the reader by the text”; Luther on the need for “agonizing struggle” (20 min)
• “Bible Talk” – 2 Kings 23:1–30: On King Josiah, the Temple Builder Who Wasn’t Good Enough (Ep. 150) from Alex Duke, Sam Emadi, and Jim Hamilton (9 Marks) – biblical-theological insights on 2 Kings 23:1-30 (43 min)