Here are some preaching posts and podcasts that I noticed. (To receive Preaching Post Roundup as a weekly email, please subscribe.)
- Your Job Is to Make Words Clear from Peter Mead (Biblical Preaching) – a basic task for preachers is clarifying the meaning of the biblical text
- Grab People’s Attention as You Preach from Bruce Ballast (Preaching Acts) – strategies for grabbing the attention of our hearers as we preach to them
- Preaching in the Age of Expressive Individualism: Telling the Story of Our New Identity from Michael Lawrence (9 Marks) – the importance of defining our hearers’ identity according to the Scriptures and helping them see themselves in “the identity-forming narrative that is the history of redemption”
- “Preaching and Preachers” – Episode 242: How to Assemble Your Sermon from Sam Bierig and Jason Allen (Jason K. Allen) – Allen discusses his sermon preparation process, and specifically, sermon conclusions and introductions
- 3 Philosophies of Sermon Application from Adam Nesmith (Average Churchman) – in preaching, we can have no explicit application section, apply the text as we go, or have an application section at the end of the sermon
- Altar Calls – Mason Mortimer from Mike Neglia and Mason Mortimer (Expositors Collective) – a conversation about calling for a response or decision in preaching. (See also “A Brief History of the Altar Call” by Thomas Kidd.)
- 6 Wrong Ways to Approach Difficult Bible Passages from Elliot Clark (The Gospel Coalition) – some things to avoid as you approach a difficult biblical text
- Do Your Best by Peter Krol (Knowable Word) – we should have our own interpretive ideas about the text before consulting Bible commentaries
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