Preaching Post Roundup (May 13, 2021)

Here are some posts on preaching and exegesis that I noticed recently. (To receive Preaching Post Roundup as a weekly email, please subscribe.)

• Do People Even Listen to Preaching Anymore? from Alistair Begg (Truth for Life) – “God’s Spirit mysteriously moves to reveal Jesus and create faith in human hearts through the preaching of the Word.”
• 4 Unexpected Keys to Effective Preaching: What We Can Learn from John the Baptist from Alistair Begg (Truth for Life) – divine authority, personal integrity, genuine humility, helpful simplicity
• Recovering the ‘Directory of Public Worship’ on Preaching from Chris Gordon (Abounding Grace Radio) – 17th century guidance: what to preach, how to preach, principles for preachers
• How to Prepare a Sermon Outline That Sticks with Your Hearers – J. Kent Edwards (Logos Blog) – use full sentences, identify the subject, order you points, talk to your audience, don’t use the word ‘and’
• Funeral Sermon for an Unbeliever from Bruce Ballast (Preaching Acts) – some “don’ts” and “dos”
• What Is Exegesis and Why Should I Do It? from Audrey Ramirez (Servants of Grace) – ask questions about the text, look at the context, apply the text
• Is Every Text Pregnant with Meanings? from Chip Thornton (G3 Ministries) – some thought-provoking questions about “controlled typology;” (worth considering, though I am not sure I agree with Thornton)
• Let’s Preach from Leviticus? from Jay Sklar (The Gospel Coalition) – a review of Preaching Christ from Leviticus by Sidney Greidanus, a helpful guide for expository preaching from Leviticus
• 6 Questions about the Book of Job from Christopher Ash (Crossway) – questions about the book’s focus, Job’s comforters, his sufferings, the length of the book, Leviathan, hope in the book
• [For those who don’t have access to Bible commentaries and other Bible study tools, remember that you can borrow commentaries and tools online. Many of these resources are “critical”, but some are evangelical. Here are some lists: Bible Commentaries to Borrow; Bible Study Tools to Borrow]