Preaching Post Roundup (May 16, 2024)

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.)

• The Expositor’s Distinction: Tethered to the Text from Steven J. Lawson (The Master’s Seminary Blog) – a call for a return to expository preaching
• 7 Defining Moments in Your Sermon – Part One and Part Two from Peter Mead (Biblical Preaching) – the first four defining moments are: the unseen preparation (yours and theirs), the first moments of the introduction, the motivation to listen, and the overview
• How 1 Corinthians 14 Applies to Preaching in Unilingual Settings from Stephen Kneale (Building Jerusalem) – we need to hold our people’s attention by using illustrations they can relate to, leaving technicalities out of the sermon, keeping the main thing the main thing, and being wary of tangents
• “On Preaching” – #161 | Theological Disciplines for Expository Preaching from H. B. Charles Jr. (H. B. Charles Jr.) – devotional versus doctrinal expository preaching; the disciplines of biblical theology, historical theology, systematic theology, and practical theology
• The Transfiguration of Jesus and the Growth of the Christian with Patrick Schreiner from Mike Neglia and Patrick Shreiner (Expositors Collective) – using a manuscript in preaching; the difference between teaching and preaching; preaching on the transfiguration of Jesus; using vivid images in sermon
• Episode 263: Humor in the Pulpit from Jared C. Wilson and Ross Ferguson (For the Church) – the place of humor in the pulpit; discerning when to use humor and when not to use it
• 3 Ways Keller’s Preaching Course Changed My Ministry from Dan Warne (The Gospel Coalition) – a recommendation of the free online course “Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World” by Tim Keller and Edmund Clowney
• A Homiletical Hack: Meet Jim Engel from Rod Casey (Preaching Today) – we can overcome the Monday morning blues by applying the “Engel Scale” to our sermons
• Preparing Sermons with John Owen from Jeremy Walker (Banner of Truth) – as he prepared his sermons, the Puritan John Owen asked: what has blessed me? and will it bless others also?
• Substitution and Application from Peter Krol (Knowable Word) – reflecting on Christ as substitute can help us apply the biblical text