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.)
- What Makes Preaching Good from Christian Tirtha (The Gospel Coalition – Australia Edition) – qualities of good sermons: theological depth, rhetorical clarity, contextual engagement, and practical application (7 min)
- How to Arrange Your Sermon in the Most Persuasive Way Possible from David Helm and Jeremy Meeks (Crossway) – our sermons need to be marked by logical progression; they need counterarguments to objections and questions (12 min)
- Don’t Just Explain the Text: Why Preachers Must Apply It Specifically from Alistair Chalmers (Chalmers Blog) – why preaching needs specific (rather than vague) application (9 min)
- Aiming for Conversion in Our Preaching from Sam Romine (9 Marks) – biblical patterns and grounds for preaching for conversion; practical suggestions for preaching for conversion (8 min)
- The Beginning and the End from John Woods (School of Preachers) – our sermons need to hold the attention of our hearers at the beginning and have smooth, thoughtful conclusions at the end (3 min)
- Episode 76: Bitesize – Self-Confidence (The Biblical Preaching Podcast) from Peter Mead (Cor Deo) – as preachers we should cultivate both humility and watchfulness (8 min)
- The Ineffectiveness of AI Preaching from Dave McDonald (The Gospel Coalition – Australia Edition) – a call for faithful, prayerful sermon preparation, avoiding the “slippery slope” of an increasing reliance on AI (6 min)
- The Case Against Video Preaching from Erik Lundeen (Mere Orthodoxy) – an argument for face-to-face preaching; the dangers of video preaching for both pastors and their hearers (16 min)
- Pastors Are Preaching Longer, with Churchgoer Support from Aaron Earls (Lifeway Research) – more pastors are preaching longer; most churchgoers are satisfied with the length of their pastors’ sermons (7 min)
- Teaching the Bible without Flattening It – Grace Campbell from Grace Campbell and Mike Neglia (Expositors Collective) – dealing with nerves; the beauty of Scripture and the importance of genres for biblical interpretation; attending to what the text is doing ; thoughts on teaching Revelation; teaching our hearers to read attentively; a literary approach to Ecclesiastes; resources on biblical genres (66 min)
- “Bible Talk” | Isaiah 42: On the Spirit-Filled Servant Who Calls the World to Sing (Ep. 187) from Alex Duke, Sam Emadi, and Jim Hamilton (9 Marks) – biblical theological insights on Isaiah 42 (53 min)
- Revelation Is Not a Puzzle: 4 Keys to Interpretation from Daniel Hyde (Daniel R. Hyde) – what Revelation is about; what it does for us; how to understand its imagery; how we should respond to it (H/T Peter Krol) (6 min)
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