Preaching

Four Benefits of Inviting Evaluation of Your Preaching

By Jonathan Threlfall | 02.29.2024

In “swapping sermons” with fellow pastors, I have discovered four benefits.

Evangelistic Expository Preaching

By Mark Dever | 9Marks Journal: Evangelism | 02.06.2024

The converted and the unconverted need preaching in which the fullness of God’s Word is exposed and the atoning work of Christ explored.

Book Review: In All the Scriptures, by Nicholas G. Piotrowski

Review by Jonathan Parnell | 11.15.2023

According to Nicholas G. Piotrowski in his book ‘In All the Scriptures’, Jesus and the apostles read the Old Testament attending to the literary, historical, and theological (christological) contexts, and we should read the whole Bible the same way.

Six Marks of a Good Sermon

By Nick Gardner | 11.09.2023

How does a preacher know if he’s preaching good sermons?

Book Review: Exegetical Fallacies, by D.A. Carson

Review by Brian Vickers | 06.27.2023

Carson’s book is an indispensable resource for the task of exegesis that stands the test of time.

4 Reasons You Can Preach the Same Text 2 (or 3 or 4) Times

By Sean Nolan | 05.15.2023

There are reasons to be confident when returning to the same text multiple times.

8 Principles of Faithful Pulpit Supply

By Alan Patrick | 02.08.2023

The Lord instructs and equips his church through the preaching of his Word. Pulpit supply is no exception.

Recommended New Testament Commentaries for Evangelical Pastors

By Thomas R. Schreiner | 02.03.2023

Tom Schreiner recommends what he thinks are the best New Testament commentaries for pastors to consult.

Book Review: Biblical Preaching, by Haddon W. Robinson

Review by Kevin DeYoung | 01.19.2023

Kevin DeYoung reviews his former preaching professor Haddon Robinson’s renown textbook ‘Biblical Preaching’.

On Cultural Context (Preachers Talk, Ep. 48)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 01.19.2023

The Bible was written a long time ago to people who were both very similar to and very different from us.

Listen to this episode of Preachers Talk as Ed, Dave, and Jeremy discuss how to use and not use cultural context.

Book Review: Workers for Your Joy, by David Mathis

Review by Aaron Menikoff | 01.09.2023

It’s far too easy to wait for a crisis to pay attention to your pastor. Mathis shows us a better way.

Preacher, What’s on Your Kids Menu?

By John Joseph | 9Marks Journal: The Church's Ministries | 11.28.2022

We want our kids to know that the church is for them, Jesus is for them, and eternal life is for them, so let’s speak to them in our sermons.

The Aim of Preaching in an Increasingly Hostile Culture to Christianity

By John Piper | 9Marks Journal: A New Christian Authoritarianism? | 11.21.2022

John Piper was recently asked, “How can American pastors begin to prepare the churches for persecution?”

Book Review: A Manual for Preaching, by Abraham Kuruvilla

Review by Kevin Walker | 11.16.2022

Kevin Walker of Simeon Trust reviews SBTS professor Abraham Kuruvilla’s book ‘A Manual for Preaching’.

5 Effects of Expository Preaching on a Church

By Anand Samuel | 10.21.2022

How does sitting under expository preaching 52 Sundays a year change a church?