Jeremy Meeks

On Preaching Old Testament History (Preachers Talk, Ep. 57)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 06.01.2023

Listen in as Ed, Dave, and Jeremy discuss preaching Old Testament History and share examples from their own pulpit work.

On Funerals (Preachers Talk, Ep. 56)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 05.18.2023

How do you determine what to preach in the challenging, unique, and evangelistically-loaded moment of a funeral? Dave, Ed, and Jeremy share their wisdom on how to be sensitive to God’s word and the moment in a way that serves all who hear.

Preacher Mailbag #4 (Preachers Talk, Ep. 55)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 05.05.2023

How should a preacher deal with people talking about football rather than the sermon after church? Just how artful should sermons be anyways? Jeremy digs into the mailbag once again to fire your questions at Ed and Dave

On AI and Preaching (Preachers Talk, Ep. 54)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 04.20.2023

In this episode of Preachers Talk, Jeremy, Dave, and Ed talk about preaching in an age of artificial intelligence.

On Avoiding Boredom (Preachers Talk, Ep. 53)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 04.06.2023

In this episode of Preachers Talk, the hosts discuss on avoiding boredom.

On Text Size Selection (Preachers Talk, Ep. 52)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 03.23.2023

In this episode of Preachers Talk, Jeremy Meeks chats with Dave and Ed about how to pick the size of a sermon text.

On Audience (Preachers Talk, Ep. 51)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 03.09.2023

How should the preacher take the audience into consideration as he prepares his sermon? Hear Ed, Dave, and Jeremy wrestle with the joys and complexities of preaching with one’s particular audience in mind.

On Biblical Context (Preachers Talk, Ep. 50)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 02.23.2023

What’s biblical context? It refers to citations and quotations of other passages that are intentionally placed in your passage.

On Homiletical Structure (Preachers Talk, Ep. 49)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 02.09.2023

In this episode of Preachers Talk, Jeremy Meeks chats with Dave and Ed about the underrated importance of homiletical structure.

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.

On Preaching During the Holidays (Preachers Talk, Ep. 47)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 12.08.2022

Should the preaching calendar make room for holidays? If so, for which? If not, how should the preacher interact with the holiday in the normal course of preaching?

On Historical Context (Preachers Talk, Ep. 46)

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 11.17.2022

Does the audience and author of a biblical book matter? How should such information be used in preaching?

On Engaging the Listener | Preachers Talk, Ep. 45

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 10.20.2022

Should preaching be engaging? What does that even mean? How does it go overboard?

On Literary Context | Preachers Talk, Ep. 44

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 10.06.2022

Every text has a literary context. The question is how can we use it well in preaching? This week Dave, Jeremy, and Ed discuss the importance of literary context and give some examples of its importance in their own preaching.

A Preachers Mailbag #3 | Preachers Talk, Ep 43

By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 07.14.2022

Jeremy goes back to the mailbag to ask your questions to Dave and Ed about all things preaching. They cover everything from listening to other preaching to handling people who want to talk after the preaching.