Preaching
Has Preaching Changed since the Early Church?
By Peter Sanlon | 9Marks Journal: Expositional Preaching | 06.01.2015Preachers in the first centuries preached expositionally, too. So why does their form of preaching seem so alien to us?
Can Women Teach Under the Authority of Elders?
By Jonathan Leeman | 05.22.2015Jonathan Leeman continues a conversation with John Piper, Tim Keller, John Frame, Tom Schreiner, and others.
Book Review: Searching for Sunday, by Rachel Held Evans
Review by Ray Ortlund | 04.28.2015I am not confident that, if I took this book to heart and swallowed its Christianity whole, I would be ready to stand before God on that great and final day.
Book Review: Expository Listening, by Ken Ramey
Review by Aaron Menikoff | 04.16.2015It’s hard to sit down and listen to an hour-long sermon when you spend your day flipping from the smart phone to the iPad to the big screen.
Truly, Truly I Say to You: 8 “Truly’s” from Mike McKinley’s Church Planting Is for Wimps
By Dallas Goebel | 03.31.2015I am a new pastor of a church revitalization, and Mike McKinley’s book Church Planting Is For Wimps has been a deep encouragement to me.
Preaching the Gospel at Funerals
By Brian Croft | 02.20.2015The most helpful advice I ever received about preaching at a funeral for someone I didn’t know is: “Don’t preach them into heaven. Don’t preach them into hell. Just preach the gospel for the people who are there.”
Is The Bible Too Complicated For Those Who Struggle To Read?
By Andy Prime | 01.01.2015The importance of the perspicuity of the Scriptures is the clarity of the Saviour.
Book Review: The Heart Is the Target, by Murray Capill
Review by David Sunday | 12.29.2014Every preacher should read at least one stimulating book on preaching per year. If this one became your choice in 2015, your church would be well-served and grateful.
The Wilberforce Test: Preaching and the Public Square
By Owen Strachan | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 11.18.2014The pastor who preaches for the transformation of his people is equipping them for service in this life that will echo into eternity.
On the Art & Practice of Preaching
By G. Kell, M. Dever | 11.03.2014Is expositional preaching the only kind of faithful preaching? Are personal illustrations useful or unacceptable? How can preachers encourage obedience without veering toward moralism? In this wide-ranging interview, Garrett Kell talks with Mark Dever on the art and practice of preaching.
Book Review: On Preaching, by H. B. Charles
Review by Garrett Kell | 10.27.2014I wanted a resource to both improve my preaching and to pass on to young preachers. I didn’t come away disappointed.
The American Jeremiad: A Bit of Perspective on the Rhetoric of Decline
By Matt McCullough | 9Marks Journal: Vanishing Church? | 10.23.2014We must guard against responses to cultural decline that appeal to a past that never existed or a future God hasn’t promised.
The Drama of Preaching
By Murray Campbell | 09.11.2014What are we signifying when we preach the Word of God to God’s people?
Steve Jobs and the Goal of Preaching
By Matt McCullough | 08.28.2014Jobs said it’s not enough to offer customers what they already think they need. He wanted Apple to be a transformational influence, exposing and then meeting needs that customers didn’t realize they had.
Biblical Theology: Ballast for Preaching (Part 1 of 3)
By D. Helm, J. Miles | 08.27.2014Our goal in this series of three posts is to introduce tools of biblical theology so that you might put some bulk in your preaching.