Preaching
Allegorical Interpretation: Finding the Line Before You Cross It
By Robert Kinney | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.31.2020Allegory is something less than exposition. It’s difficult to know where to draw the line. How far is too far?
What Would the Puritans Say to Us Now? Learning from Puritan Prescriptions on Preaching
By Matt Haste | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.31.2020What comes to your mind when you imagine a Puritan pastor in the pulpit? Long, boring sermons? Monotone diatribes?
The Three Most Important Words I Learned in Seminary: “Textual, Epochal, Canonical”
By David Schrock | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.31.2020This approach to reading Scripture doesn’t mean we’ll perfectly understand or apply God’s Word. Scripture is perfect; interpreters aren’t
Gospel-Centered Preaching in Hard Places
By Andy Prime | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.31.2020I’ve been in ministry for about ten years. The first half of that decade I preached largely in chinos, a v-neck sweater, and boat shoes. The second half of that decade I’ve preached largely in tracksuit-bottoms, t-shirts, and trainers.
“Thou Shalt Not Steal” and Other Sermon Points I Didn’t Make Up: Some Thoughts on Pastoral Plagiarism
By Jared C. Wilson | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.31.2020Pastoral plagiarism matters because worship in “spirit and truth” (Jn. 4:24) matters. Plagiarized preaching is in fact a big deal. How do we know that?
Why Mature Christians Need Gospel-Centered Preaching
By Jeramie Rinne | 9Marks Journal: What's Wrong With Gospel-Centered Preaching Today? | 03.30.2020In my experience, mature believers not only need gospel-centered preaching, but in fact savor it. Here’s four things this type of preaching does for those grown-up in their faith.
Preachers’ Talk — Episode 3: On “Inebriated Preaching”
By D. Helm, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 03.26.2020What does it mean to be “drunk in the pulpit”? It means to lean on the Bible more for support than illumination.
Pastoring Amid Pandemic: Counsel from a Pastor in China
By Mark Collins | 03.18.2020We are asking that God would use what others see as a great calamity to bring about a great awakening.
Expositional Imposters (Expanded)
By Mike Gilbart-Smith | 9Marks Journal: Expositional Preaching | 03.09.2020Here are 12 kinds of sermons that appear to be expositional, but actually aren’t.
Book Review: Reformed Preaching, by Joel Beeke
Review by Mark Redfern | 03.05.2020Reformed Preaching offers a robust assessment of the core of biblical preaching: reaching the heart of people with the Word of God through the heart of the preacher.
5 Reasons You Should Preach through 1 Thessalonians
By Nick Gatzke | 03.02.2020First Thessalonians is immensely practical and wonderfully motivating. It paints the picture of the grandeur of God and the glory of the gospel. Your church will benefit greatly.
Brothers, Preach Your Heart Out — No Matter How Few People Are in the Room
By Tim Counts | 02.28.2020Brothers, it bears repeating because we can be so tempted to believe otherwise: the value of preaching Christ is not dependent on the number of your listeners.
4 Reasons to Preach through Colossians
By Trent Hunter | 02.21.2020Preaching through Colossians is a privilege. Here are four reasons why.
Preachers’ Talk – Episode 2: On Defining “Expositional Preaching” (with H. B. Charles)
By D. Helm, H. B. Charles, J. Meeks, K. Edward Copeland | 02.20.2020In this episode of Preachers’ Talk, Jeremy Meeks chats with David Helm, Edward Copeland, and special guest H. B. Charles about expositional preaching.
5 Reasons You Should Preach through Philippians
By Paul Tautges | 01.31.2020In Philippians, the apostle demonstrates how the fullness of the believer’s joy is rooted in his relationship to Christ—in the event of justification and in the progress of sanctification.