preaching

Why "church" Should be the By-product, not the End Game

It's interesting to hear one person complain about preaching having too little content and exposition while another complains about it being too dense and not enough stories to relate too. …(Continue Reading)

The kind of preaching the Spirit will not empower

If we were to spotlight the greatest tragedy of the modern day church, it would not be that traditional churches are too churchy or that seeker-centered churches have too many cappuccino machines …(Continue Reading)

The Hermeneutical Spiral by Grant R. Osborne

This is the fattest book I’ve ever opened on hermeneutics. (“Hermeneutics” is a fancy seminary term for the discipline of Bible interpretation). …(Continue Reading)

Tuesday's Tag - If the Preacher is the Crock Pot

If the Word is the food then the preacher is the crock pot in which it must simmer for a long time before it will come out tasting good.  

Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson

Haddon W. Robinson is long-time professor of preaching at three seminaries and one of the few who preaches as well as he teaches it.  …(Continue Reading)

Tuesday's Tag - The Preaching of Our Master

For a man to preach with the missions passion of John Piper, the biblical power of John MacArthur, the story-telling excellence of Chuck Swindoll, the community love of Andy Stanley, the natural …(Continue Reading)

Toward an Exegetical Theology by Walter C. Kaiser

Reformed or dispensationalist this volume casts too long of a shadow that any preacher of the Word can afford to ignore. …(Continue Reading)

Communicating With Color

As a teacher, preacher, author, and evangelist, I'm always asking myself how I can communicate better. …(Continue Reading)

Ten Traits of a Good Sermon

There are more than ten, but here's the first ten that come to mind. …(Continue Reading)

Saturday's Scratch - Let the Preacher Be the Sermon

John Milton said that a poet ought to be a poem himself. Likewise the preacher out to be a sermon himself. …(Continue Reading)