Let’s not reduce Old Testament narratives to illustrations or children’s talks, but preach them as well as we can.

When leadership and preaching go together, the church isn’t functioning merely as a business, but as a spiritual community responding to the Word of God. 

Our apologetics are our attempts to speak for God into this world, but the Bible is God’s Word spoken into this world. 

The preacher is not a reporter of facts found during their research. He is called to speak to the listeners from God’s Word.

The arm of the Lord is a symbol of might and power that the nations should fear, and yet a symbol of tender strength that God’s people should trust.

Preach the Bible well, so that people can see not only what to believe, but how to derive that belief from the pages of Scripture.

In preaching, whichever camp you choose to set up your homiletical tent in, be sure to benefit from what is good about the other group too.

 If my heart is concerned about what people think of me, I may well be blind to the truth of the text I claim to understand and then proclaim to others.

Looking back, it is clear that we are already extravagantly loved as God’s children.  Looking forward, we discover that our revelation as the bride of Christ is still to come.

The goal of preaching, theologically, is not just to learn about God, but to encounter Him, to enjoy Him, and be united to Him. 

I’d like to ponder what Nazi Germany might mean for how we preach and influence both church and society in our tumultuous times.

You want to be the most prepared preacher possible, but you must preach with a profound sense of your dependence on God.

Let’s talk about a couple of unplanned moments that tend to show up quite often in the sermon preparation.

Let’s think about two defining moments in sermon preparation that tie into the transition between passage study and message formation.

Every little detail of your preparation will build the character of the message, but the defining moments will fundamentally change the outcome of your process. 

The risen Jesus is both impressively powerful, and intimately present in the church today.  We need not despair at what we see around us. 

Homiletics lies at the heart of church ministry.  The privilege of the preacher is  soul care, both evangelistically and in edification.

The Gospel is not a self-starting life-change program, it is good news that involves us introducing listeners to God in Christ.  

Not all topical sermons are created equal. What is the difference? Whether or not it is expository topical.

We are invited to identify with the perfect One hanging on that cross, for in that act He was most wondrously identifying with us.

The reason that we should take Jesus’ demand so seriously is because His mission cost Him everything.

We need to be careful not to let our egos creep in and turn an opportunity to serve others into a self-patting exercise.

The preparation of a sermon will be a privilege, an opportunity for God to mark your life profoundly.

It is not the preacher’s job to “make the text relevant”, but to underline, to emphasize how it is relevant to the particular listeners before us.

We should look at the text and learn what it says and means and consider how it is stirring us to love God and live for God in this world.