History of Preaching
Balthasar Hubmaier and Reformation Preaching
One of the most overlooked, understudied, and consistently ignored aspects of the Protestant Reformation can be found in the tortured history of the Radical Reformers. On this anniversary of the Reformation, a serious look at the impact of the Anabaptists and ... Read More »
Preaching as Kerygma: Proclaiming from the Example of the Earliest Believers
Life seemingly gives us two manners of learning. The first way is learning from personal experiences. Lessons from our experiences yield both pros and cons. Positively, we have the satisfaction of figuring out the matter. However, negatively, we face the agony... Read More »
Jeff Ray and Three Text-Driven Elements
Jeff Ray (1860-1951) was the first professor of preaching at Southwestern Seminary. His convictions concerning expository preaching in the early 20th century played a critical role in laying a foundation for a text-driven movement among Southern Baptists. Rayâ... Read More »
Learning to Preach from John Jasper
Are you so convinced, that you become convincing? As you ponder that thought for yourself in your own preaching ministry, one could simply peruse the life and ministry of the 19th century African-American preacher John Jasper and see that this brother believ... Read More »
Learning to Preach from George Whitefield
George Whitefield is a preacher worth learning from, and his extraordinary ministry powerfully affected two continents with countless souls being saved. Whitefield’s preaching influenced virtually every single American. Based on portraits, Whitefield was... Read More »
Learning to Preach from John Broadus
John Albert Broadus (1827–1895) is, as my preaching professor Dr. Matthew McKellar has said, the granddaddy of text-driven preaching. He had experience as a Greek and Latin tutor as well as a pastor. He also had pastoral experience as a chaplain, albeit sadl... Read More »
Learning to Preach from D. L. Moody
Dwight Lyman Moody was born February 5th, 1837 in East Northfield, Massachusetts. His father died suddenly at the age of forty-one when Moody was just four years old. He was one of nine children, in a family left in poverty, with little or no opportunity for e... Read More »
Learning to Preach from Jonathan Edwards: The Preacher as a Burning and Shining Light
Jonathan Edwards (1703–1758), the great colonial American pastor and theologian, is generally not known as a great preacher. Rumor has it that he seldom made eye-contact with his audience; if he wasn’t reading his sermon manuscript he would stare off towar... Read More »
Learning to Preach from John Chrysostom
Few preachers in the early church are more widely celebrated than John Chrysostom. Not only does his name “Chrysostom,” or “Golden-Mouth”, capture the renown of his oratory skills, the simple fact that more of his sermons survive than any other preache... Read More »
Learning to Preach from Alexander Maclaren
How God uses who God uses is up to Him. I have long since given up bemoaning gifts God has not given me. Our job is simply to be faithful with what God has given us everywhere He may lead us. Have you ever marveled at God’s grace in your life? The story of... Read More »
