Deep Preaching by J Kent Edwards. To answer the query of what was the one book that I would have in my library on homiletics, if I could only keep one book, is virtually impossible. There are so many great books out there on preaching by Greidanus, Chapell, Al... Read More »

Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson Trying to identify one book on preaching every preacher should own is a nearly impossible task – it is a bit like asking you to decide which sunset is most beautiful or which gospel is more valuable. Nevertheless, if I a... Read More »

Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell I started preaching at age 16 (now more than forty years ago), and I have been in full-time ministry for more than 35 years. I have read many books on preaching over those years, but none has influenced me like Bryan ... Read More »

Power in the Pulpit by Jerry Vines and Jim Shaddix In the latter part of the 20th century, no Southern Baptist pastor was more decidedly expositional in his preaching than Jerry Vines.  I was a young teenager surrendered to God’s call on my life the first t... Read More »

Preaching and Biblical Theology by Edmund Clowney Edmund Clowney died in March of 2005 at eighty-seven years of age. He was ordained to the preaching ministry in 1942; and, from 1952 to 1984, he served as professor of practical theology at Westminster Theologi... Read More »

In his insightful book, The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text, Sidney Greidanus contends that Christian preachers will never fully comprehend the message of the Old Testament without reading it in light of the New Testament. While he admits that not every p... Read More »

Aspects of God’s redemptive character revealed in his representative actions, may be specifically stated in a text or may be implied by the place of the passage in the larger flow of redemptive history. Yet whether a preacher gleans these conclusions from th... Read More »

On the one hand, the goal of text-driven preaching is always the same: to interpret and communicate a biblical text so as to re-present the substance, structure, and spirit of the text. On the other hand, doing this well means paying attention to the distincti... Read More »

Why parables? When Jesus told stories to the crowds, the disciples asked why He told parables (Matthew 13:10-17, 34-35). Jesus’ answer emphasizes that parables are not intended to hide truth or hide the person of Christ from the person who wants to find Chri... Read More »

The entirety of Scripture points us to Jesus and God’s saving activity through Him. Like every book in the Bible, Jesus shines brightly in the book Acts. As Luke recounts the birth and rapid expanse of the Church, he keeps Jesus as the focal point and brings... Read More »

It may sound strange to ask, “How do I preach Christ from the Gospels?” After all, the Gospels, more than any other biblical books, are the explicit stories about Jesus and the explicit teachings of Jesus. These are the firsthand accounts of the birth, lif... Read More »

Some things in life are not open for discussion. Whether we can and should preach Christ from the Psalms is one of them. Jesus was unmistakably clear when He said to His disciples, “These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that ever... Read More »