In Preaching Articles: "Biblical Preaching"

Has The Word You Preach Changed You?

By Brian Orme on Jul 7, 2025

Before the preacher can persuade any sinner to turn to Christ, he must first be persuaded himself.

Scripture: Luke 10:25-37

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Jesus Preached To Doubters--You Can, Too

By Ed Cyzewski on Jul 26, 2025

When Jesus called his disciples, there wasn’t a single one who understood that he was the Messiah or Son of God.

Tags: doubt, Jesus, Preaching, preaching

Norman Geisler On How To Preach On The Problem Of Evil

By Norman Geisler on Feb 8, 2023

It's never easy, but Norman Geisler offers sure guidance on this slippery question.

Tags: questions, preaching, bible, Bible, Preaching, Atheist  (view more)  (view less)

Write Them In Stone: The 10 Commandments Of Preaching

By Tyler Scarlett on Jul 9, 2021

There's no Mt. Sinai for preachers, but maybe there should be. This list is a good start.

Tags: Preaching, Doctrine, Mount Sinai, Context, Commentary, Ten Commandments, preaching, context  (view more)  (view less)

Does Your Preaching Include The Freedom Of The Spirit?

By David J. Lose on Aug 24, 2021

This week, remind your people that we are free. And remind them that we are aided by God's powerful Spirit who will take us places we'd never imagined.

Scripture: John 19:26-27

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Your Preaching Should Be Out Of This World--Seriously

By Sherman Haywood Cox on Oct 25, 2024

Beware of preaching that merely provides tools to help us become better situated in this present world rather than helping us to become ambassadors of the coming Kingdom.

Tags: preaching, Gospel, Preaching, Poverty, Debate, Confront, gospel  (view more)  (view less)

Of Course My Preaching Is Balanced--I Think

By Peter Mead on Oct 26, 2024

We tend to view ourselves as impartial and somehow capable of adjudicating "healthy balance" based on our own perspective. But how small our perspective can be at times.

Scripture: Daniel 9:4

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Powerful Preaching Flows From Good Questions

By David J. Lose on Sep 4, 2021

It's often the really challenging passages that yield the most interesting sermons.

Scripture: Romans 8:2-4

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Find Your Way To A Perfect Preaching Calendar

By SermonCentral .com on Sep 8, 2021

Planning for multiple locations forced us to think further ahead and formulate concrete principles around which we build each series.

Scripture: John 15:5-10

Tags: Preaching, perfect, Principles, calendar

You Need To Know This Before You Preach

By SermonCentral .com on Feb 24, 2023

Here's a five-minute recap of the week's biggest news stories. Make sure you're in-the-know before you step into the pulpit this Sunday.

Scripture: James 5:10-20

Tags: current events, world news, preaching, Preaching, News, Politics  (view more)  (view less)

Great Preaching Needs Courage ... In The Pulpit And In The Pews

By Joe Mckeever on Nov 19, 2024

Can we talk about courage? This is as rare as plutonium these days, particularly among the very people who should demonstrate it most readily, the followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Tags: Preaching, Courage, compromise, pressure, Compromise, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching To Students? 5 Ways To Make It Work

By Adam Ramsey on Jul 29, 2019

Learn five proven preaching strategies to effectively engage and equip young people with the gospel in a post-Christian culture.

Scripture: Judges 6:12-18, Judges 6:8-11

Tags: repetitive, interactive, preaching, Preaching, Sincere, student  (view more)  (view less)

Does Your Preaching Balance Law And Grace?

By Nathan Aaseng on Nov 2, 2021

Even though law and grace are opposites in many ways, both have their place in the pulpit.

Scripture: Mark 1:14-20, Exodus 2:5, Exodus 2:1-10, Job 22:25-30

Tags: opposites, grace, gospel, preaching, Grace, Law, Gospel, Preaching  (view more)  (view less)

You're Not Moses: Why Preach Alone?

By Lane Sebring on Oct 10, 2019

Preachers do weird things. One weird thing we do is prepare our sermons alone. Every. Single. Week.

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How (And Why) To Preach An Offensive Sermon

By Joe Mckeever on Oct 24, 2019

Every church has to choose whether it is willing to hear from God or to be rocked to sleep by the Lord's messenger.

Scripture: John 6:60-66

Tags: Preaching, Offensive, sermon