In Preaching Articles: "Biblical Sexuality"

10 Ways To Authenticate Your Preaching

By Jared Moore on Aug 11, 2020

Your hearers often hear you before they hear the Scriptures. If your people know you, they’ll have a better basis for understanding your sermons.

Scripture: 1 Timothy 3:1-7, 1 Corinthians 9:24-27

Tags: Service, Humility, Preaching, Biblical, Context, authentic  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching Beyond Politics

By Shane Grant on Sep 9, 2021

Biblical preaching does not seek to influence the modern world but wants to move people to a different world, a world that is unavailable to them without preaching.

Tags: Influence, Political, Biblical, modern world, Preaching  (view more)  (view less)

The Hottest Thing At Church Today

By Tim Challies on Jul 19, 2022

According to a new study by Gallup, the hottest thing at church today is not the worship and not the pastor. So what is it?

Scripture: Romans 10:17

Tags: Teaching, Preaching, Church Growth, Expository, Biblical truth, Teaching God's Word, BIBLICAL TEACHING, preaching, teaching, expository  (view more)  (view less)

The 10 Commandments Of Preaching

By Tyler Scarlett on Feb 8, 2025

Preachers make mistakes, but some errors do lasting harm. These ten “commandments” outline the habits and convictions that guard faithful, compelling, Christ-centered preaching.

Scripture: 2 Timothy 2:21, 2 Timothy 4:1-5, 1 Timothy 3:15

Tags: Commandments, Preaching, church leadership, BIBLICAL TEACHING, Expository Preaching, preaching, expository preaching, Church Leadership, Biblical Teaching  (view more)  (view less)

A Preaching Q&a With David Platt

By David Platt on Feb 15, 2025

David Platt explains how Scripture governs his preaching, preparation, and pastoral priorities, emphasizing clarity, Christ-centered exposition, and total dependence on God’s Word.

Tags: Biblical Teaching, David Platt, Learning, BIBLICAL TEACHING, Expository Preaching, Sermon Preparation, expository preaching, sermon preparation  (view more)  (view less)

Facing These Questions Can Improve Any Preacher

By Charles Stone on Jun 7, 2021

The time we invest in sermons and the time people invest in listening to them should make us pause to evaluate our efforts.

Scripture: Ecclesiastes 2:17-20

Tags: invest, Improve, questions, biblical preaching, preaching, Preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Preach Like It's Good News!

By Travis Hearn on Jan 21, 2023

When you're giving good news to someone, how do you give it?

Tags: Biblical, preaching, fun, Fun, Preaching, Good News, available  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching For A Special Occasion? Here's Guidance

By Dr. Daniel Akin on Oct 23, 2021

Compromise of biblical truth is not an option, but doing one's best to extend Christ-honoring grace and goodwill should be at the front and center of our agenda.

Scripture: John 4:1-30, Luke 1:67-80

Tags: Preaching, Biblical truth, Betray, good story, preaching, Exposition  (view more)  (view less)

There Is Something Else About Preaching...

By Guy Davies on Aug 29, 2024

"Great biblical preaching and preparation are indispensable to the church."

Tags: Holy Spirit, Preaching, preparation, sermon prep, Sermon Prep, preaching, Sermon prep  (view more)  (view less)

How To Preach A Sermon Again Without Preaching It The Same

By Joe Mckeever on Jul 17, 2024

Repeated sermons should grow richer with time. With prayerful revision, fresh insight, and renewed engagement, a pastor can preach familiar material with greater depth.

Tags: Preaching, Homiletics, Church Practices, Pastoral Ministry, Biblical Leadership, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

6 Ways To Grow In The Gospels

By William Boekestein on Apr 27, 2021

A number of years ago I was about to preach for the first time in a certain church. As I arranged my papers and books I noticed a sign near the top of the pulpit. It was a quotation from John 12:21: “Sir, we wish to see Jesus.”

Scripture: Mark 9:7, Mark 15:1-15, Matthew 27:3, Mark 6:34, Acts 26:22-23, John 12:21, Matthew 14:20, Hebrews 12:2, John 11:15, Luke 24:44-45, Hebrews 1:1, Jeremiah 8:1-3  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Jesus, Biblical, preaching Christ, Preaching Gospels, Rakahanga gospel day  (view more)  (view less)

Thinking About Expository Preaching—part 2

By Ed Stetzer on Mar 14, 2023

Expository preaching is the best, but not a biblically mandated, preaching approach

Tags: Preaching, pastor, Expository, verse by verse, Pastor, preaching, expository, Chrysostam  (view more)  (view less)

The Affair You Are Most Likely To Have As A Leader

By Carey Nieuwhof on Sep 8, 2023

Obviously, some leaders have emotional or sexual affairs with people to whom they are not married. As heartbreaking, future-altering and faith-shattering as those affairs can be, there’s another kind of affair you’re actually far more likely to have.

Tags: leadership, Healthy Church, avoiding burnout, workaholic, Leadership  (view more)  (view less)

5 Leaders Examine Plagiarism In Preaching

By Tim Keller on Jul 18, 2024

Pastors face real pressure, but passing off another’s sermon as your own is still theft. New Testament scholar D. A. Carson, senior pastor Sandy Willson, author and senior pastor Tim Keller, senior parachurch executive Matt Perman, and church research consultant Glenn Lucke speak to the issue of Plagiarism.

Tags: Communication, Preaching, Pastors, Plagiarism, DUTY CALLS, Biblical Leadership, communication, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

10 Things Healthy Churches Do Well

By Joe Mckeever on Jan 24, 2025

Healthy churches face problems with wisdom, unity, and Christlike leadership. These ten traits show how congregations grow stronger even through crises.

Scripture: Acts 6:1-7

Tags: Church Growth, Healthy Church, Pastors, CHURCH LIFE, Church General, Accept, Christian Community, Christian community, church leadership, Biblical wisdom, Church Leadership, Biblical Wisdom, Congregational Health  (view more)  (view less)