In Preaching Articles: "Preaching Help"

Timothy Keller On How To Preach To And Reach A Culture

By Brandon Kelley on Mar 23, 2022

Timothy Keller seems to have the pulse of our present culture in a way that I’ve not encountered before.

Tags: Preaching, Culture, skepticism, preaching Christ, preaching, culture  (view more)  (view less)

3 Reasons Good Preaching Is As Important As Ever

By Joe Hoagland on Jul 28, 2022

People love to tell you that preaching is irrelevant in this day and age. But contrary to this kind of thinking, good preaching does remain important. In fact, preaching remains as important as it has ever been.

Tags: Communication, Preaching, Teaching God's Word, Pastoral Ministry, faithful preaching, Value of Preaching, Modern Age, Busy Culture, Shepherd the Flock, communication, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Preaching And Evangelism: 20 Sermon And Worship Resources

By SermonCentral .com on Sep 6, 2024

Encourage your church to live out the Great Commission every day with 20 powerful preaching and evangelism resources.

Tags: Evangelism, Worship, Preaching, evangelism, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Thinking About Expository Preaching—part 1

By Ed Stetzer on Mar 2, 2022

Expository is the best form of preaching, except for the other good styles, too.

Tags: pastor, Preacher, sermon prep, sermon, Expository Preaching, Pastor, Sermon Prep, Sermon, preacher, expository preaching, Sermon prep  (view more)  (view less)

Thinking About Expository Preaching—part 3

By Ed Stetzer on Mar 16, 2022

A look at the place of thematic, narrative, and topical preaching.

Scripture: Matthew 4:23

Tags: Teaching, Preaching, Expository, preaching, teaching, expository  (view more)  (view less)

Thinking About Expository Preaching— Part 4

By Ed Stetzer on Apr 30, 2024

Seeker Comprehensible Preaching...Without Dumbing Down

Tags: Preaching, Seeker, Expository, Redeemer, tim keller, verse by verse, preaching, expository, seeker, topical, Tim Keller  (view more)  (view less)

Real Love Encourages Others To Do The Right, Most God-Glorifying Thing

By SermonCentral .com on Jun 8, 2022

Ephesians 4:15 tells us to speak the truth in love, not to withhold the truth in love. Real love doesn’t quit or give up; it will offer help and point to Jesus Christ as the only true source of healing and forgiveness.

Scripture: John 1:14, Ephesians 4:15

Tags: Abortion, friendship, Real Love, speak truth in love

How God Became A Man: What Jesus Did For Thirty Years

By SermonCentral .com on Mar 1, 2022

Don’t begrudge God the glory of your long, arduous maturation process. In it you are tasting the growing pains that Jesus knows very well. And he stands ready to help you persevere until God’s process is complete.

Scripture: 1 Samuel 2:26, Hebrews 5:7-9, Matthew 17:27, John 11:14, John 1:47, Luke 3:23, Matthew 2:1-23, Luke 2:8-51, Luke 2:52, John 4:18  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Jesus, Ordinary, Christian growth, incarnation of Jesus

Niceness Is Not The Gospel

By SermonCentral .com on Oct 1, 2024

Are you willing to be hated for preaching the gospel?

Tags: Persecution, Gospel, Preaching, hate, gospel, preaching  (view more)  (view less)

How Leading Worship Shaped My Calling To Preach

By Brandon Hilgemann on Dec 4, 2019

While leading worship I learned to cast aside a crutch, one that many preachers should discard, as well.

Tags: Worship, Preaching, teach

Slow Down! And Connect Your Preaching To Lectio Divina

By C. Christopher Smith on Nov 1, 2019

If we re-cast preaching as a kind of "slow reading," we might lead our congregations into deeper engagement with the biblical text--and with one another.

Scripture: Luke 23:45-46, Psalm 1:1-6

Tags: exegesis, lectio divina, slow reading, Preaching

5 Ways To Overcome Nerves Before You Preach

By Lane Sebring on Nov 18, 2019

She took my hand, which was freezing cold, leaned over and whispered, "Are you nervous? Your hand is freezing." I nodded, "Yep."

Scripture: Mark 14:1-25, Mark 14:1-31, Psalm 51:10-13, Ezekiel 36:26-33, Ezekiel 36:24-26  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: passion, energy, nerves, preaching, Preaching, Overcome  (view more)  (view less)

3 Obstacles Of Grace That Could Sabotage Your Preaching

By Ray Hollenbach on Dec 20, 2019

Great preaching proclaims the grace of God, and sometimes we need to clear away the obstacles to that grace.

Tags: preaching, Preaching

Preaching Without A Net: Delivering Sermons Without Notes

By Bruce Salmon on Mar 3, 2025

A pastor describes how a forgotten outline pushed him onto the “high wire” of preaching without notes and how that risk opened new freedom, focus, and trust in God.

Tags: Church, Preaching, worry, manuscript, Homiletics, Pastoral Ministry, Expository Preaching, Sermon Delivery, Worry, preaching, church, expository preaching  (view more)  (view less)

Why Preaching Still Matters In A Postmodern Age Of Uncertainty

By Kenton C. Anderson on Jan 20, 2025

Preaching may seem arrogant in an age that distrusts certainty, yet God’s self-revelation turns human limitation into a vantage point for truthful witness.

Scripture: Leviticus 5:2-6

Tags: Revelation, Teaching, Preaching, pastor, Pride, Arrogance, Pastor, preaching, teaching  (view more)  (view less)