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In the execution of the pastor’s multiple duties, preaching must rank as number one. It is the responsibility, burden, privilege, calling, joy, agony, and ecstasy which must weigh most heavily upon the messenger of God at all times. Therefore, every preacher must strive to perform this sacred task with excellence.Hopefully, on any given Sunday, excellence … Continue reading “The Rationale and Methodology of Planned Preaching”

There is much that the student of preaching can learn from the Apostle to the Gentiles. He was a good model for personal Christian faith and conduct and for professional preaching performance. He demonstrated an art that can be studied and practiced.Paul claimed his past for Christ and his future. He did not discard the … Continue reading “Homiletical Lessons from Paul”

Charles Edward Jefferson was born at Cambridge, Ohio, on August 29, 1860, the son of Dr. Milton Jefferson, a native of Virginia, and his wife, Ella Sachet, born in the Isle of Guernsey. It was a Methodist family, and Charles graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1882. He was superintendent of schools in Washington, Ohio, … Continue reading “Charles Edward Jefferson: Preaching the Great Doctrines”

If the software innovations keep coming, it’s only a matter of time until Sunday morning will find parishioners using their personal computers and modems to access their worship service electronically. The pastors, of course, will be at the keyboard, transmitting the sermon (displayed onscreen and by voice — take your choice), and collecting the offerings … Continue reading “Take a Byte Out of Sermon Preparation”

At a faculty coffee break, I commented casually that I was working on an article entitled “The One-Shot Preaching Assignment.” Later, a colleague stopped by my office to explain that the image of preaching as shooting a sermon at a congregation is a very poor image. A gun, she pointed out, is an instrument of … Continue reading “The One-Shot Preaching Assignment”

Not long ago, a neighboring colleague returned from a preaching workshop with Fred Craddock. “It was very helpful,” she said, “but it was also disheartening.” When I asked what she meant, my friend replied, “Fred’s method and manner of preaching work well for him, but I could never preach like that!”I understood her discouragement. As … Continue reading “On Speaking What We Hear”

The person who wrote these words from 2 Peter 3:15-16 perhaps knew the modern frustration preachers have when preaching from Paul: “And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation. So also our beloved brother Paul wrote to you according to the wisdom given him, speaking of this as he does in all his letters. … Continue reading “Preaching Galatians in the Shadow of Twin Peaks”

In his Cadbury Lectures (published under the title The Poet, The Warrior, The Prophet), Brazilian poet Ruben A. Alves describes watching a spider which constructed a cobweb in a corner of his study.“I did not see her first move,” he observes, “the move which was the beginning of the web, the leap into the void … Continue reading “The Word We Speak”

1. Determine the Scripture portion that you’re seeking to interpret. This could be one verse, several verses, a chapter, or a topical study (for example, on humility).2. Read the Scripture portion in several translations. I read the New King James, the New American Standard Bible, Berkeley, and New International Version. The Revised Standard Version enables … Continue reading “Nine Steps for Preaching from Proverbs”

Then said Evangelist, pointing with his finger over a very wide field, Do you see yonder wicket Gate? The man said, No: Then said the other, Do you see yonder Shining Light? He said, I think I do. Then said Evangelist, Keep that Light in your eye, and go up directly thereto, so shall thou … Continue reading “How to Preach Christ from Proverbs”