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Serious Preaching In a Comedy Culture

Can I as pastor share some jokes from the pulpit? I guess you did not even think about this. So what do you think? This article calls us to think about the act of preaching. It looks at the preacher and the calling to preach. It calls for serious preaching.

Experiential Preaching

What is the difference between experiential preaching, practical preaching, evangelistic preaching, and doctrinal preaching? While this article focuses on experiential preaching as to why it is needed, it also shares some light into other forms. Being conscious of all these may be of value to the preacher as he prepares sermons.

Evangelistic Preaching

This article showing that the rarity of evangelistic preaching can be traced to the preacher, congregation, world, and devil. It also gives reasons why such preaching is needed, with demonstration from different kinds of sermons of such preaching, and closes with the characteristic of preaching that aims for conversion.

"Catechism Preaching" – Let's Love it!

This article discusses the character of Catechism preaching, as showing the unity of Scripture on any one doctrine.

"Catechism Preaching" – According to Church Order

This article considers the practice of Catechism preaching, as it is called for in the Church Order of Dort. It draws some conclusions regarding the special character of a Catechism sermon.

"Catechism Preaching" – Under Attack?

This article considers the practice of Catechism preaching in Reformed churches. It explains some of the history of the practice.

Preaching the Funeral of an Unbeliever

Preaching at the funeral of someone who was almost surely an unbeliever is very difficult. This article offers a few things worth considering if you are given such an opportunity: talk about the fall, death, and judgment, exalt Christ, hold out the hope of the resurrection, emphasize the role of faith, and stay away from eulogizing.

Five Ways Pastors Spiritually Benefit from Preaching Expository Sermons

Expository preaching is of benefit not only for the church, but also the pastor. This article explains five ways in which this is so.

Preaching to the Elderly

In a culture that is fascinated by youth, preaching to the elderly can be easily neglected. How does preaching to the elderly look like? This article answers this question.

Distinguishing Things Which Differ

What are the presuppositions that must govern the presentation of the gospel? This article shows that there are two: the holiness of God and the separation of man from God because of sin.

Adding to the Church: The Puritan Approach to Persuading Souls

What made the Puritans such great evangelistic preachers? This article shows that based on the conviction that God uses preaching to add to his church, the Puritans practiced evangelistic preaching. Their preaching was biblically consistent, free, flexible, and fervent.

Must Every Sermon Focus on Jesus?

Kaiser debates with Bryan Chapell and Sidney Greidanus on their views of preaching Christ from all of Scripture. He wants more clarity on what redemptive-historical preaching and a Christ-centred interpretation of Scripture should be.

The Risks a Preacher Takes

This article declares that preaching is "inherently dangerous." What it means is that preaching that balances declaration with application, or information with challenge, is risky but necessary. The author gives seven reasons why he speaks in this way.

Evangelistic Preaching: A Lost Art

This article makes a renewed plea for evangelistic preaching.

The Crisis in Expository Preaching Today

Kaiser reflects on what he perceives to be a crisis in expository preaching. He first defines what he understands expository preaching to be, then analyzes the current problems, and ends with a proposal of what the focus and duty of preaching needs to be.

Expository Preaching: Charles Simeon and Ourselves

Expository preaching is the preaching of the man who knows Holy Scripture to be the living Word of God, and whose aim in preaching is to show the hearers what the text is saying to them about God and about them. It is this kind of preaching that has fallen on hard times, but from Charles Simeon we can learn how to regain it. This article explains.