Expository Ministry: A Comprehensive Vision
This article explains what expository preaching and faithful preachers look like.
Experiential Preaching
Evangelistic Preaching
Why Expository Preaching?
Why is expository preaching important? It is important because it proclaims God's Word, grounds the church in God's Word, and shapes worship.
Ten Things You Should Know about the Nature of Expository Preaching
What is expository preaching? How can you tell if you are listening to expository preaching? This article explains ten things you should know about the nature of expository preaching.
Ten Things You Should Know about the Necessity of Biblical Preaching
Why do we need biblical preaching? This article explains ten things you should know about the necessity of biblical preaching.
Ten Things You Should Know about the Demise of Expository Preaching
Are we seeing the death of biblical preaching in our times? This article explains ten things you should know that are contributing to the death of expository preaching.
You Do? I Do! Preaching for Weddings
A wedding sermon gives a pastor opportunity to place the wedding in the context of worship and faith, and to speak about the theological vitality of marriage. This article gives guidance for preparing such a wedding sermon by looking at the choice of a text, length of the sermon, and content of it.
"Catechism Preaching" – Let's Love it!
"Catechism Preaching" – According to Church Order
"Catechism Preaching" – Under Attack?
The Benefits of Catechetical Preaching
Preaching by the Book – Using the Lectio Continua Approach in Sermon Planning
This article argues that the lectio continua approach is as effective in today's pulpits as it was in the pulpits of the early Reformation. Through examples and helpful guidelines, the article explains how to tailor lectio continua preaching to the needs of today's Christians.
Old Hat or New Bandwagon: A Look at Lectionary Preaching
This article considers lectionary preaching, a planned schedule of preaching that ensures over a period of time a balanced treatment of the whole counsel of God. It prevents preachers from overemphasizing or neglecting certain themes or parts of Scripture. A comparison with the preaching from the Heidelberg Catechism is made.
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
Experiential Preaching
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.