Here are some helpful posts on preaching:
How to Preach Like D.A. Carson Without Sounding Like Him – Pastoralized
Don’t Pack Too Much in Your Sermons – Erik Raymond (Gospel Coalition)
The Top Mistakes I Make in Preaching – Julian Freeman
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Ministry Monday
Here are some helpful posts on preaching:
6 Bullet Points on Preaching – Tim Challies
The Apostle Paul had a lot to say about preaching, but I think the majority of it can be grouped under six main headings or ideas. You could, of course, extract specific teaching points from each one, but I think there’s value in looking at them in a broad sense. Here is what Paul says about the preaching of God’s Word…
3 Questions To Ask of Your Sermon – Trevin Wax
The more I’ve thought about these questions, the more I am convinced that pastors ought to ask these questions of every sermon they preach. Teachers ought to ask these questions of every lesson they prepare. The questions are a helpful guide to keeping Christ as the focus of our ministry.
Preaching That Cuts to the Heart – Tim Keller (via Gospel Coalition)
Put another way, you should preach the truth, not just your opinion; you should preach the good news, not just good advice; and you should preach to make the truth real to the heart, not just clear to the mind.
Ministry Moments
Here are some good posts on preaching:
Sermon Prep: A Week In One Life – Stephen Um (via The Gospel Coalition)
A glimpse of what my weekly approach looks like, followed by some suggestions for continual growth in our preaching.
Expressing Beautiful Truth In One’s Preaching – Trevin Wax
Too often we preachers spend all our time making sure we’ve understood the meaning of the text and can communicate it faithfully. Precious little time is spent thinking about how we can communicate that meaning beautifully.
A Word To Those Who Preach The Word – R. Kent Hughes (via Tim Challies)
There is nothing quite like it—the Holy Spirit filling one’s sails, the sense of his pleasure, and the awareness that something is happening among one’s hearers.
Do You Expect A Response To The Preaching of the Gospel? – Roland Allen (via Justin Taylor)
To preach the Gospel requires that the preacher should believe that he is sent to those whom he is addressing at the moment, because God has among them those whom He is at the moment calling: it requires that the speaker should expect a response.
Ministry Moments
Here are some helpful posts on preaching:
The Greatest Preachers – Wayne Gruden (via Jared Wilson)
According to Grudem’s definition, we can all be great preachers! Indeed we must be.
Preaching Texts You Do Not Understand – Carl Trueman (via Reformation 21)
We’ve all been there. Here are some helpful thoughts.
Pastors, What You Preach Is Already Decided – Charles Spurgeon (via Desiring God)
We can’t make it up out of our own heads.
The Most Transformational Word – Paul Tripp (via Gospel Coalition)
We must preach grace to ourselves.
Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire.
Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Ministry Moments
Last week I mentioned that Friday posts would focus on church and ministry. Today begins the first of a new monthly feature called Ministry Moments. Essentially, these are recommended readings from around the web on the topic of ministry. While, the focus is primarily on full-time ministry, I suspect many of the posts could be read profitably by anyone serving in the local church.
Worship
10 Questions To Ask of Sunday Worship – Trevin Wax
Prayer
An Impulse You Should Never Ignore – Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Preaching
A Preacher’s Decalogue – Sinclair Ferguson
Killing Moralism – Joe Thorn
Personal Shepherding
How Do You Care For A 90 Year Old Man About To Become A Widower – Brian Croft
What Lessons Have I Learned From Shepherding a 106 Year Old Widow In My Church – Brian Croft
Pastor’s Life
Pastoral Ministry Is War – Paul Tripp
Ministry: Whose Kingdom – Paul Tripp
The Problem of Shifting Treasure – Paul Tripp
We’re Pastors and We’re Anxious – Paul Tripp
Give Thanks For Your Church – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Depression and the Ministry: Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four, Part Five – Gospel Coalition
Brian J. Mikul 