Conversations on Preaching

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Change the How

In a recent blog entry, Will Mancini shares an insightful discussion of leading change in your church: "If you want to lead change, change the common denominator first. Think of the common denominator as the most likely, most common, source of meaning for people every day. The common denominator in your organization today is most likely "the how." By "the how" I mean how I, as an individual, get things done, and how we, as an organization, get things done.

Patterning Your Preaching with God’s Authority

There is a pattern of preaching worth imitating today. This model of proclamation was practiced by Jesus and His apostles and continues presently. It consists of heralding God's eternal Word with the authority of the triune Godhead. How can the modern messenger of this sacred duty be assured he is shaping his sermon to reflect this essential paradigm?

Delivering Sermons that Preach

Do you have beautiful feet? You might want to consider Romans 10:15 before answering my informal Burge Poll question. "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!" Congratulations if you are a preacher of the gospel, because your calling elevates your standing into a sanctified group with attractive feet.

A Spiritual Package Deal

Maturity teaches us that often we put the focus on the wrong things. When I stand before the throne of the Lord Jesus, my ministry will not be judged so much by what I have done as by what I might have done and how much I could have done.

Five Things You Need to Know About Preaching Through the Books of Scripture

Many pastors are intimidated by the thought of preaching all the way through an entire book of the Bible. Some fear that congregational excitement will be hard to sustain and that pastor and congregation will get bogged down in an extended series on a single book. Others may want to avoid the stereotype of the tired old expositor relentlessly trudging through questions of grammar and syntactical constructions. Many may even perceive the method as outdated.

Preaching Gone Green: Why Pastors Should Address Creation Care

One might think that the church would improve in light of recent environmental problems. Today, more than a billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water; entire species are being driven to oblivion at rates more than one hundred times faster than natural extinction; air pollution has produced record high childhood asthma rates in many U.S. cities; toxic levels of mercury appear in the fetal cord blood of one out of six newborns; and the treatment of animals in factory farms continues to challenge our civilized sensibilities.
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The 25 Most Influential Pastors of the Past 25 Years

When Preaching magazine was launched in 1985, a look at our list of contributing editors gave you a sense of who would be listed among the most influential preachers in America. That original group included Stuart Briscoe, Maxie Dunnam, Jim Henry, David Allen Hubbard, John Huffman, D.E. King, James Earl Massey, Calvin Miller, Lloyd John Ogilvie, Stephen F. Olford, Haddon Robinson, J. Alfred Smith, John Wesley White and William Willimon, along with several more. (See the nearby sidebar to see the full list of original contributing editors.)

Preaching in Romans: An Interview with Chuck Swindoll

Charles Swindoll is one of the best-known Christian preachers and teachers in America, and his work has influenced countless preachers. The voice of the "Insight for Living" radio program, he is the Senior Pastor of Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco (suburban Dallas), Texas, and Chancellor of Dallas Technological Seminary. Chuck is author of more than 70 books, including his newest volume which launches a series on New Testament texts. The release of that new series prompted this, our third Preaching magazine interview with Chuck.