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The very first Preaching magazine interview appeared in the September-October 1986 issue, our second year of publication. It was an interview with David Allen Hubbard, then President of Fuller Theological Seminary. Then came interviews with Fred Craddock, John R.W. Stott, John...

Each Sunday, the average pastor preaches to several different culture groups. These groups speak different languages, have different values, dress differently, think differently and often have difficulty communicating with each other. These cultural groups are more commonly known as...

My parents grew up in a tradition that viewed preaching notes as a sign that the preacher was not under God's anointing. I joked with them about that when I preached from notes in my first pastorate, which was also my home church. That was over twenty years ago. Since then, I have tried many...

Preachers prepare sermons in the hope that congregations will listen attentively. However, a few years ago it occurred to me that ministers seldom ask listeners, "What qualities in a sermon engage you and disengage you?" Preachers turn to a variety of helps to develop faithful sermons that communicate...

As things change, they stay the same. When one reflects back twenty years have things changed that much? Consider some of the names of preachers that were prominent in 1985: Billy Graham, Robert Schuller, Charles Stanley. While their names are still prominent in 2005, their sons have assumed the...

We are living in cyclonic times for preachers. Students of the history of preaching realize that such seasons for the craft have occurred sporadically across the centuries but we seem to be experiencing some especially poignant pressures and stresses right now. Many preachers feel themselves to...

A certain bumper sticker conveyed a similar sentiment with these words, "You are only young once, but you can be immature your whole life."1 In a word, what we sorely lack today is wisdom. What is...

Determining a sermons subject is half done when a preacher has discerned what the biblical writer was saying. We do not fully understand the subject until we have also determined its purpose. It is too easy to preach on a doctrinal topic or an exegetical insight without considering the spiritual burden of...