Preparing Sermons that Deliver

You are called to a daunting mission. Who has called you? What is the intimidating task at hand? God has called you to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ. Paul, the great apostle, missionary and preacher asked the Corinthians a revealing question in 2 Corinthians 2:16 concerning this inconceivable task: "Who is sufficient for these things?"

The Most Important Thing I Learned after a Decade of Preaching

It was the winter of 2003 and I was attending Dallas Theological Seminary working on a doctorate with an emphasis upon preaching. After 12years of full-time pulpit ministry and having won a preaching award the prior year at the Capital Bible Seminary, I thought I knew preaching pretty well. However, what I was about to learn under the tutelage of Dr. Timothy S. Warren would dramatically influence my preaching forever.

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.

What’s the Point? Moving from Exegetical to Homiletical

It was the winter of 2003, and I was attending Dallas Theological Seminary working on a doctorate with an emphasis in preaching. After 12 years of full-time pulpit ministry and having won a preaching award the prior year at the Capital Bible Seminary, I thought I knew preaching pretty well. However, what I was about to learn under the tutelage of Dr. Timothy S. Warren would influence my preaching dramatically forever.