Featured Articles Archives

• Best Preaching Books of 2007  (March 5, 2008)
  Doctrine That Dances, from B&H Publishing and author Robert Smith, is Preaching.com's Preaching Book of the Year.
• Ten Books Every Preacher Should Read  (March 4, 2008)
• What's in the Box?  (January 1, 2008)
  I?m sitting in row seven watching Dr. Bob, our senior pastor, give today?s sermon for children. He raises a box and squints his eyes as though he is trying to figure out what is in it. Now most of us, children and adults alike, love guessing games. So, Dr. Bob calls his weekly children?s talk ?What?s in the Box?? Talk about mystery. The kids love it. So do the adults. Especially me.
• Preaching Doctrine with Flavor  (January 1, 2008)
  Doctrinal sermons tend to sound like Systematic Theology 101, a lecture rather than a message from God. Wouldn't you like to hear a presentation of biblical truth that was like warm, moist brownies instead?
• What Will I Serve for Dinner?  (January 1, 2008)
  Parents ask this question on a daily basis. ?Should I microwave some TV dinners or make a salad? Pastors make similar decisions for their church families on a weekly basis. Every week, every pastor wonders, ?What?s for dinner?? What spiritual food will I serve up to my congregation this week?"
• Preaching Through Landmines  (January 1, 2008)
  Through his pastoral service at First Baptist Church, in Atlanta, his In Touch TV and radio ministry and his many books, Charles Stanley has become one of the nation?s best known preachers. Preaching editor Michael Duduit recently had the opportunity to visit with Pastor Stanley about his newest book and his preaching ministry. Preaching: Your most recent book is Landmines in the Path of the Believer. What led to the writing of this book?
• The Year's Best Books for Preachers  (July 10, 2007)
  The demise of the book has been predicted for years now – its doom supposedly inevitable after the advent of the digital age. Well, someone forgot to tell the reading public in general, and preachers in particular, that the book is supposedly dead. Among preachers, the book is very much al
• Preaching the Big Idea: An Interview with Dave Ferguson  (July 26, 2007)
  In his book The Big Idea (Zondervan), pastor Dave Ferguson talks about how his church has taken the homiletical concept of a single driving idea for the sermon and extended that across the entire teaching platform of the church. Preaching editor Michael Duduit recently visited with Dave.
• An Alphabet of Grace  (November 1, 2007)
  A 26-word parade of hope: beginning with God, ending with life, and urging us to do the same. Brief enough to write on a napkin or memorize in a moment, yet solid enough to weather two thousand years of storms and questions.
• Understanding the Word: An Interview with Eugene Peterson  (November 1, 2007)
  Michael Duduit recently sat down with Peterson to talk about how his work with the biblical text related to his years as a pastor and preacher.
• Bible and Bible Reference Survey 2007  (November 1, 2007)
  Each year brings a continuing flow of various study bibles and this one has been no different. Some such Bibles seem merely to be the result of marketing efforts, but others are truly helpful.
• Finding the Timeless Truth  (March 1, 2007)
  Somewhere in the process of sermonizing the preacher must turn up the heat on the passage and himself and discover the timeless, universal truth that remains
• Why Preach Biblical Prophecy?  (January 1, 2007)
  Whatever may be our theological system, this is the end of the doctrinal encyclopedia that generally gets scant utterance in the typical evangelical pulpit.
• Preaching on Sensitive Subjects  (March 1, 2007)
  I thought I was the first to discover this technique of dealing with controversial issues from the pulpit. But it turns out this little find of mine has been unearthed many times in the past.
• Using Humor in the Pulpit  (March 1, 2007)
  It is not necessary, on a Sunday morning, to become a comedian for Christ. Yet neither is there a scriptural reference that claims blessed are the bored.
• The Power of the Big Idea  (July 1, 2007)
  What did you learn in church today? How is it possible that so many people, young and old, can respond with nothing but silence to such a simple question after spending an entire Sunday morning in church? Is it too little teach­ing? Is it too little Scripture? Is it too little application of Scripture in the teaching? What's the problem?
• When a Story Is the Best Response  (July 1, 2007)
  Whenever we face a communication challenge, telling a story is a good option, and sometimes it is the very best option.
• Beware Tuneless Preaching  (July 12, 2007)
  Part One of a Series on Preaching and Trinitarian Worship
• The Pastor as Coach  (November 30, 2007)
  A professional coach who was a pastor for 18 years answers questions such as how the roles and responsibilities of pastoring are similar to coaching.
• The Christmas Truce -- Could it Work in our Churches?  (November 30, 2006)
  Perhaps those of us who celebrate the birth of the Savior could learn a lesson from a World War I Christmas miracle as we engage those who do not share our beliefs and faith in Jesus.