Sermon Development
Writing for the Ear, Part 1
Preaching is an oral/aural event. And yet, preachers often prepare sermons as they would write [...]
Sermon Development
Sermon Development
Building Sermons that Build the Church Part 2
Week after week, the preacher has the privilege of shaping [...]
Sermon Development
Building Sermons that Build the Church Part 1
“For the first five years of ministry, it felt like [...]
Sermon Development
Using Commentaries Effectively and Faithfully
Commentaries play an important role in the preacher’s exegetical work. [...]
Sermon Development
Sermons Form around Verbal Landmarks: Ideas and Images Created by Our Words
In this essay, I want [...]
Sermon Development
Rule of Three
The Rule of Three is a way of organizing written and spoken language by grouping items into [...]
Sermon Development
Commandments for Biblical Preaching Part 2: Break All the Rules
In Part 1 of this [...]
Sermon Development
Commandments for Biblical Preaching Part 1: Keep These Words in Your Heart
I offer here ten commandments [...]
Sermon Development
Writing and Not Writing the Sermon
How do you procrastinate when you’re writing a sermon? Most [...]
Sermon Development
Back to the Basics
Developing Focus in Sermons During my seminary internship I was scheduled to preach on the first Sunday [...]
