Topical Preaching

  1. Rehearsing Before You Preach

    Articles Rehearsing Before You Preach

    John Wesley, the founder of the Methodist movement, told preachers who had trouble pronouncing certain words to listen to those who pronounced them correctly, then read those…

  2. Converge Bible Studies

    Articles Converge Bible Studies

    Converge Bible Studies is a series of topical Bible studies based on the Common English Bible. Each title in the series consists of four studies on a common topic or theme…

  3. To the Measure of Christ

    Articles To the Measure of Christ

    The goal of preaching is to help Christians, individually and in the community, to know God as seen in the life of Israel and made known intimately in Jesus Christ. Scripture…

  4. A Transactional Relationship

    Articles A Transactional Relationship

    When I began to preach, nearly thirty years ago, I approached preaching quite differently. I leaned more toward topical preaching and frequently, as young preachers do, selected a …

  5. Submitting to Be More Vile, or How I Decided to Say Tacky Things from the Pulpit

    Articles Submitting to Be More Vile, or How I Decided to Say Tacky Things from the Pulpit

    Preaching Controversial Series Of all John Wesley’s memorable lines, my favorite is from his April 2, 1739 journal entry, about having preached for the first time outside…

  6. Whatever Approach You Take

    Articles Whatever Approach You Take

    It is Saturday night and you are anticipating one of the most public and performatory parts of your work: preaching. In the pre-worship angst of preparing and waiting for Sunday…

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