Every year at the Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference, we pause to pay tribute to a preacher whose ministry should be remembered. This year, we honored the late Dr. E.V. Hill Sr. E.V. Hill was the longtime pastor of the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles. Pastor Hill touched a generation with his gospel preaching, community leadership, charitable work, racial reconciliation, and media ministries. He was also the author of A Savior Worth Having and Victory In Jesus. Dr. Hill and my father were good friends. He officiated my dad's funeral. He led the meeting when I was called to serve the...

  The Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference is still underway on the campus of the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, FL. Yesterday Jason Allen, Romell Williams Jr. Albert Mohler Jr. and myself preached the word of God and we enjoyed wonderful breakout sessions throughout the day. I pray that you have been richly blessed and that you leave encouraged and inspired to “Cut It Straight”. We are excited about what God has in store for us for today. Shuttle service from the Omni Hotel and Hyatt Hotel to the church campus will be provided throughout the day. Lunch will be...

The Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference began Yesterday on the campus of the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, FL. We are grateful to have a line-up of great speakers and teachers who will teach, model, and promote expository preaching and teaching. Likewise, the staff and volunteers of Shiloh are ready and excited to serve the guests on our campus this week. Much prayer and planning takes place for this event to make it a special time for all who attend. Cutting it straight kicked off with a bang yesterday, along with myself, K. Edward Copeland, Robert Smith Jr. and Mac Brunson,...

May grace and peace be multiplied to you in the knowledge of God and of Jesus our Lord. – 2 Peter 1:2 Welcome to Jacksonville, Florida. Welcome to the Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church. Welcome to the 2016 Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference! Thank you for joining us for this year’s conference. We are glad you are here. And we are looking forward to a blessed week proclamation, instruction, fellowship, worship, and encouragement. We have strong biblical preachers and teachers who will equip you to declare God’s word more faithfully and clearly. In general sessions, breakout classes, and worship services, you...

Welcome to episode #41 of The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, you will hear a interview I had with Pastor Terry K. Anderson. Pastor Anderson is the Senior Pastor of the Lilly Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Houston, where he has served for the past twenty-four years. I recently had the opportunity to interview Pastor Anderson about his life and ministry. I trust you will find it encouraging. In our conversation, Anderson shares his testimony of a life-threatening sickness and God’s healing grace. Question Did you enjoy the interview?  Recommended Resources On...

We are now one week away from the Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference 2016. It will take place September 20-22 at the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, Florida, where I am privileged to serve. You still have time to join us for Cutting It Straight. If possible, I hope you will attend. And bring members of your ministry team with you. Whether or not you will be able to attend Cutting It Straight this year, I still have a request to make. Please pray for this conference. We have planned and prepared. But, of course, nothing we do will be...

Welcome to episode #40 of The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to you about choosing your sermon titles. Here are seven practical tips to help you when choosing your sermon titles… Stimulate interests. Emphasize scripture. Be user-friendly. Don't overpromise. Practice brevity. Avoid sensationalism. Use variety. Question What is your process when choosing a sermon title?  Recommended Resources On Preaching by H.B. Charles Jr. On Pastoring by H.B. Charles Jr. Preaching that Changes Lives by Mike Fabarez Announcements Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference | September 20-22, 2016 |...

The Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference is just a few weeks away. This conference will meet September 20-22, 2016, at the Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, Florida. The primary purpose of Cutting It Straight is to train, model, and promote biblical preaching and teaching. It is a conference for pastors, preachers, and teachers. But we believe that every thing that happens in the life of the church should be a extension of the ministry of the word. For this reason, we have added several tracks to help local church ministry teams to develop and practice a biblical philosophy of ministry. For...

  Welcome to episode #39 of The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to you about selecting a text to preach. Here are five practical tips to help you when selecting a text to preach… Pray. Proclaim Christ. Choose clear texts. Practice variety. Know your limits. Question What are some things you do when selecting a text to preach?  Recommended Resources On Preaching by H.B. Charles Jr. On Pastoring by H.B. Charles Jr. Preaching that Changes Lives by Mike Fabarez Announcements Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference | September 20-22,...

The 2016 Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference if now a month away. And I am grateful for all of our guest speakers, hardworking staff, and faithful volunteers who will serve us during this year's conference. I am especially grateful for our ministry friends  who have supported and sponsored Cutting It Straight this year. We have great speakers. We will give away helpful resources. We are expecting a blessed meeting. It will be possible because of the Lord has given us wonderful partners. Praise the Lord! Pray for Cutting It Straight that will meet September 20-22, 2016 at the Shiloh...

Welcome to episode #38 of The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to you about basic keys to effective sermon outlines. Here are ten practical tips to help you be more effective in developing sermon outlines... Let the text shape the outline. Preach the text, not the outline. Support the main idea of the sermon. Practice unity in your outline. Keep it moving. The simpler the better. Maintain balance. Use sub-points carefully. Don't overdue alliteration. Put application in the outline. Question What do you...

  Our Father in heaven, We praise you that we can call you our Father in heaven, because of the blood and righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ. We thank you for every act of love, grace, mercy, kindness and favor you have bestowed upon us. And we thank you for watching over our children and families throughout the summer break. As a new school year begins, we pray your special blessings upon every school campus, administrator, teacher, worker, driver, and student. We pray for the school campuses where our children will attend classes. We ask you would put a...