This is the third episode of The On Preaching Conference, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. This episode is about the different types of sermons. Did you know there are different types of sermons? All sermons are not equated equal. And some kinds of sermons are better than others. Understanding different sermon types is important because you need to be serious about how you handle the scriptures. You should be intentional about what your sermons is trying to accomplish. And you must be careful about what your style of preaching communicates to your people. Here are seven different...

Here are ten preachers who have influenced me. 1. H.B. Charles Sr. My father was the first and _____ influence on me. 2. Melvin V. Wade Sr. 3. John F. MacArthur Jr. 4. E.K. Bailey 5. Ralph Douglas West 6. John Piper 7. Jasper Williams Jr. 8. Steven J. Lawson 9.Warren W. Wiersbe 10. John A. Reed Jr.

I detest church hopping. Yet I accept the fact that there are times when Christians transfer church membership. But there is a proper time and way to leave a church. What are the legitimate reasons for leaving a church? When is the right time to leave a church? How should one leave a church to join another? Red Lights: Wrong Reasons for Leaving a Church Here are seven wrongs reasons for leaving a church.  Sin. Someone has sinned. Maybe it was a leader. Is this a good reason to leave? No. It is not promote holiness to leave because of...

Happy Father's Day! I thank God for my late father - my hero! - Dr. H.B. Charles Sr.  Happy Father's Day to my Dad, Melvin Von Wade Sr., and my Pops, John A. Reed Jr.  Please subscribe to the new On Preaching Podcast with H.B. Charles Jr. via iTunes.  Thanks for those who have signed up for our new email subscription list at the top right of this page. (This list is NOT the same as the blog subscription list.) We sent out our first sermon manuscript this week. Be on the look out for a new sermon next weekend....

This is the second episode of The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast is dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. This episode is about pulpit plagiarism. I was moved to talk about this after reading an article entitled, Is Pulpit Plagiarism On The Rise? I am not sure if it is on the rise. But it is a real issue of contemporary preaching. On one hand, I don’t think it is as big or bad a problem as some claim. On the other hand, it is something we should take serious. Here’s the bottom line: Don’t do it!...

There are several Bible verses that drive my commitment to faithful preaching. They are 1 Timothy 4:16, 2 Timothy 2:15, and 2 Timothy 4:2. I regularly share these verses with young preachers, when I am asked for a passage of scripture to encourage them in the work. But there is another passage that reminds me of my charge to preach the word. I rarely share this verse. It is not from the Pastorals. For that matter, it is not from the New Testament. It is 2 Samuel 24:24. But the king said to Araunah, "No, but I will buy it...

The phone rang in my hotel room. It could only mean one thing. My ride was in the lobby. It was time to go preach. I grabbed my Bible, iPad, and ball cap, and headed out the door. I knew I needed to take another look at my manuscript on the way to church. So I searched for it in my iPad, as I walked to the elevator. Found it. As I glanced over my sermon, I struggled to remember the message. So I braced myself to have to preach from the manuscript. Most of the time I preach only from...

Thanks for reading my blog. Saturday shout-outs is my weekly bulletin board. Hope you find something helpful here. I published episode #001 of The On Preaching Podcast this week. Take a listen here. iTunes downloads will be available soon. Stay tuned.  A big shout-out to Cameron Triggs, Students Pastor at the Shiloh Church, for leading our Youth Explosion 2014 this weekend. And thanks to all the Shiloh staff and volunteers for serving our youth. You make it happen! Thanks to Pastor Bernard Yates and the Zion Hope Church for the opportunity to preach this week! Thanks to Pastor Reginald Gaines...

This is the first episode of The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. My goal is that this podcast will be a living room couch where we can sit together and talk about the important, nature, and practice of faithful, Christ-centered, biblical preaching. In this inaugural episode, I attempt to answer three questions: Who is H.B. Charles Jr.? This podcast is not about me. It is about preaching. But as the host of this podcast, you should know a bit about me up front. After all, I hope we will spend a...

  It was the last day of the revival. I had just finished my ninth sermon of the meeting. I stood to give my lasting remarks. And I said what I was thinking. Usually, I am able to mind my business when I preach away from home. But since I had no intention of ever returning to that church, I took a shot at them. Thanks for putting up with my preaching this week. And for all of your kindness and encouragement. But all the glory goes to God. Any human credit goes to the church I serve. They give...

Seeing And Believing (John 20:24-29)