Samuel Langhorne Clemens – better known by his pen name, Mark Twain – went to church one Sunday. After the service, he told the pastor he had a book at home with every word the pastor preached. The pastor assured him his sermon was original. When Clemens insisted, the pastor asked to see the book. Clemens sent it over the following day. When the pastor unwrapped the parcel, he found a dictionary. Clemens had written in the flyleaf: “Words, just words, just words.”   How many sermons could be described this way? “Words, just words.” So much preaching is “just words” that it has created a conspiracy against preaching.  The...

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. What is preaching? What is biblical preaching? What does it mean to preach the word? 2 Timothy 4:1-5 answers these questions in a clear, convicting, and challenging way.  In 2 Timothy 4:1-5, the Apostle Paul issues his final charge to his son in the ministry. He gives this charge “in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom” (2 Tim. 4:1). Verses 2-5 record nine biblical exhortations...

Preach The Word (2 Timothy 4:1-5)

The Bottom Line of Christian Ministry (2 Timothy 2:15)