Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk about the goals of the sermon. Every sermon should have goals the preacher seeks to reach. You should preach with purpose. These goals should shape how you prepare and proclaim the message. Here are seven goals every sermon should have... Instruction Faithful Engagement Clarity Demonstration Passion Worship     What are the goals of your sermons?    "One God-called man armed with one God-sent message, committed to one God-prescribed method - preaching - is always...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to you about how to get healthy freedback on your preaching. Each week, I talk to someone about my sermon before I preach. And I talk to someone about if after I preach. I believe growing preachings seek healthy feedback. But how can you get feedback on your preaching? Here are ten ways to get healthy feedback on your preaching.  Read your manuscript to team members. Greet members after services. Seek feedfack from others. Share...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to about crafting effective sermon outlines. Sermon outlines are not absolutely necessary. But there is value in crafting and presenting formal points in your sermon. Outlines provide support and structure. They help the preacher preach with purpose, unity, and movement. And they help the congregation follow along and remember what is preached. Sermon outline points should be textual, diverse, and strategic. How can I craft sermon outline points for effective communication? Alliteration Narrative Headings Parallelism...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to about effective sermon transitions. Planes are in the most danger during take-off and landing. Car accidents most often happen as drivers turn or change lanes. And sermons most often crash during transitions - from introduction to the main body, from one point to the next, from outline to conclusion. How can a preacher make effective transitions in the sermon?  Be clear about the main idea of your sermon. Unite the sermon elements around the main...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In the previous episode of the podcast (#079), we talked about where you should do your sermon preparation. In this episode, I want to talk to you about when you should do your sermon preparation. This subject is about more than whether you prefer to study in the morning or at night. It is also about more than what days a week you use for sermon preparation. It is about being a good steward of your time for sermon preparation. When should...

   Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth. - 2 Timothy 2:15   Cutting It Straight Expository Preaching Conference exists to train, model, and promote expositional preaching. Expository preaching is that preaching in which the point of the sermon is rooted in, is in alignment with, and flows out of the selected scripture. It is preaching in which the sermon in shaped by the content and intent of the sermon text. In short, expositional preaching is biblical preaching Expository preaching...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to you about where you do your sermon preparation. There seems to be two obvious answers to the question about where a preacher does his sermon preparation: at home or at the church.  But the the question is bigger than just a geographic location. Where should you prepare to preach?  Prioritize concentration. Go to your secret prayer closet. Turn your "Office" into a "Study." Work where you tools are. Not in an ivory tower. Work...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to you talk to you about developing a sermon preparation checklist. Many "thought workers" use checklists to do their work with effectiveness, efficiency, and excellence - like doctors, lawyers, engineers, accountants, and chefs. Preachers should also use sermon preparation checklists as they prepare to preach the word. What should be in a preacher's sermon preparation checklist? When and where will I be preaching this sermon? Do I understand the meaning of the text? Have I applied this...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, I want to talk to you about what it means to preach the word. In 2 Timothy 4:2, Paul charged Timothy to preach the word. This is the definitive, central, and primary function of the pastor and the church. But we live in a time where there is a conspiracy against preaching - in the pews and in the pulpit. But it is and has always been the will of God to save the lost and sanctify the church...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, we discuss how to structure a sermon. Good, clear, sound and sermon structure is key to effective preaching. But sermon structure must stay in its place. You do not want to preach a jellyfish sermon, with no structure. And you do not want to preach a skeleton, with no life. How should you structure your sermon for effective preaching?  Structure the sermon based on the text. Structure the sermon around one main idea. Structure the sermon for clear communication....

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, we discuss the use of Bible commentaries in sermon preparation. Make friends with several good commentators. Find the best commentaries on individual books of the Bible. Use different types of commentaries. Consult commentaries toward the end of your study. Make strategic use of Bible commentaries. Do not read too many commentaries. Remember that no commentary is the ultimate authority on scripture. View commentaries as a sermon preparation tool. Though shalt not steal! Preach the Word, not the commentary.  ...

  Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, I want to talk about you about what the preacher should offer to God on Sunday mornings. We readily acknowledge that the congregation should worship as they listen to the preaching of God's word. But we sometimes fail to recognize that we should worship as we preach the word of God to the congregation. The act of preaching is an act of worship. What should the preacher offer to God on Sunday morning?   A Prepared Message A Consecrated...