Preaching Words

This best-selling book by Haddon Robinson, considered by many to be the "teacher of preachers", has sold over 300,000 copies and is a contemporary classic in the field. It offers students, pastors, and Bible teachers expert guidance in the development and delivery of expository sermons. This new edition has been updated throughout and includes helpful exercises.

"Like apples of gold in settings of silver is a ruling rightly given." (Proverbs 25:11) Welcome to Preaching by Discovery Every minister knows the challenge: you've been given thirty minutes on Sunday morning to take ancient texts and make them speak with power to contemporary hearts. You've been called to transform familiar stories into fresh encounters with divine truth. You've been tasked with helping your congregation discover that the God who worked miracles in biblical times continues to work in their lives today. This book is designed to help you meet that challenge through the power...

Preachers fill our church pulpits, conference stages, and television airwaves. But the question remains: What is good preaching really like? In this accessible volume—written for preachers and preachers in training—pastor David Helm outlines what it takes to be a faithful proclaimer of God's word.

The Bible is clear that all believers are called to defend their faith. However, if apologetics is the formal process that we have come to expect, this sounds like an impossible task. But what if apologetics could be part of natural, normal conversation ― both from the pulpit and in everyday life?

Most Christians - including pastors - struggle to talk about their faith in a way that applies the power of the Christian Gospel to change people's lives. Timothy Keller is known for his insightful, down-to-earth sermons and talks that help people understand themselves, encounter Jesus, and apply the Bible to their lives. In this accessible guide for pastors and laypeople alike, Keller helps listeners learn to present the Christian message of grace in a more engaging, passionate, and compassionate way.

Given the stiff competition in today's attention economy, many pastors feel pressured to make their sermons strikingly original. But Austin Carty, a longtime pastor and award-winning writer, has a different perspective: nothing we do or say is ever truly new. The power of a sermon is found not in novelty, but in the mandate it gives preachers to collect their thoughts every week and put them down in a succinct, coherent fashion.

This volume consists of a series of messages delivered by the noted Chinese pastor-teacher Watchman Nee during a training period for workers held in Kuling, Foochow, China, in 1948.

Best-selling author and master communicator Charles Swindoll has been effectively speaking to others for over 50 years. In Saying It Well: Touching Others With Your Words he shares his secrets on how to talk so people will listen.

John Stott is well known worldwide for the commitment he had to the Bible, both in his preaching and in his living. In this persuasive book, Stott concisely demonstrates the power, authority, and relevance of the Bible for every Christian–in every culture and generation.

Featuring interviews with preachers such as Tom Foster, Stan Gleason, T. F. Tenney, Claudette Walker, Raymond Woodward, and many more, Life Preaching "presents preaching from the human perspective based on interviews with some of the outstanding preachers of our day. The author skillfully introduces the topic with solid commentary, and then illuminates it with the experiences and accumulated wisdom of those who have lived the preacher’s life.

Pastor Hosea Reynolds was the man of God that had been sent to preach the gospel. His church was flourishing and he made sure to give all of his time to his members. The one thing that he failed to realize was that his seventeen year old daughter Haven, needed him the most. For fifteen years he labored for the Lord until one day his house of cards came crashing down like the walls of Jericho. Yearning for her father’s attention and missing the mother that she never knew, Haven was in a battle all alone. Her wild best friend Mila was there when she needed her to be but there was still a ...

"Sixty years ago I found myself distracted," Eugene Peterson writes. "A chasm had developed between the way I was preaching from the pulpit and my deepest convictions on what it meant to be a pastor."

And so began Peterson's journey to live and teach a life of congruence - congruence between preaching and living, between what we do and the way we do it, between what is written in scripture and how we live out that truth.

Nothing captures the biblical foundation for this journey better than Peterson's teachings over his 29 years as a pastor.

After 30 plus years of pastoring, David Huston has concluded that preaching to the church is easy; the challenge of our day is preaching to the lost. How do we reach the people who don’t know Jesus? What will make our preaching more impactful? What are the secrets to greater anointing? Many books have been written about preaching, but this one focuses specifically on preaching the gospel to the unsaved in the power of the Spirit. The book begins by taking us deep into the Logos as the means by which God makes Himself known to man. After looking in detail at the Logos becoming flesh and ...

In times past when Ministers Preached the Power of God would Fall! This seems to be missing today in most gatherings! Dr. Yeager has compiled true Testimonies of Powerful Manifestations of God during the Proclaiming of the Gospel. He also shares his own personal Experiences! In this book, you will also discover the conditions that must be met for God to show up in Amazing ways! As I was preaching the power of God came through the midst of the congregation like mighty whirlwinds. People were actually being picked up out of their chairs and tossed around like leaves being tossed in a mighty ...

Grounded in both solid theology and communication theory, Devote Yourself to the Public Reading of Scripture will teach listeners how to present Scripture in a compelling way. The book's comprehensive approach includes everything from simple delivery skills to the history of public reading, how to build a culture that values public reading, group reading, and how to prepare yourself spiritually, mentally, and emotionally for public reading.

This audiobook, packed with biblical wisdom and practical guidance from the pastoral trenches, will equip and encourage you in the midst of ministry. Bob Yandian, a veteran pastor of more than 30 years, provides answers to common questions relating to your everyday pastoral duties and personal life.

One of the goals of the minister of God is be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear (see 1 Peter 3:15). Our prayer is that this resource material will be a tool that helps you prepare to have an answer of why you believe in hope. “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15

God uses his people to accomplish his work through his word. Every Bible teacher―from pastors and small-group leaders to Sunday school volunteers―has the task and privilege of rightly handling the revelation God has given. To do this effectively, they need to make Scripture the driving force of their preaching. In this convenient handbook, David J. Jackman offers listeners the basic principles of biblical exposition that will equip them to faithfully study, prepare, and deliver sermons and Bible talks.

“Unveiling God’s Presence, Power, and Kingdom Purpose for Believers Today” You were created for more than survival, you were created to carry His presence. In Bearers of His Glory, Dr. Santiago Lastra Morales reveals how every believer can walk in God’s power, reflect His Kingdom, and live as a vessel of His transforming glory. This is your call to step into victorious living and shine with the light of Christ. With prophetic insight and apostolic passion, Lastra reveals how God is preparing His people for a great end time revival that will usher in the return of Christ. More than ...

Is your sermon preparation rooted in theory, but you need to see it in practice? The best way to master expository preaching is to learn from those who have done it well. This book goes beyond the "how-to" and gives you the "what-it-looks-like." It’s a powerful collection of fully-formed, exegetically sound sermons, each one a practical model for your own ministry. Focusing exclusively on the life-changing truth found in the Gospels, this book is your guide to crafting messages that are not only biblically faithful but also profoundly impactful. Inside, you will find: Complete Sermon ...