Book Review: He Is Not Silent
Reviewed by Ryan Schildroth I just finished a challenging book on preaching by R. Albert Mohler titled
Jonathan Edwards on the Attributes of Good Preaching | by Pastor Steve Cornell
With the rise of John Piper and his ministry, there has also been a resurgence of puritan writers and their teaching, of whom Jonathan Edwards holds a chief position of honor. Much of John Piper’s teaching ministry is rooted in the teaching of Jonathan Edwards. While surfing the web for information that might be of value for [...]
Good Friday or Good Thursday? When was Jesus actually crucified?
“For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth” (Matt. 12:40).
The Missional Church: Video CliffsNotes
Many of you have heard the term “missional” before. It is a buzzword among churches that are seeking to be relevant in their communities in bringing the gospel of Jesus Christ to a lost world. Missional churches see themselves as missionaries and seek to live out this reality everywhere they go. A lot has been said [...]
What to Do with Christmas and Easter?
Like many of you, I plan out my preaching calendar for the year and typically I rotate between preaching through a book of the Bible and then the occasional topical series in between. But what do you do when those ”interruptions” like Easter and Christmas roll around? Sometimes I just keep preaching through the series I’m [...]
What Makes a Great Preacher?
So what makes a great preacher? For those of us who weekly prepare messages, that question often seems to be answered by the criticism or applause of those who sit under our teaching and preaching ministry. We also live in a world that has become very small when it comes to hearing “good” preaching on [...]
Between Two Worlds | Contextualizing the Biblical Message
A true sermon bridges the gulf between the biblical and the modern worlds, and must be equally earthed in both. John R. W. Stott In 1982 a book titled ”Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century” was released, and I have recently revisited this book in an attempt to improve my own [...]
Preaching Schedules and Planning
I’m taking a bit of a detour from my previous articles on preaching by asking a series of questions that I hope will be helpful for others and myself. I have been preaching now for a little over four years, and my planning for preaching has changed every year. I currently schedule all of my preaching and teaching [...]
From a Dying Man to Dying Men | Alber Mohler’s blog
From a Dying Man to Dying Men — Recovering a Bold Vision for Biblical Preaching Posted: Friday, October 12, 2007 at 4:01 am ET And how will they hear without a preacher? Romans 10:14 Is preaching still central to Christian worship? This question is asked again and again as contemporary evangelicalism is observed. How can [...]
Philosophy of Preaching: “Expositional Preaching and Application” by Pastor Mark Dever
This is the second of several installments of articles written on the topic of philosophy of preaching. This week’s article is written by Mark Dever. As you have been reading some of the other posts on the website you will find that Mark Dever’s name was just brought up in a post by Josh Gelatt titled, “Is Requiring of Membership [...]
Philosophy of Preaching (Part 1 of 5)—”Vital Preaching” by Dr. Delnay
I hope you are starting to find articles that are of value and interest to you on the Quest website. This week on preaching I am planning a five-part series whereby I will be providing articles from five different men on the topic of preaching. By way of introduction, Dr. Robert Delnay was a former professor of [...]
Preaching Resource Introduction
“I would say that a ‘dull preacher’ is a contradiction in terms; if he is dull he is not a preacher. He may stand in a pulpit and talk, but he is certainly not a preacher. The man who is called by God is a man who realizes what he is called to do, and [...]
