📖 Expository Preaching

Guides for pastors and students of Scripture who believe the sermon should be shaped by the text, not imposed upon it. These works teach the discipline of letting a passage speak on its own terms from the pulpit.

Preparing Expository Sermons

by Ramesh Richard • 2001

Seven deliberate steps from ancient text to modern sermon: a craftsman's method for preachers.

4.00

214

🎙️ Homiletics 🔍 Biblical Interpretation ⛪ Practical Ministry 🐑 Pastoral Theology 🙏 Evangelical Preaching

Preparing Expository Sermons

Seven deliberate steps from ancient text to modern sermon: a craftsman's method for preachers.

by Ramesh Richard 2001

4.00

214 ratings

🎙️ Homiletics 🔍 Biblical Interpretation ⛪ Practical Ministry 🐑 Pastoral Theology 🙏 Evangelical Preaching

R. C. Sproul

by Stephen J. Nichols • 2021

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

4.56

1k+

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Biography 🔥 Divine Holiness

R. C. Sproul

A midnight encounter with God's holiness turned a Pittsburgh kid into a warrior for biblical truth.

by Stephen J. Nichols 2021

4.56

1k+ ratings

✝️ Reformed Theology 📜 Biblical Inerrancy 🛡️ Classical Apologetics 📖 Spiritual Biography 🔥 Divine Holiness

How to Prepare Bible Messages

by James Braga • 1969

The single-sentence method for building sermons that hold together from opening to final appeal.

3.95

103

🎙️ Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation 🔍 Biblical Exegesis ⛪ Practical Theology 👔 Pastors And Ministers

How to Prepare Bible Messages

The single-sentence method for building sermons that hold together from opening to final appeal.

by James Braga 1969

3.95

103 ratings

🎙️ Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation 🔍 Biblical Exegesis ⛪ Practical Theology 👔 Pastors And Ministers

Between Two Worlds

by John R.W. Stott • 1982

Preach sermons faithful to Scripture, alive to the world, and delivered with the Spirit's power.

4.31

1k+

📖 Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation 🌐 Cultural Engagement 🙏 Spiritual Formation ✝️ Evangelical Theology

Between Two Worlds

Preach sermons faithful to Scripture, alive to the world, and delivered with the Spirit's power.

by John R.W. Stott 1982

4.31

1k+ ratings

📖 Homiletics 📝 Sermon Preparation 🌐 Cultural Engagement 🙏 Spiritual Formation ✝️ Evangelical Theology

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament

by Sidney Greidanus • 1999

A ten-step method that finds Christ in any Old Testament passage, without twisting the text.

4.19

359

✝️ Christocentric Preaching 📜 OT Hermeneutics ⏳ Redemptive History 🛠️ Sermon Preparation 🔍 Biblical Typology

Preaching Christ from the Old Testament

A ten-step method that finds Christ in any Old Testament passage, without twisting the text.

by Sidney Greidanus 1999

4.19

359 ratings

✝️ Christocentric Preaching 📜 OT Hermeneutics ⏳ Redemptive History 🛠️ Sermon Preparation 🔍 Biblical Typology

The Supremacy of God in Preaching

by John Piper • 1990

How a pastor's glad surrender to a sovereign God unlocks a sermon's power.

4.38

3k+

📜 Reformed Theology ⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Jonathan Edwards ✝️ Gospel Centrality 😊 Joy In God

The Supremacy of God in Preaching

How a pastor's glad surrender to a sovereign God unlocks a sermon's power.

by John Piper 1990

4.38

3k+ ratings

📜 Reformed Theology ⛪ Pastoral Ministry 🕊️ Jonathan Edwards ✝️ Gospel Centrality 😊 Joy In God

Pastoral Ministry

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 1995

Scripture, not strategy, shapes the shepherd: a guide to character, study, and pulpit.

4.13

423

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 📞 Pastoral Calling ✝️ Reformed Theology 👋 New Pastors 🐑 Shepherding

Pastoral Ministry

Scripture, not strategy, shapes the shepherd: a guide to character, study, and pulpit.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 1995

4.13

423 ratings

🏛️ Pastoral Ministry 📞 Pastoral Calling ✝️ Reformed Theology 👋 New Pastors 🐑 Shepherding

Ashamed of the Gospel

by John F. MacArthur Jr. • 1993

Marketing replaced preaching, and the pews filled with people who never heard the gospel.

4.31

2k+

🏪 Market-Driven Church 🌍 Worldliness ✝️ Gospel Purity 📜 Reformed Theology 🎓 Pastoral Theology

Ashamed of the Gospel

Marketing replaced preaching, and the pews filled with people who never heard the gospel.

by John F. MacArthur Jr. 1993

4.31

2k+ ratings

🏪 Market-Driven Church 🌍 Worldliness ✝️ Gospel Purity 📜 Reformed Theology 🎓 Pastoral Theology

The Vine Project

by Colin Marshall • 2016

The missing manual for pastors who want their church to make disciples, not just run events.

4.23

346

🏛️ Church Culture 🌱 Disciple-Making ⚙️ Ministry Systems 📈 Congregational Change 🤝 Lay Mobilization

The Vine Project

The missing manual for pastors who want their church to make disciples, not just run events.

by Colin Marshall 2016

4.23

346 ratings

🏛️ Church Culture 🌱 Disciple-Making ⚙️ Ministry Systems 📈 Congregational Change 🤝 Lay Mobilization

Preaching and Preachers

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones • 1972

A sermon without fire is just a talk. The fire can't be taught.

4.49

3k+

🎙️ Homiletics ⛪ Pastoral Ministry ✍️ Sermon Preparation 🔥 Spiritual Anointing 📚 Theology Of Preaching

Preaching and Preachers

A sermon without fire is just a talk. The fire can't be taught.

by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones 1972

4.49

3k+ ratings

🎙️ Homiletics ⛪ Pastoral Ministry ✍️ Sermon Preparation 🔥 Spiritual Anointing 📚 Theology Of Preaching

The Priority of Preaching

by Christopher Ash • 2009

God didn't leave a book; he sent heralds. Why the sermon remains the church's irreplaceable center.

4.19

175

🎙️ Homiletics 🐑 Pastoral Theology ⛪ Corporate Worship 🤝 Church Unity ✝️ Grace-Centered Ministry

The Priority of Preaching

God didn't leave a book; he sent heralds. Why the sermon remains the church's irreplaceable center.

by Christopher Ash 2009

4.19

175 ratings

🎙️ Homiletics 🐑 Pastoral Theology ⛪ Corporate Worship 🤝 Church Unity ✝️ Grace-Centered Ministry

Creature of the Word

by Matt Chandler • 2012

Church culture outmuscles strategy. The fix: recenter on the gospel, from worship to the budget.

4.10

1k+

⛪ Ecclesiology ✝️ Gospel-Centered 🏛️ Church Leadership 📜 Reformed Theology 🌍 Missional Church

Creature of the Word

Church culture outmuscles strategy. The fix: recenter on the gospel, from worship to the budget.

by Matt Chandler 2012

4.10

1k+ ratings

⛪ Ecclesiology ✝️ Gospel-Centered 🏛️ Church Leadership 📜 Reformed Theology 🌍 Missional Church

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