Preaching and Sermon Resources

The Four Codes of Preaching, John McClure's first book-length treatment of homiletical theory, is a sophisticated and, at times, controversial cont...

The End of Preaching is equal parts instruction and inspiration, offering practical help for every preacher and seminarian, and providing a new way...

Ludwig Lavater considered the book of Ruth as having “the greatest usefulness to all parts of life.” His exposition of its “precious jewels” of “ex...

What does beauty have to do with healing the fragmentation within our churches? According to Michael Pasquarello, everything. Amid the cacophony of...

The Sacred Duty and Delight of Handling the Word of God In order to understand, appreciate, and faithfully preach the word of God, pastors must dis...

A veteran pastor with thirty years of experience guides readers through a ten-step process to preaching Old Testament narratives from text selectio...

The go-to worship planning resource for all who plan weekly worship. The Abingdon Worship Annual 2023 is a practical, lectionary-based resource for...

The local pastor’s go-to resource for weekly sermon planning. The Abingdon Preaching Annual 2023 is lectionary-based and follows the calendar year ...

Offers a simple process and a ‘secret’ technique for great preaching.

The people of God had a choice to follow their own human policies or to follow the promises of God. They chose to be unfaithful, but the prophet br...

This useful resource, alongside the others in this growing 'Teaching the Bible Series', is for those who have the privilege and joy of teaching or...

Acts has a vital message about the spread of the Gospel to teach to every generation. David will give you confidence to handle GodÂ’s Word in a var...

Walter Brueggemann has been one of the leading voices in Hebrew Bible interpretation for decades; his landmark works in Old Testament theology have...

In this insightful study, James Earl Massey offers an expanded version of the Twelfth Annual William E. Conger, Jr. Lectures on Biblical Preaching ...

An economically friendly edition of over 250 of Spurgeon's finest sermons. Bound in a handsome, durable hardback for years of reading this collect...

The witness of Jesus Christ and his disciples was accompanied by mighty words and mighty works. Drawing on the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the A...

An exploration of the manifestations of the Holy Spirit in preaching

The thought of speaking in public strikes fear in the hearts of many. But we are often called upon to speak, teach, preach, or make presentations i...

`Truth' is a difficult subject in a pluralistic culture, and `the truth' is even more challenging . Yet the preacher's call is to be a speaker of t...

It’s not often that we hear the virtues of the small. Our culture teaches that bigger is better—and that includes church ministry and preaching, to...

Joseph L. Roberts was, for over thirty years, the pastor of the historic Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia, the former pulpit of the Reve...

Originally preached as a series, these seven sermons concerning the critical chapters of the Book Isaiah, demonstrate some of Calvin's most profoun...

Samuel Davies was Jonathan Edwards’s successor at what is now Princeton University. He is considered the founder of Southern Presbyterianism and wa...

George Smeaton (1814–1889) was for over thirty years Professor of New Testament Exegesis at New College, the Edinburgh seminary of the Free Church ...

Since the days he shook the pulpits of Victorian London with Christ-centered passion, each succeeding generation seems to discover Charles Spurgeon...

Preaching is an integral part of every church service, and its purpose has always been to edify, encourage, and to emphasize the positive effects o...

People looking for a church home value good preaching most of all - as shown by a recent Pew Research study. While tasty coffee, edgy technology, a...

Expository preaching and African American style are partners, not enemies. This important and powerful resource celebrates the faithful, biblical p...

Poor Eutychus might have tumbled off his perch in Acts 20, but it’s humbling to notice that what took Paul many hours of preaching to achieve – nea...

"This book is a clarion call for African American preachers to think more deeply about the aims and ends of their preaching—namely to stop putting ...

"How do we preach in a way that affirms Christian theology while also honoring the insights of other faith traditions? ""How do we preach about and...

This book is the first collection of essays to explore the question: is there room for politics from the pulpit? In response to an increasingly pol...

To preach effectively in today's world, preachers need cultural intelligence. They must build bridges between listeners who come from various denom...

John McClure's Preaching Words highlights the most important ideas in homiletics and preaching, offering short explanations of these ideas, what sc...

Should women who preach, preach as women? Preaching Women argues that far from being a gender-neutral space, the pulpit is a critical place in whic...

Preachers can find help from many resources to get the text right, the structure right, and the delivery right. Preaching with Empathy aims to help...

The all-age talk is a task guaranteed to give preachers sleepless nights! Very few people feel they have a gift for it, and most lack confidence. T...

Preaching to Teach merges the related functions of preaching and teaching, and equips the reader to accomplish both. Preachers stand up to speak ea...

This unique commentary helps preachers see how knowledge of first-century Judaism can help them avoid incorporating misunderstandings and stereotyp...

Preaching the heart of God, The place of PATHOS in preaching. Preachers are called at this time to minister to many whose world has suddenly chang...

The image of the kingdom of God has all but disappeared in preaching today. Here, David Buttrick critiques the state of the church, society, and pr...