Preaching and Sermon Resources

Exercises in the art and craft of sermon preparation.

Effective 21st century preaching demands a more perceptive understanding of both race and Christian faith.

Just what you need to begin the journey toward a sermon!

Just what you need to begin the journey toward a sermon!

Preach theologically-informed sermons using this companion to the readings in Year C of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Ray Heiple traces motivational theories and practices in academia—also looking at various educational and preaching models—and shows from Scripture...

Relational Preaching is a guide to help achieve greater depth in your preaching through developing a stronger relationship with the Lord, with Scri...

John Brown of Haddington, eighteenth-century Scottish divinity professor, invested deeply in the lives of his students. Counsel to Gospel Ministers...

Encountering God through Expository Preaching walks preachers of all levels of experience through the steps necessary to preach with power. The aut...

Based on his own sermons preached over a number of years at All Souls in London, Wright explores the rich variety of the cross of Christ and lets t...

In this updated version Stott presents a portrait of the ideal preacher; a portrait painted by the hand of God himself on the broad canvas of the N...

Gospel truths are like arrows designed to penetrate the hearts of men. And as Charles H. Spurgeon knew, gospel truths fly straighter and truer when...

When Jesus taught, he often used stories that his listeners would be able to relate to – each one revealing something about God’s activity on Earth...

Spurgeon’s magazine, The Sword and the Trowel, provided the material for various collections of his addresses and writings compiled after his death...

The Christ-Centered Expositor by pastor and preaching professor Tony Merida provides a comprehensive overview of effective expository preaching tha...

Many biblical texts seem almost impossible to preach, either because their horizons seem so distant to us, or because the material is violent, ethi...

The apostle Paul instructed Timothy to "preach the word! . . . Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching" (2 Tim. 4:2). This in...

This book strongly challenges the notion that there is no place for preaching in the contemporary world. It sets out the theological case for preac...

In a culture focused on success and individuality, many people are desperately seeking someone or something to follow that will give their lives me...

This extraordinary work explains how the writer of the book of Habakkuk resolves the issue of theodicy. Reading the book as a literary whole, Grace...

What makes Ephesians so beloved and valuable is not its genius or complexity but its clear and thorough teaching of the doctrines of salvation, of ...

Terry L. Johnson takes a Christ-centred approach to the exposition of 1-3 John, the personal, pastoral, and passionate pleas from the apostle John ...

Preaching Mark is one of our Pray-Prepare-Preach (PPP) booklets. PPP is a series of guides to help Bible teachers world wide explain God's Word cle...

In the homiletics field, a text has been needed that blends hermeneutics, sermon development, and sermon delivery. Engaging Exposition fills that g...

Text-Driven Preaching features essays by Daniel L. Akin, Paige Patterson, David Alan Black, Jerry Vines, Hershael York, David L. Allen, Bill Benne...

Uniting theological encouragement with practical advice, Greg Scharf identifies eight common bottlenecks that can clog a sermon’s fruitfulness and ...

Since the day it was published, Susan Sayers’ all-age programme for Common Worship has proved invaluable to people who are responsible for leading ...

For the first time in more than 450 years, Calvin’s Sermons on Titus have been translated afresh into English. These sermons are not merely an upda...

Stories have a limit, but your reach doesn't have to. Preachers need stories. Stories, examples, and illustrations bring sermons to life. But what ...

It is tempting for preachers in this digital age of plurality and diversity to offer quick sound bites and PowerPoint-style presentations. These te...

Many preachers are aware of the presence of children in Sunday morning worship and wish to include them effectively in worship, but have a hard tim...

Barbara Lundblad contends that to preach is to engage a specific community of Christians in a process of gradual growth and change. While every par...

Preaching is not as simple as it may appear. The preacher today is confronted with a dizzying array of homiletic methods and approaches, each holdi...

Collaboration is one of the best ways to make a difference when leading a congregation. Now John S. McClure shows how collaborative preaching is th...

Paul Wilson’s The Practice of Preaching has introduced a generation of students not only to the “how” of preaching, but also to the“why.” In this t...

Using the Apostles’ Creed as the “primary text” this book  explores what we believe as Christians and how those beliefs are relevant today.  The au...

What if preachers were as contagiously joyful in their preaching as Louis Armstrong was in his playing and singing? As rich in their sermonic rende...

In The Hum: Call and Response in African Preaching , Evans E. Crawford, with Thomas H. Troeger, relates his analysis of African American folk preac...

Describes what it means to be anointed with the Spirit so that one can preach "to raise the dead." In  The Holy Spirit and Preaching , James A. For...

In this volume James Earl Massey explores both the sense of burden and the sense of joy that accompanies the preaching task. He gives attention to ...

Many resources have been written to offer assistance in exploring and understanding the lectionary texts for the purpose of preaching. However, few...

A working pastor is always looking for fresh preaching perspectives. This hands-on resource from the author of a long-standing column in the journa...

The reading of Scripture holds a central place in Christian worship. Every week the Word of God becomes flesh again as the words of the biblical te...