Preaching the Gospel of the Kingdom of God.
Jerry Sutton’s A Primer on Biblical Preaching is an introduction to the discipline of sermon preparation and delivery. This guide is designed to help those learning to preach cultivate the discipline necessary to become effective communicators of God’s Word.
Dean Shriver reminds us again of the need for personal integrity in preachers and their preaching. He argues that integrity is everything, and it must not be faked. The God who speaks with the utmost integrity must have messengers who represent him well. Anyone in ministry, therefore, needs to read this book. Although it can be read in a couple of hours, it will have to be practiced for a lifetime
The Secret to a great Preaching Ministry states that every Sunday morning, millions of believers gather around a pulpit to hear God’s message for their lives. The sermon might inspire, convict, or challenge the listeners in their spiritual quest. But within a few days, the message is forgotten, while the struggles continue. Many books address this problem by focusing on the speaker’s role: tips and tricks for communicating more effectively. But the other side of the equation is often neglected. The secret to a great preaching ministry, Steven Elzinga reveals, lies in preparing the hearts of the listeners.
For over 30 years, Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones ministered at Westminster Chapel in London. Today, he is widely considered one of the greatest preachers of the 20th century. Based on a series of lectures originally given by Lloyd-Jones to the students of Westminster Theological Seminary in the spring of 1969, this collection of essays on the essence of powerful preaching has become a modern classic. Lloyd-Jones defends the primacy of preaching, showing that there is no substitute, and he challenges preachers to take their calling seriously: “The most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching.
Preaching the Cross states that Proclaiming the gospel is without a doubt the most important task of pastoral ministry, yet often other, seemingly more urgent activities obscure it. From time to time all pastors and preachers need to be reminded of the primacy of the gospel. Preaching the Cross does just this. It is a call to expository, gospel-centered preaching as the center of pastoral ministry. This volume showcases an unprecedented combination of pastors representing a variety of evangelical traditions.
This book is a compilation of sermons by probably the most famous religious figure of the eighteenth century who had influenced America’s founding fathers. George Whitefield was capable of commanding thousands of people in America and Europe through his powerful oratory. Newspapers called him “marvel of the age,” and his audience called him the “Grand Itinerant.”
As a schoolboy, Whitefield took an interest in theater and often practiced for performances. This theatrical background helped him portrayed the biblical characters with life that enthralled his audience during his sermons. That’s why wherever he preached, people crowded and hung on every word he said. His methods were unconventional, that many churches in London didn’t welcome him to preach in their pulpits. Instead, he tried extemporaneous preaching outdoors, which drove tens of thousands of people to the point that a church cannot hold its volume.
Preaching Christ in a Postmodern World
by Dr. Tim Keller and Dr. Edmund Clowney
Originally taught as a Doctor of Ministry course, Dr. Keller and Dr. Clowney (1917-2005) ask, “Is Jesus made visible in every sermon or only talked about?” By analyzing and deconstructing other models of preaching that either exhort on moral levels or attempt to evoke an emotional response, Dr.’s Keller and Clowney provide a model of preaching that is Christocentric. This model of preaching focuses on three aspects to guide the listener and preacher:
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Download 144page Class Notes as pdf Preaching the Gospel in a Post Modern World v 2001
Download 188page Class Notes as pdf Preaching the Gospel in a Post Modern World v 2002
The notes are NOT available anywhere else….so I offered up both years as they were expanded.
The 36 hour class is College Level and includes 18 hours of Lectures and 18 hours of Question/Answers.
God called me late in life, ill prepared and unqualified to even consider college/seminary but with a zeal to teach. There are wonderful resources available on the internet to prepare and equip men whom God has called.
I share this class with the hope that others like me can benefit from these lessons and be more effective in sharing the Gospel. Whether you teach a small group or serve as volunteer chaplain – properly exalting Yeshua in your teaching glorifies Him.
This class has shown me ways to do that.
He said Ps 40 v 7 the volume of the book is written of me….and finding Him and lifting Him up allows Him to draw all people to Him.
Lu 24:27 And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. Lu 24:44 And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, concerning me.
