2015’s Honoree: Wendell Winkler (learn more)
September 2015
A Good Book on Preaching and Several Links for Your Reading Pleasure
You’ve probably read different kinds of preaching books, but most of them likely fell into one of two categories. Some focus on how to go [...]
Recommend Books: Geography and Archaeology
Understanding the physical context of the people of the Bible often opens up greater understanding. The spade always proves, and never disproves, Scripture so archaeology [...]
The Conclusion of a Sermon
In our class, The Preacher and His Work, brother Winkler emphasized that no preacher can afford to be careless about this part of the sermon. Truly, [...]
David’s Mighty Men
From 1969 through 2003, an elite group of men best known as “The Republican Guard” was in place in Iraq. They were easily recognized by [...]
Pentecost Preaching Resulted in Membership in the Lord’s Church
Having had their question “What shall we do?” answered with the command “Repent and be baptized” (Acts 2:37-38), about three thousand obeyed (v. 41). The [...]
A Graceful Uprising by Jonathan Jones II
I spoke at PTP a couple of weeks ago on the topic, “Books That Have Blessed My Ministry in 2015,” and I thought that publishing [...]
Outline of a Wedding Sermon
The Preacher and his Work, Wendell Winkler (c. 1987) Marriage is divine in origin (Genesis 2). Marriage is purposeful in design. To provide companionship. [...]
Pentecost Preaching Gave the Plan of Salvation
Having been convicted of the crime of executing the Son of God, the perpetrators pled for an answer as to what they could possibly do [...]
A blog to add to your blogroll: Preachinghelp.org
I first heard Steve Higginbotham speak at Polishing the Pulpit about three or four years ago, and I’ve been following his blog ever since. In [...]
Recommended Books: Doctrine
“Give heed to the doctrine” is an important charge given to preachers, and congregations. Some books are timeless because they tell with the perennial questions [...]
August 2015
Pentecost Preaching Convicted of Sin
On the day of Pentecost, there is no doubt that Peter preached Jesus to the multitudes gathered. In a previous post (Pentecost Preaching Was Christ-Centered [...]
Rules for Sermon Writing
I ran across these “Rules for Sermon Writing” by Colin Adams not too long ago, and I copied and pasted them onto a sticky note [...]
Meet the Congregation
The Preacher and his Work, Wendell Winkler (c. 1987) Have you meet the common members at every congregation? Mr. “Come-on-Strong” This person tries to dominate [...]
Pentecost Preaching Set the Record Straight
The descension of the Holy Spirit upon the apostles brought two distinct reactions on the day of Pentecost. Luke writes, “So they were all amazed [...]
Preaching without Notes
There’s not a single right way to deliver sermons—some use an outline, some use a manuscript, and some use a few notes or maybe none [...]