Resources for Preachers

maintained by Peter F. Whyte (additional suggestions welcome)
As this page is always changing you will find a chronological list of additions to the preaching resources section of the site on the recent additions page.

Items on this page are identified by the following symbols: audio recordings, articles, blog entries, books, downloads, and podcasts.

Preaching on ...

Don A. Carson [info]
Exegetical Fallacies (London: Baker, 1989)

John Glynn
Commentary & Reference Survey (Kregel Publications, 2007, 10/e). ISBN: 978-0-8254-2737-4.
[read online at Google Books (in part). reviews: Two Tack's Thoughts; Andy Naselli]

Hall Harris, ‘Choosing commentaries for your library’, Net Bible Revolution, 2 Feb 2008.

David Luke, ‘Preaching the Headlines’, Occasional Thoughts on Christian Themes, 30 Oct 2007.

Steve Mathewson, Preaching Today Blog: ‘Preaching Through the Bible in a Year’, 19 Feb 2008
‘Can You Effectively Preach Through The Bible In A Year?’, 22 Feb 2008
‘Resources For A Series On The Entire Bible’, 26 Feb 2008.

Peter Mead, Biblical Preaching,
‘Why Preach a Series?’ (18 Apr)
‘Taking Series Seriously’, part 1 (19 Apr), part 2 (20 Apr 2008).

Ray Van Neste ‘Bible and Bible Reference Survey 2007’, Preaching.

Steve Weaver has produced a list of ‘Recommended Links for Recommended Commentaries’ on his blog, 1 June 2007.

Old Testament

Dale Ralph Davis, The Word Became Fresh: How to preach from Old Testament narrative texts (Mentor/Christian Focus Publications, 2006)
(Review and Scripture index by Peter F. Whyte. The review contains links to other reviews.)
[summary by Colin Adams (Unashamed Workman, 13 Nov 2009)]

David Dorsey, The Literary Structure of the OT: A Commentary on Genesis to Malachi (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 1999)
[recommendation: Shane Lens (The Reformed Reader, 2 Oct 2009), except available on Amazon.com]

Sinclair B. Ferguson [info]
download icon (green arrow pointing down to computer system unit Preaching Christ from the Old Testament (PT Media Paper No. 2, 2002)

Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ from the Old Testament: A Contemporary Hermeneutical Method (Eerdmans, 1999) 373 pp.
[reviews: 9marks]

Steve Mathewson [info],
The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative (Baker, 2002) [reviews: BP]
—— ‘Preaching Old Testament Stories: The Challenge of Christology’, Preaching Today Blog, 2 October 2007.
—— ‘Preaching Old Testament Stories: The Challenge of Passage Length’ Preaching Today Blog, 9 October 2007.

David Murray, God's Shadow.
This book is due to be published in 2010, but in the meantime David has produced a short ( minute) video in which he shares some of the books he found most helpful in writing the book.

God's Shadow from Puritan Reformed on Vimeo.

Genesis

Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ from Genesis: Foundations for Expository Sermons. (Eerdmans, 2007) ISBN-13: 978-0-80282586-5 (This book received honourable mention in the PreachingToday's 2007 Preaching Book Awards, read more )
[Read chapter 9]

Leviticus

David Field, ‘Leviticus Reading’, blog, 10 Oct 2007.
The audio by James B. Jordan and Peter Leithart are available from Wordmp3.com for download at a charge. (On a personal note, I was glad to see Wenham rated highly. Having studied under him, I can heartily endorse that opinion. — Peter)
‘Orientation to Leviticus’, blog, 10 Oct 2007.

Deuteronomy

John D. Brand [info]
, ‘Preaching in Deuteronomy’, Encouraging Expository Excellence, 7 May 2010.

Judges

Steve Mathewson[info],
‘Preaching the Gospel in Judges: Three principles for drawing the good news out of a dark chapter in Israel's history.’, Preaching Today, Preaching Skills.

——, ‘Preaching Judges’, Preaching Today blog, 5 Feb 2008.

Job

David Strain, "Why I Chose to Preach Job", Reformation21.org (October 2009).

Psalms

Richard P. Belcher, Jr, The Messiah and the Psalms (Christian Focus, 2007). Offers advice on preaching Christ from the Psalms, but worth the read even for non-preachers, according to Carl R. Trueman at the reformation21 blog

Bill James, ‘Praying down wrath: on understanding the Imprecatory Psalms’ Evangelicals Now, June 2007 (an abridged version of an article which first appeared in Reformation Today 213, September/October 2006)

Randy McKinion, ‘Some Resources for Preaching the Psalms’, Expository Thoughts blog, 13 Mar 2007.
‘Hermeneutical and Homiletical Musings on the Psalms’, Expository Thoughts blog, part 1 (10 Aug), part 2 (14 Aug 2007).

Peter Mead [info],
‘Preaching Psalms’, Biblical Preaching blog, 11 May 2007.

Proverbs

Steve Mathewson [info],
‘Preaching Proverbs’, Preaching Today blog, 11 May 2007.

Ecclesiastes

Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ from Ecclesiastes: Foundations for Expository Sermons. (Eerdmans, 2010) (376 pp)
[Recommendation by Justin Taylor (28 Dec 2009)]

Isaiah

John D. Brand [info]
, ‘Isaiah the Preacher’, Encouraging Expository Excellence, 12 May 2010.

Jeremiah

Colin Adams, Exposition of Jeremiah 44, Preach the Word Seminar, Harper Memorial Church, Glasgow, 8 Nov 2008.

David Sprouse,
‘Preaching Jeremiah’, Seminar on preaching Jeremiah Preaching Today Sussex Evangelical Ministry Seminars, 14 May 2007.

Amos

John D. Brand [info]
, ‘Preaching in the Prophets’, Encouraging Expository Excellence, 10 May 2010.

Bob Fyall, Teaching Amos: Unlocking the prophecy of Amos for the Bible Teacher (Proclamation Trust Media/Christian Focus Publications).

Jonah

Jay Adams, "Jonah and the Great Fish", blog, 19 Nov 2009. Finding the big lesson in Jonah.

Micah

Justin Childers, "Micah Commentaries", CROSS-eyed, 23 Dec 2009

New Testament

Colin Adams has some NT Commentary recommendations, with some links to recommendations by others, as well.

D. A. Carson [info], New Testament Commentary Survey.

Gospels

George Beasley-Murray, Preaching the Gospel from the Gospels
[reviews: Peter Mead, 16 Dec 2007]

Paul Lamey, ‘Preaching Gospel Narrative’ Part I (21 Dec 2007), Expository Thoughts.

David Ourisman, From Gospel to Sermon: Preaching Synoptic Texts (Chalice Press, 2000)
[reviews: Chad Vandervalk, Discerning Reader, 25 Feb 2009]

Matthew

Jeffrey Gibbs can be heard via iTunes U teaching his class (EN410) on the Gospel of Matthew at Concordia Seminary. You can download the tracks, or subscribe to the podcast from Exegetical Resources under the title Gospel of Matthew.

David Jackman & William Philip, Teaching Matthew: Unlocking the Gospel of Matthew for the Bible Teacher (Proclamation Trust Media/Christian Focus Publications, 2003). ISBN 1-85792-877-6.

Kieron Lynch, Teaching a Gospel (Matthew), October 2005, a Training Day entitled Hearing God's Voice, Speaking God's Words, organised by atTheCastle (scroll down for the links).

Luke

David Jackman, The Word that Does the Work, Session 1, EFI conference, November 2005 If you would like a copy contact Peter Whyte (stating preferred format: cassette, CD or mp3).

John

Gary Burge, "Crucial Books in Johannine Studies", Koinonia, 24 Feb 2009.

Dick Lucas & William Philip, Teaching John: Unlocking the Gospel of John for the Bible Teacher (Proclamation Trust Media/Christian Focus Publications, 2002). ISBN 1-85792-790-7.

Acts

Colin Adams [info]
‘Acts - The Spreading Flame’, Unashamed Workman, 14 Apr 2008. Resources (online and offline) for studying and preaching from Acts.

David Cook, Teaching Acts: Unlocking the book of Acts for the Bible Teacher (Proclamation Trust Media/Christian Focus Publications, 2007). ISBN 1-85792-255-3.

David Jackman, The Word that Does the Work, Session 2, EFI conference, November 2005. If you would like a copy contact Peter Whyte (stating preferred format: cassette, CD or mp3).

Justin Taylor, "Blomberg: An Axiom on Applying Acts" (Between Two Worlds, 30 Apr 2009) with reference to Craig Blomberg's helpful textbook, From Pentecost to Patmos: An Introduction to Acts through Revelation.

Ephesians

Mark Johnston, "Preaching Ephesians", Reformation21 (November 2009).

Philippians

Justin Childers, "Philippians Commentaries", CROSS-eyed, 11 May 2010.

Steve Mathewson
‘Revelation for Advent’, Preaching Today blog, 4 Dec 2007.

——, ‘An Idea For Preaching Revelation 2-3’Preaching Today blog, 25 Jan 2008.

Bible themes & doctrines

Mark Driscoll [Mars Hill Church, Seattle]
‘Preaching and Teaching Jesus from Scripture’, Part 1 (audio or video) Part 2 (audio or video) Part 3 (audio or video) Part 4 (audio or video) Part 5 (audio or video) Resurgence blog 2006

Timothy George
‘Doctrinal Preaching’, Founders Journal, Issue 27, Winter 1997. [The article was taken from Handbook of Contemporary Preaching, Michael Duduit, Editor, Broadman Press: Nashville, TN, pp. 93-102.]

David Jackman
Spirit of Truth: Great teaching about the Holy Spirit, (Proclamation Trust Media/Christian Focus Publications).
Teaching the Christian Hope: Unlocking Biblical eschatology for the expositor (Proclamation Trust Media/Christian Focus Publications).

Timothy Keller
‘Preaching Hell in a Tolerant Age: Brimstone for the broad-minded’. (First published in Christianity Today, 1997)

William J. U. Philip
download icon (green arrow pointing down to computer system unit The Law of Promise (PT Media Paper No. 3, 2003)

Bible literature

Colin Adams[info],
‘Getting Into Genealogies’, on Unashamed Workman, 24 Aug 2007. Contains links to audio material.

Mark Alderton
(Sovereign Grace Fellowship, Bloomington MN)
Feasting on the Word is a series of talks on biblical interpretation that may be downloaded [HT: Colin Adams]

Peter Grainger[info],
‘Preaching Different Genres’, 21 Feb 2008 (via Unashamed Workman)

Thomas Long
Preaching and the Literary Forms of the Bible [reviews: Peter Mead]

Peter Mead, Biblical Preaching blog
‘Discourse is Not Just Epistles’ (28 Mar 2008), ‘When Discourse Sits in Narrative’ (29 Mar 2008),
‘Discourse: The Danger of Spiritualization’ (31 Mar 2008).

Mike Roth, Biblical Preaching blog:
‘Getting to Grips with the Genres’ (20 Nov 2007),
‘Narrative (1)’ (10 Dec 2007),
‘Narrative (2)’ (11 Dec 2007),
‘Poetry (1)’ (24 Mar 2008),
‘Poetry (2)’ (25 Mar 2008).

Apocalyptic

Bob Fyall
download icon (green arrow pointing down to computer system unit Preaching Apocalyptic Literature (EMA Seminar, 2006)

Steve Mathewson[info],
‘Helping Listeners Understand Apocalyptic Literature’ Preaching Today blog, 7 December 2007.

Narrative & Stories

Joel B. Green & Michael Pasquarello III
Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching: Reuniting New Testament Interpretation and Proclamation (Baker Academic, 2003)

Steve Mathewson[info],
‘Stories Send Messages’ Preaching Today blog, 30 November 2007.

Peter Mead[info],
‘Biblical Narrative: Two Truths Together’, Biblical Preaching, 6 Jan 2009.

——, ‘The Challenge of Narratives’ 1: Old Testament (16 Jan); 2: Gospels — Part I (17 Jan); 3: Gospels — Part II (19 Jan); 4: Acts (20 Jan) . . . 2009.

——, "Narrative Breaking Series", Biblical Preaching, 3 November 2009.

——, ‘Preaching Narrative’, Biblical Preaching, 14 Apr 2008.

——, ‘4 Reasons to Preach Bible Stories’, Biblical Preaching blog, 10 Jan 2009.

——, ‘Preaching Longer Narratives’ (15 Apr 2008)

John Woodhouse
Preaching OT Narrative, Proclamation Trust, 2007 Senior Ministers Conference.

Parables

Craig L. Blomberg Preaching the Parables: From Responsible Interpretation to Powerful Proclamation (Baker Academic, 2004).

John Brand [info],
‘Profiting from Parables’, Encouraging Expository Excellence, 30 Jan 2008 + pdf download.

Steve Mathewson[info],
‘A Summer Sermon Series Idea’, Preaching Today blog, 2 May 2008. Some resources on preaching from parables.

Peter Mead [info],
‘Preaching Parables - Two Thoughts’, Biblical Preaching, 11 Jun 2007.

Klyne R. Snodgrass,
Stories with Intent: A Comprehensive Guide to the Parables of Jesus (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2008) [reviews: Shane Lems (The Reformed Reader, 21 Aug 2008)]

Poetry

Christopher Ash
Preaching Old Testament Poetry, Proclamation Trust, 2007 Senior Ministers Conference.

Prophecy

Colin Adams, Preaching from the Prophets & Exposition of Jeremiah 44, Preach the Word Seminar, Harper Memorial Church, Glasgow, 8 Nov 2008.