Siegfried Sack’s Homiletics
Above all, pastors must aim their preaching at the people God has placed in the care of the pastor rather than airing pious ideas that did not speak to their situations.
Butchering the Sermon: The Canon of Arrangement
The goal of Arrangement is to make the proclamation of the Gospel clearer and more compelling for your hearers.
Pulpit Envy
Our words of proclamation from the pulpit not only bring repentance and comfort, enacting in our hearers an exchange of sinful identity for the identity of God’s child, but also the motivation and fuel for loving others.
Preaching the Epiphany: Macro Version
Themes of Biblical, prophetic fulfillment, historical factuality, and personal experiential revelation coalesce in the texts and message of Epiphany and should, therefore, take pride of place in preaching.
Bright Valley of Love: A Story for Preachers as Advent Turns Toward Christmas
‘What’s so great about Christmas?” That is the question which the preacher must answer!