Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. issues a year-end challenge to preach the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. 

1. Preach divine truth.
2. Preach biblical truth. 
3. Preach gospel truth. 
4. Preach objective truth.
5. Preach eternal truth.  
6. Preach spiritual truth. 
7. Preach lived truth. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

Good preaching is hard work. That hard work falls into three categories - the life you live, the text you select, and the message you craft. In this episode, H.B. focuses on the hard work of biblical interpretation. 

What does the word work of biblical preaching involve? 

1. Book Introduction
2. Observational Reading
3. Word Studies 
4. English Translation 
5. Literary Context
6. Structural Argument 
7. Historical Background
8. Cross References
9. Bible Commentary 
10. Systematic Theology 
11. Practical Application 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. discusses the priority of and the preparation for the pastoral prayer. The Pastoral prayer should be simple, direct, God-centered, scriptural, corporate, and spiritually focused. 

The A-C-T-S outline (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, & supplication) serves as a good model for structuring your pastoral prayer. As you make supplications, you should pray for the government, the gospel, the lost, the church, and the afflicted. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. discusses seven ways to grow in your preaching in 2024: 

1. Read.
2. Pray. 
3. Think. 
4. Write. 
5. Love. 
6. Rest. 
7. Live. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. interviews his friend, Victor Sholar, a graduate of The Master's Seminary and pastor of the historic Main Street Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky. He has served Main Street since 2010. 

H.B. and Victor both contributed chapters to "Secret Sex Wars: A Battlecry For Purity," edited by Robert Scott.

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. gives seven reasons why preachers shoudl give thanks to God. 

1. Redeeming Love
2. Ministerial Call 
3. Public Ministry 
4. Spiritual Growth 
5. Gospel Progress 
6. Ministerial Challenges 
7. Sustaining Grace 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this interview, H.B. interivews Toussaint C. Adams, lead pastor of the Watson Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of The Masters' Seminary, Adams is a faithful pastor and preacher. In this discussion, talks about his faith and ministry journey, and disuss preaching the Book of Revelation. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. gives seven questions to ask before you preach: 

1. Why have I chosen this text to preach?
2. Do I properly understand this text? 
3. What is the main idea of this sermon? 
4. How does the meaning of the text apply? 
5. Is this sermon organized clearly? 
6. Where will this message present the gospel? 
7. Have I prayed for divine help? 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preaching faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. interviews Mike Gendron, president of Proclaiming the Gospel, and author of "Preparing for Eternity" and "Contending for the Gospel." Mike has spend many years proclaming the biblical gospel and defending the truth from the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfullly, clearly, and better. 

The new year is coming, now is the time to plan your preaching calendar for 2024. In this episode, H.B. gives practical advice for planning your preaching. 

1. Pray.
2. Mark special days. 
3. Plan not to preach. 
4. Review past sermons. 
5. Charge new terrorities. 
6. Plan sermon series. 
7. Consult godly counselors. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. talks about the place and priority of the public reading of scripture in corporate worship. 

How can you make the reading of God's word more meaningful? 

1. Read scripture accurately.
2. Read scripture regularly. 
3. Read scripture conscutively. 
4. Read scriptural pastorally. 
5. Read scripture clearly. 
6. Read scripture reverently. 
7. Read scripture confidently. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. gives free advice to young ministers who aspire to pastoral ministry. 

1. Go to school.
2. Make sure your wife is on board. 
3. Respect your pastor. 
4. Preach as oftne as possible. 
5. Be willing to serve anywhere. 
6. Prioritize personal devotions. 
7. Nurture ministerial friendships. 
8. Read. 
9. Live the life. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preacher faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. talks simple preaching. The nature of scripture is clear (2 Timothy 3:16). The purpose of preaching is to be understood. Jesus himself modeled simple preaching. Throughout history, strong preachers have been characterized by simple preaching. 

How can I practice simple preaching? 

1. Bible Exposition
2. A Single Text 
3. Proper Interpretation 
4. A Clear Structure 
5. A Bid Idea 
6. A Gospel Focus 
7. The Target Audience 
8. Plain Language 
9. Conversational Style 
10. Believing Prayer 
11. Godly Humility 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. Charles Jr. discusses a ten-step process for text-driven preaching - a practical way of going from text to sermon in preparation and preaching. 

1. Choose the text strategically.
2. Study the text diligently. 
3. Approach the text prayerfully. 
4. Read the text devotionally. 
5. Interpret the text accurately. 
6. Apply the text pastorally. 
7. Craft the text homiletically. 
8. Present the text clearly. 
9. Declare the text passionately. 
10. Preach the text faithfully. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, I want to offer you fifty practical tips to help you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. These pointers are not in any order of importance. They cover a range of subjects related to personal devotion, sermon prepartion, and pulpit ministry. And, of course, this list is not exhaustive. But I hope you fine some of these words of advice helpful as you prepare and preach. 

1. Plan your preaching.
2. Start preparing as early as possible. 
3. Prepare when you are at your best. 
4. Gather tools for sermon preparation. 
5. Consult the best commentaries. 
6. Read and reread the text. 
7. Observe before you interpret. 
8. Learn to learn quicker. 
9. Give time for hte message to marinate. 
10. Keep a good record of your study notes. 
11. Preach the truth and tone of the text. 
12. Write complete sermon manuscripts. 
13. Write for the ear not the eye. 
14. Strive for clarity. 
15. Practice variety. 
16. Don't assume anything. 
17. Get good rest before you preach. 
18. Saturate sermon preparation in prayer. 
19. Make sure your title does not overpromise. 
20. Preach the sermon, don't read it. 
21. Be intentional about sermon length. 
22. Show it to them in the text. 
23. Present the gospel in every sermon. 
24. Keep your introduction brief. 
25. Only conclude the sermon once. 
26. Make smooth transitions. 
27. Don't be the hero of yoru illustrations. 
28. Be careful of indecent exposure. 
29. Use scripture for illustrations. 
30. Ask probing questions. 
31. Do not plagiarize. 
32. Use quotations sparingly.
33. Make eye contact. 
34. Preach for a verdict. 
35. Be yourself. 
36. Guard your heart in the pulpit.
37. Get honest feedback. 
38. Preach to an audience of one. 
39. Detemermine authorial intent. 
40. Prioritize your quiet time. 
41. Develop a sermon propositoin. 
42. Think topics, not texts. Think series, not sermons. 
43. Be specific. 
44. Preach apologetically
45. Find a homiletical hero. 
46. Read books on preaching. 
47. Preach with sincere passion. 
48. Your sermon points should be necessary and natural. 
49. Put application in your sermon points. 
50. Live what you preach. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

What is preaching all about? There are nine answers to this important question in 2 Timothy 4:1-5. 

1. Preach the word.
2. Be ready in season and out season. 
3. Reprove. 
4. Rebuke. 
5. Exhort. 
6. Always be sober-minded. 
7. Endure suffering. 
8. Do the work of an evangelist. 
9. Fulfill your ministry. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

It has been said that you should preach to broken hearts, as there is one in every pew. But what do you do when the broken heart is in the pulpit? 

There are times when the preach goes to the pulpit with great joy. He cannot wait to stand to preach. He can barely stand as he preaches. He feels he will float away as the Holy Spirit holds him up in the pulpit. 

Those good times in pulpit ministry won't last forever. There will be times when the preacher must drag himself to the pulpit with a troubled mind, a weary spirit, and a broken heart. If you remain in ministry long enought, you will have to preach your way through personal, family, and even church hurts. 

How do you preach when you are hurting? 

1. Be honest with yourself.
2. Pray without ceasing. 
3. Talk to someone you trust. 
4. Preach consecutive messages. 
5. Preach the gospel to yourself. 
6. Don't use the pulpit to vent. 
7. Take a break from preaching. 

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, I want to talk to you about my complicated relationship with sermon manuscripts. At this point, I am a conflicted manuscript preacher. I write a full sermon manuscript each week. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, I have taken the manuscript to the pulpit. On one hand, I feel like preaching from a sermon manuscript is helping my preaching. At the same time, there are ways In which I feel the manuscript hinders my preaching. 

What is my current view of preaching from sermon manuscripts? 

1. Biblical Accuracy
2. Message Clarity 
3. Balanced Preaching
4. Sermon Length 
5. Pulpit Liberty 
6. Sermon Archives 
7. Ministerial Development 

Book Recommendations: 

• Preaching by Timothy J. Keller 
• From Embers to a Flame by Harry L. Reeder 

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This is The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, H.B. talks about the ministry of application. A biblical sermon should consist of explanation, illustration, and application. 

We are prone to skip over application, or do it wrong. It is critical that preachers take application seriously and work to do it effectively. 

How can I practice the ministry of application effectively? 

1. Apply the text.
2. Pray for wisdom. 
3. Know your audience. 
4. Make pastoral applications. 
5. Ask probinh questions.
6. Craft your application. 
7. Illustrate for application. 
8. Address different categories. 
9. Apply throughout the sermon. 
10. Trust the Holy Spirit. 

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: "Preaching that Changes Lives" by Mike Fabarez

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Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

In this episode, we are doign something a little difference. 

Royland Kirkwood joins me on the podcast for hte first time. Roy is one of the elders and pastoral staff members at Shiloh Church in Jacksonville, where I serve as Pastor-Teacher. We have served together for seven years now. He is a young preacher for whom I have high regard and great expectations. 

During this conversation, Royland interviews me on preaching. This is part one of a two part conversation. We tacke five questions in this episode, five in the next. 

Roy pitches the following questions that I try to catch... 

1. What is preaching?
2. What do you think about the current state of preaching? 
3. What is yoru favorite area of church history? 
4. What bad sermons have you preached? 
5. Who are your five favorite preachers? 

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128 | On Pulpit Ethics

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. 

Whatever happened to pulpit ethics? 

Pulpit ethics are pulpit manners which include dos and don'ts for those who stand in corporate worship to preach God's word. Unfortunately, we no longer have pulpits. We now have stages. We no longer have ethics. We not have platforms. But pulpit ethics still matter. 

What are the basics of pulpit ethics? 

1. Physical Posture
2. Appropriate Attire
3. Reverent Spech 
4. Nonverbal Communication 
5. Personal Distraction 
6. Worship Participation 
7. Spiritual Sensitivity 

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: "Expositional Preaching" by David Helm 

"Expository preaching is empowered preachign that rightfully submits the shape and emphasis of the sermon to the shape and emphasis of the biblical text. In that way, it brings out of the text what the Holy Spirit put there... and does not put into the text what the preacher things might be there." - David Helm 

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127 | Why Preaching Matters

In this episode, H.B. reminds preachers that the priority of preaching must not ber assumed nor neglected, as preaching is under attack. If you lose your why, you lose your way. Remember why preaching the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ matters. 

Why does preaching matter? 

1. The Bible commands preaching.
2. Preaching honors divine authority. 
3. God saves through preaching. 
4. Preaching sanctifies God's people. 
5. Preaching cultivates biblical thinking. 
6. Preaching anchors corporate worship. 
7. Preachign models Bible study. 
8. Preaching epitomizes spiritual leadership. 
9. Preaching fues true revival. 
10. Preaching exalts Jesus Christ. 

BOOK RECOMMENTATION: Called to Preach by Steven J. Lawson 

"Preachers must give great attention to the structure of a passage because the Spirit has inspired not only its content but also its contours. The shape of a passage reveals the point of a passage, and the point of the passage must control the point of our message." - Jeff Wiesner 

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