Preaching
Alternate Labels
- Homiletics
Reading List
Key Passages
- Mark 1:14-15
- Acts 5:42
- 1 Corinthians 1:17, 23
- 1 Corinthians 9:16
- 2 Corinthians 4:5
- 2 Timothy 4:2
General Books on Preaching
- 12 Essential Skills for Great Preaching: Second Edition, Revised and Expanded
- Anointed Expository Preaching
- The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A Comprehensive Resource for Today’s Communicators
- Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages (Second Edition)
- Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository Messages [Third edition]
- The Big Idea of Biblical Preaching: Connecting the Bible to People
- The Challenge of Preaching
- Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon
- Classical Pastoral Care, Volume 2: Ministry Through Word and Sacrament
- Deep Preaching: Creating Sermons that Go Beyond the Superficial
- The Divine Art of Preaching
- Dogma and Preaching: Applying Christian Doctrine to Daily Life
- The Dynamics of Preaching
- The Elements of Preaching
- Engaging Exposition
- Excellence in Preaching: Studying the Craft of Leading Preachers
- Feed My Sheep: A Passionate Plea for Preaching
- The Four Voices of Preaching: Connecting Purpose and Identity behind the Pulpit
- Fresh Ideas for Preaching, Worship & Evangelism
- The Glory of the Ministry: Paul’s Exultation in Preaching
- Handbook of Contemporary Preaching
- Helps for Ministers and Other Christian Workers
- Homiletical Handbook
- Homiletics and Pastoral Theology
- How Sermons Work
- How to Preach without Notes
- Inductive Preaching: From This World to That Which Is to Come
- It’s All in How You Tell It: Preaching First-Person Expository Messages
- Knowing the Context: Frames, Tools, and Signs for Preaching
- Lectures to My Students, Vol. 1: A Selection from Addresses Delivered to the Students of the Pastors’ College, Metropolitan Tabernacle
- Lectures to My Students, Vol. 2: Addresses Delivered to the Students of the Pastors’ College, Metropolitan Tabernacle
- Lectures to my Students, Vol. 3: The Art of Illustration; Addresses Delivered to the Students of the Pastors’ College, Metropolitan Tabernacle
- MacArthur Pastor’s Library on Preaching
- Making a Difference in Preaching
- Mastering Contemporary Preaching
- The Passion Driven Sermon: Changing the Way Pastors Preach and Congregations Listen
- Passion, Power, and Purpose: Essays on the Art of Contemporary Preaching
- Positive Preaching and Modern Mind
- The Power of Multi-Sensory Preaching and Teaching
- Power in the Pulpit: How to Prepare and Deliver Expository Sermons
- Power Preaching for Church Growth: The Role of Preaching in Growing Churches
- Preach: Theology Meets Practice
- Preach the Word: Essays on Expository Preaching
- Preaching: The Art of Narrative Exposition
- Preaching Christ in All of Scripture
- Preaching Essentials: A Practical Guide
- Preaching for God’s Glory
- Preaching for Revitalization: How to Revitalize your Church through your Pulpit
- Preaching for Special Services
- Preaching from the Inside Out
- Preaching God’s Compassion: Comforting Those Who Suffer
- Preaching God’s Word
- Preaching Master Class: Lessons from Will Willimon’s Five-Minute Preaching Workshop
- Preaching and Teaching with Imagination: The Quest for Biblical Ministry
- Preaching that Changes Lives
- Preaching that Speaks to Women
- Preaching the Cross
- Preaching the Living Word
- Preaching to Convince
- Preaching with a Plan: Sermon Strategies for Growing Mature Believers
- Preaching with Balance: Achieving and Maintaining Biblical Priorities in Preaching
- Preaching With Bold Assurance: A Solid and Enduring Approach to Engaging Exposition
- Preaching with Power: Dynamic Insights from Twenty Top Communicators
- Prepared to Preach: God’s Work & Ours in Proclaiming His Word
- Principle Preaching: How to Create and Deliver Purpose Driven® Sermons for Life Applications
- The Priority of Preaching
- Rediscovering Expository Preaching
- The Responsible Pulpit
- Sacred Rhetoric: A Course of Lectures on Preaching
- Serving the Word: Preaching in Worship
- Spirit Empowered Preaching: Involving the Holy Spirit in Your Ministry
- Spirit-Led Preaching: The Holy Spirit’s Role in Sermon Preparation and Delivery
- Steps to the Sermon: An Eight-Step Plan For Preaching With Confidence (Revised)
- The Supremacy of God in Preaching
- The Supremacy of God in Preaching [revised and expanded]
- The Ten Ates of Biblical Preaching
- Text-Driven Preaching: God’s Word at the Heart of Every Sermon
- Tongues Aflame: Learning to Preach from the Apostles
- The true nature and method of Christian preaching, examined and stated
- Two discourses: the first, Of preaching Christ
- Transformational Preaching: A Guide to Developing and Delivering Expository Sermons
- Transforming Preaching: The Sermon as a Channel for God’s Word
- A Treatise on the Preparation and Delivery of Sermons
- A Voice in the Wilderness: Clear Preaching in a Complicated World
- What Is Biblical Preaching?
Preaching in today’s world
- He is Not Silent: Preaching in a Postmodern World
- Preaching at the Crossroads: How the World—And Our Preaching—Is Changing
- Preaching in the Contemporary World
- Preaching to a Post-Everything World: Crafting Biblical Sermons That Connect with Our Culture
- Preaching to a Postmodern World: A Guide to Reaching Twenty-First-Century Listeners
- Preaching to a Shifting Culture: 12 Perspectives on Communicating that Connects
- Preaching to Postmoderns: New Perspectives for Proclaiming the Message
The preacher
- 360-Degree Leadership: Preaching to Transform Congregations
- 360-Degree Preaching: Hearing, Speaking and Living the Word
- The God-Centered Preacher: Developing a Pulpit Ministry Approved by God
- Leading with Integrity: Competence with Christian Character
- The Preacher and His Sermon
- Preaching and Scholarship: Inaugural Address of Archibald Thomas Robertson
- Preaching with Spiritual Passion: How to Stay Fresh in Your Calling
- Preaching with Spiritual Vigour: Including Lessons from the Life and Practice of Richard Baxter
- Sustaining Preachers and Preaching (A Practical Guide)
The act of preaching
- Changing Lives Through Preaching and Worship: 30 Strategies for Powerful Communication
- A Complete Guide to Sermon Delivery
- Delivering the Sermon: Voice, Body, and Animation in Proclamation
- Finally Comes the Poet: Daring Speech for Proclamation
- Folly, Grace, and Power: The Mysterious Act of Preaching
- Look after Your Voice: Taking Care of the Preacher’s Greatest Asset
- The Moment of Truth: A Guide to Effective Sermon Delivery
- Performance in Preaching: Bringing the Sermon to Life
- Preaching as Worship: An Integrative Approach to Formation in Your Church
- Well-Driven Nails: The Power of Finding Your Own Voice
Sermon preparation
- Biblical Sermons: How Twelve Preachers Apply the Principles of Biblical Preaching
- Choosing to Preach: A Comprehensive Introduction to Sermon Options and Structures
- Christ-Centered Sermons: Models of Redemptive Preaching
- Determining the Form: Structures for Preaching
- Effective First-Person Biblical Preaching: The Steps from Text to Narrative Sermon
- Finding Language and Imagery: Words for Holy Speech
- How to Prepare Sermons
- The I-Beam of Message Building
- Interpreting the Bible: Approaching the Text in Preparation for Preaching
- The Making of a Sermon
- Manual of Sacred Rhetoric; Or, How to Prepare a Sermon
- The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature
- On Sermon Preparation: Recollections and Suggestions
- Preaching and Sermon Construction
- Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture: The Application of Biblical Theology to Expository Preaching
- Preparing Expository Sermons: A Seven-Step Method for Biblical Preaching
- The Shape of Preaching: Theory and Practice in Sermon Design
- Shaping the Claim: Moving from Text to Sermon
- Steps to the Sermon: An Eight-Step Plan For Preaching with Confidence (Revised)
- Toward an Exegetical Theology: Biblical Exegesis for Preaching and Teaching
Preaching from the Old Testament
- The Art of Preaching Old Testament Narrative
- From Exegesis to Exposition: A Practical Guide to Using Biblical Hebrew
- The Majesty of God in the Old Testament: A Guide for Preaching and Teaching
- Models for Biblical Preaching: Expository Sermons from the Old Testament
- Preaching and Teaching from the Old Testament: A Guide for the Church
- Preaching and Teaching the Last Things: Old Testament Eschatology for the Life of the Church
- Preaching Hard Texts of the Old Testament
- Preaching the Old Testament
- Proclaiming God’s Stories: How to Preach Old Testament Historical Narrative
- We Have Heard that God Is with You: Preaching the Old Testament
- The Word Became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts
Preaching from the New Testament
Preaching Doctrine
Evangelistic Preaching
Preaching on special occasions
Preachers in the Bible
Historical/Biographical books on preaching
- The Expository Genius of John Calvin
- A History of Preaching, Volume 1
- A History of Preaching, Volume 2
- The Journey and Promise of African American Preaching
- Karl Barth’s Emergency Homiletic, 1932–1933: A Summons to Prophetic Witness at the Dawn of the Third Reich
- Lectures on the History of Preaching
- Puritan Evangelism: A Biblical Approach
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 1: The Biblical Period
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 2: The Patristic Age
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 3: The Medieval Church
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 4: The Age of the Reformation
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 5: Moderatism, Pietism, and Awakening
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 6: The Modern Age
- The Reading and Preaching of the Scriptures in the Worship of the Christian Church, Volume 7: Our Own Time
- The Sacred Anointing: Preaching and the Spirit’s Anointing in the Life and Thought of Martyn Lloyd-Jones
Specialist books on preaching
- Dem Dry Bones: Preaching, Death, and Hope
- Envisioning the Word: The Use of Visual Images in Preaching
- Illuminated Preaching: The Holy Spirit’s Vital Role in Unveiling His Word, the Bible
- The Practice of Prophetic Imagination: Preaching an Emancipating Word
- Preaching and Scholarship: Inaugural Address of Archibald Thomas Robertson
- Preaching as Local Theology and Folk Art
- Preaching Liberation
- Preaching Like a Woman
- Preaching without Contempt: Overcoming Unintended Anti-Judaism
- Reading for Preaching: The Preacher in Conversation with Storytellers, Biographers, Poets, and Journalists
- Relational Preaching
- The Sacred Conversation: The Art of Catholic Preaching and The New Evangelization
- The Scandal of Having Something to Say: Ricoeur and the Possibility of Postliberal Preaching
- What Does the Lord Require?: A Guide for Preaching and Teaching Biblical Ethics
- The Word Militant: Preaching a Decentering Word
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