Here are resources that help preachers grow in the categories noted.
General issues
- Article by Charley Reeb: “10 Things Great Preachers Do Differently“
Exegesis
- Toward an Exegetical Theology by Walter Kaiser, Jr.
- Article by Scot McKnight: “The Hermeneutics Quiz“
Preparing and delivering expository sermons
- Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robinson
- Preaching by Fred Craddock
- Christ Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell
- Preaching: Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism by Timothy Keller
- Article by Thom Rainer: “15 Ways to Improve Your Preaching or Teaching“
- Article by Tim Challies: “The Preacher’s Cheat-Sheet“
Providing application and illustration
- Article by Jared Wilson: “Why Knowing Your Flock is Critical to Meaningful Preaching“
- Article by Sam Rainer: “Five Key Sources for Sermon Illustrations and Why They Are Important“
- Article by Matthew Harmon: “Help! My Sermon Application is Stuck in a Rut“
- Article by Marty Duren: “How Vulnerable Should a Preacher be When Preaching?“
The preacher’s voice and stage presence
- A Complete Guide to Sermon Delivery by Al Fasol
- Performance in Preaching: Bringing the Sermon to Life, edited by Schmit and Childers
- Article by Karl Vaters: “Why ‘Preach Like the Room is Full!’ is Terrible Advice“
