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RECOMMENDED READING
Bryan Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming The Expository Sermon. Grand
Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2018.
Julius Kim, Preaching The Whole Counsel Of God: Design And Deliver Gospel-Centered
Sermons. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2015.
Tim Keller, Preaching: Communicating Faith In An Age Of Skepticism. New York, New York:
Penguin, 2015.
D.Martyn Lloyd Jones, Preaching & Preachers. London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1991.
John Piper, Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching As Worship. Wheaton, Illinois:
Crossway, 2018.
John Stott, I Believe in Preaching. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998.
ADDITIONAL PREACHING RESOURCES
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Peter Adam, Speaking God’s Words: A Practical Theology of Preaching. Vancouver: Regent
College, 2004.
Joel Beeke, Reformed Preaching: Proclaiming God’s Word from the Heart of the Preacher to
the Heart of His People. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway, 2018.
Joel Beeke, Pulpit Aflame: Essays In Honor Of Steven J. Lawson. Grand Rapids, Michigan:
Reformation Heritage Books, 2016.
Sam Chan, Evangelism In A Skeptical World: How To Make The Unbelievable News About
Jesus More Believable. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2018.
John Chapman, Setting Hearts on Fire. Sydney: Matthias, 1999.
Bryan Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming The Expository Sermon. Grand
Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2018.
David Cook, "A method of preparation" in How To Prepare A Bible Talk. Croydon, Sydney:
Sydney Missionary Bible College, 2003, pp.16-24
Mark Dever and Greg Gilbert, Preach [Theology Meets Practice]. Nashville, Tennessee:
B&H Publishing Group, 2012.
Zack Eswine, Preaching to a Post-Everything World: Crafting Biblical Sermons That Connect with
Our Culture. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2008.
Graeme Goldsworthy, Preaching The Whole Bible As Christian Scripture: The Application Of
Biblical Theology To Expository Preaching. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B.Eerdmans
Publishing Co., 2000
Sidney Greidanus, The Modern Preacher And The Ancient Text: Interpreting And Preaching
Biblical Literature. Michigan: Eerdmans, 1996.
Walter C.Kaiser Jr. Preaching And Teaching From The Old Testament. Grand Rapids,
Michigan: Baker Academic, 2003.
Tim Keller, Preaching: Communicating Faith In An Age Of Skepticism. New York, New York:
Penguin, 2015.
Julius Kim, Preaching The Whole Counsel Of God: Design And Deliver Gospel-Centered
Sermons. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2015.
D.Martyn Lloyd Jones, Preaching & Preachers. London: Hodder And Stoughton, 1991.
John MacArthur and the Master’s Seminary Faculty, Preaching: How To Preach Biblically.
Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 2005.
Grant Osborne, The Hermeneutical Spiral: A Comprehensive Introduction to Biblical
Interpretation. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1991.
John Piper, Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching As Worship. Wheaton, Illinois:
Crossway, 2018.
Haddon Robinson, Biblical Preaching: The Development and Delivery of Expository
Messages. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2001.
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John Stott, I Believe in Preaching. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1998.
Pastoral Application & Illustrations
Murray Capill, The Heart Is The Target: Preaching Practical Application From Every Text.
New Jersey: P&R Publishing, 2014.
John Chapman, “Applying the text to the listeners” in How To Prepare A Bible Talk.
Croydon, Sydney: Sydney Missionary Bible College, pp.32-36.
David Cook, “Illustration” in How To Prepare A Bible Talk. Croydon, Sydney: Sydney
Missionary Bible College, pp.25-31.
Matthew D.Kim, Preaching With Cultural Intelligence: Understanding The People Who Hear
Our Sermons. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Academic, 2017.
Richard D.Lewis, When Cultures Collide: Leading Across Cultures. Boston, Massachusetts:
Nicholas Brealey, 2006.
H.W.Robinson and C.B.Larson (eds), The Art and Craft of Biblical Preaching: A
Comprehensive Resource for Today’s Communicators. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan,
2005.
Preaching Christologically
Graeme Goldsworthy, “Chapter 6. Letting the Old Testament speak I: biblical history” in
Christ-Centered Biblical Theology: Hermeneutical Foundations And Principles. Nottingham:
Apollos, 2012, pp.111-132.
Graeme Goldsworthy, “Chapter 7. Letting the Old Testament speak II: prophetic
eschatology” in Christ-Centered Biblical Theology: Hermeneutical Foundations And
Principles. Nottingham: Apollos, 2012, pp.133-149.
Graeme Goldsworthy, “Chapter 8. Letting the New Testament speak” in Christ-Centered
Biblical Theology: Hermeneutical Foundations And Principles. Nottingham: Apollos, 2012,
pp.150-169.
Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ From The Old Testament: A Contemporary
Hermeneutical Method. Grand Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1999.
Sidney Greidanus, “Preaching Christ From The Old Testament.” Bibliotheca Sacra 161,
(January – March 2004): 3-13.
Christopher Wright, How To Preach & Teach The Old Testament For All Its Worth. Michigan:
Zondervan, 2016,
Preparing A Sermon Series
Gordon D. Fee & Douglas Stuart, How to Read the Bible Book by Book: A Guided Tour.
Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2002.
Preaching Old Testament Narrative
Robert Alter, The Art Of Biblical Narrative. New York: Basic Books, 1993.
Dale Ralph Davis, The Word Became Fresh: How To Preaching From Old Testament
Narrative Texts. Ross-shire, Scotland: Christian Focus Publications, 2006.
Stephen D. Mathewson, The Art Of Preaching Old Testament Narrative. Grand Rapids,
Michigan: Baker Academic, 2002.
R. Pratt, He Gave Us Stories: The Bible Student’s Guide To Interpreting Old Testament
Narratives. P&R Publishing, 1993.
Preaching The Psalms
Robert Alter, The Art Of Biblical Poetry. New York: Basic Books, 2011.
Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ From The Psalms: Foundations For Expository
Sermons in The Christian Year. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2016.
Tremper Longman III, How To Read The Psalms. Leicester: England, Intervarsity Press,
1988.
Preaching Wisdom Literature
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Sidney Greidanus, Preaching Christ From Ecclesiastes: Foundations For Expository
Sermons. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans, 2010.
Douglass Sean O’Donnell, The Beginning And End Of Wisdom: Preaching Christ from the
First and Last Chapters of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and Job. Wheaton, Illinois: Crossway,
2011.
Preaching The Prophets
Willem VanGemeren, Interpreting the Prophetic Word: An Introduction to the Prophetic
Literature of the Old Testament. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1996.
Preaching Apocalyptic
David R. Helm, An Approach To Apocalyptic Literature: A Primer For Preachers. Chicago,
Illinois: The Charles Simeon Trust, 2009. (http://www.simeon.org/media/poe-
helm%28apocalyptic-primer%29.pdf)
Bob Fyall, Preaching Apocalptic Literature. Paper presented at 2006 EMA (Evangelical
Ministry Assembly) by Proclamation Trust. (http://www.simeontrust.org/media/doc-bfyall-
preachingapocalyptic.pdf)
Preaching The Gospels & Parables
Robert S.Kinney, Narrative Structure In The Gospels: An Overview. Paper by the Charles
Simeon Trust. (http://www.simeontrust.org/media/doc-rkinney-narrativestructuregospels.pdf)
Robert S.Kinney, Preaching The Parables. Paper by the Charles Simeon Trust, 2012.
(http://www.simeontrust.org/media/doc-rkinney-preachingparables.pdf)
