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For those of you who may be looking for articles on a particular aspect of preaching, here you will find subjects grouped together.

Application
Expositional Preaching and Application (Mark Dever)
“Pointed Application” (UA)
“Engaging the congregation” (UA)
“Applicationed to Death” (Transforming Sermons)

Christ Centered Preaching
Spurgeon - the Importance of Preaching Christ (Pulpit Magazine)
“Lloyd Jones - Specialise In Preaching Jesus” (The Christian Mind)

Conclusions
“Concluding Like Calvin” (UA)
“Don’t Short Change the Conclusion” by Biblical Preaching

Context
The Wider World of the Text (UA)

Contextualisation
“Preachers, read your audience” (UA)
“Contextual Preaching” by Ed Stetzer
“Preaching that understands the world” by Don Carson

Commentaries
“A commentary short?” (UA)
“A sane approach to biblical commentaries” by Steven Matthewson
“Which Commentaries?” (UA)

Evangelistic Preaching
“All Preaching, evangelistic preaching” by Tim Keller

Expository Preaching
“Why Expositional Preaching is Particularly Glorifying to God” by John Piper
Expositional Preaching by Mark Dever
“The truth about Expository Preaching” with Bryan Chapell
“Expository Preaching in a Postmodern World” with John MacArthur
“Expository Preaching” with Richard Phillips in Reformation 21
“Seven Expository Pitfalls” by Expository Thoughts
“What’s so special about preaching?” by David Jackman
“Three Key Words” by John MacArthur
“Recovering a Bold Vision of Expository Preaching” (Al Mohler)
“Expository Misunderstanding” (Expository Thoughts)
“Adrian Warnock - Ten Conclusions about Expository Preaching
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Genealogies
“Getting into Genealogies” (UA)

Gospel
“Keller’s Outline for Gospel Motivated Sermons” (UA)
“Seven Reasons To Preach the Gospel” by Expository Thoughts
“Preach the Gospel More than Ever” (UA)
“Preach the Gospel Like an Apostle” (UA)

Illustrations
“Illustrations gone bad” (UA)
“Why Dever Does Sermon Intros”
“Using Illustrations to Preach with Power” by Justin Buzzard

Interpretation
“Seven Steps to Understanding the Bible” by Tremper Longman
“Grudem’s Advice on Interpretation“

Introductions
“Why Dever Does Sermon Intros”
“Struggling to Begin” (UA)
“Sitting on the Fence” (UA)

Leadership
“Woe To Us?” (UA)

Notes
The Manuscript Maze (part one)
The Manuscript Maze (part two)
The Manuscript Maze (part three)
The Manuscript Maze (part four)
“No notes preaching” by Biblical Preaching

Passion
“Passion in Pulpit and Pew” (UA)
“Preaching with Downright Solemn Earnest” by Charles Spurgeon (UA)
“The grave and glad Preacher” (UA)
“Emotive Preaching?” (UA)

Prayer
“Good preachers, good prayers?” (UA)
“Incorporating prayer into preaching prep” at Steward of Secret Things
“The Preacher’s Private Prayer” by Charles Spurgeon
“Praying Your Way Into The Pulpit” (UA)

Reading Scripture
“On the Public Reading of Scripture in Worship - pt 1” (Talking the Walk)
“On the Public Reading of Scripture in Worship - pt 2” (Talking the Walk)
“On the Public Reading of Scripture in Worship - pt 3” (Talking the Walk)
“On the Public Reading of Scripture in Worship - pt 4” (Talking the Walk)

Sermon Evaluation
“Sermon Evaluation form by Calvin Seminary”

Sermon Preparation
“A Letter on Sermon Preparation - Steve Cole” (UA)
“Four fruitful Questions - pt 1″ (UA)
“Four fruitful questions - pt2″ (UA)
“The Basic Flow” (UA)
The Overview sermon (UA)
“Breaking Writing Rules With Sermon Manuscripts” (Biblical Preaching)
“How Long to Prepare a Sermon” (Biblical Preaching)
How Long to Prepare? (UA)

Special Ocassions
“Children’s Talks - What We’re Aiming At” (UA)
“Preaching a Funeral: the Hardest Sermon?”
“Funerals - A Gift To Preachers” (UA)

Topical Preaching
Delightful, dangerous topical preaching (part one) (UA)
Delightful, dangerous topical preaching (part two) (UA)
“Exegetical Preaching vs Topical Preaching”

Training
Bryan Chapell Preaching Classes (**superb resource**)
“Teaching Laymen to Preach Expositionally”
“10 Steps for Fledgling Preachers” (UA)
Open Pulpits? by Jim Greer
“Geoffery Grogan - Advice to New Preachers”