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Racing to Preach

I have a recurring bad dream where I’m supposed to be preaching somewhere, always some church other than my own, […]

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1 April 2024

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The Long View of Preaching

Every preacher prays for a positive response to his efforts.  If we’re honest, we’d rather like to see that response […]

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26 February 2024

Isaiah 55:11 John Flavel Luke Short

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You Said It, We Get It, Move On

Why do some preachers repeat themselves more than others?  Why is it that some preachers even do this self-consciously, on […]

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5 February 2024

Dave McClellan orality repetition in preaching Walter Ong

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Tips for Effective Sermon Note-Taking

When it comes to sermons, we should all want to be the best listeners we can be.  This is because […]

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15 May 2023

sermon note-taking

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Heidelberg Catechism Themes

Many years back, when I was a missionary, I chatted with a United Reformed colleague about catechism preaching. He was […]

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16 September 2022

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Preaching for One

When I was a missionary, it sometimes happened that the only people listening to my preaching were my wife and […]

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29 August 2022

Lyman Beecher

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Virtual Preaching

After my recent post about projectors in worship, someone wrote to ask about using videos of sermons.  If a church […]

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2 August 2022

medium is the message regulative principle of worship virtual preaching

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Unction and Preaching

Unction is a topic not often discussed in books on preaching and even less often in Reformed books.  Where you […]

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24 July 2022

Anointing D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones E.M. Bounds the Holy Spirit Unction

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Projectors in Worship

In his essay “The Sermon in Public Worship,” H.E. Singley III refers to an article written some years back about […]

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16 July 2022

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The Climax of Reformed Worship is Worship

I got sidelined from the pulpit yesterday.  Though I didn’t get it myself, three members of our family tested positive […]

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21 March 2022

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That Other Preacher, That Other Religion

He was so passionate, so intense.  He had a conspicuous religious fervour.  The man was on fire; he was preaching.  […]

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22 September 2020

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Christ-Centered Preaching

I read the first edition of this book in 1999, when I was still a seminary student.  It was probably […]

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17 August 2020

Bryan Chapell

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How COVID Changed My Preaching

The last few months have brought my preaching to a turning point.  COVID-19 opened my eyes to some problems I […]

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23 June 2020

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“Go to sleep” Says the Sermon

In his Lectures to My Students, Spurgeon has this little ditty which has always amused me: It is an ill […]

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19 June 2020

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Rev. Wes Bredenhof (B.A., M.Div., Th.D.) is pastor of the Free Reformed Church in Launceston, Tasmania. Read More
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Books by Wes Bredenhof

Get to Know the Holy Spirit

Published 2024

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Aiming to Please

Published 2020

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Seven Wondrous Words

Published 2019

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