On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.

Ministry can feel like navigating a downpour, but how do you continue to lead and inspire when the storms of life hit? Discover timeless wisdom and practical guidance on maintaining your message and your faith while weathering personal and congregational challenges. Subscribe to the Cutting It Straight magazine at https://CutStraight.org Get a new website, unlimited custom graphics, & full-service podcast production services at https://IncreaseCreative.Co/HB Connect with H.B. and access more resources at https://HBCharlesJr.com The On Preaching Podcast is dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. Hosted by H.B. Charles, Jr., Pastor-Teacher of Shiloh.Church in Jacksonville, Florida Produced by Luke Clayton and the team at IncreaseCreative.Co

Is a vibrant personal relationship with God the secret weapon of powerful preaching? Explore why a thriving devotional life, distinct from sermon prep, is foundational for a preacher's heart, spiritual growth, and impactful ministry. Subscribe to the Cutting It Straight magazine at https://CutStraight.org Get a new website, unlimited custom graphics, & full-service podcast production services at https://IncreaseCreative.Co/HB Connect with H.B. and access more resources at https://HBCharlesJr.com The On Preaching Podcast is dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. Hosted by H.B. Charles, Jr., Pastor-Teacher of Shiloh.Church in Jacksonville, Florida Produced by Luke Clayton and the team at IncreaseCreative.Co

Ever wonder how powerful preachers prepare? Discover 10 hacks, including a colorful secret and the power of listening, that will transform your sermon prep from frantic to focused. Subscribe to the Cutting It Straight magazine at https://CutStraight.org Get a new website, unlimited custom graphics, & full-service podcast production services at https://IncreaseCreative.Co  Connect with H.B. and access more resources at https://HBCharlesJr.com Sermon Preparation Hacks: Print Sermon Text: Use a Word document for active engagement. Slow Down: Prioritize deep and clear thinking. Read Study Bibles Early: Gain initial insights and consider lay perspectives. Read Different Levels of Commentary: For varied insights (exegesis, homiletics, application). Listen to Sermons on the Text: Immerse in the passage through others' preaching. Memorize Cross-References: Enhance preaching with integrated Scripture. Look for Quotes as Illustrations: Use impactful, concise quotes. Don't Fully Write Out Application: Allow for Spirit-led application in the moment. Color Code Sermon Manuscript: Visually organize for effective delivery. Read Your Manuscript Multiple Times Aloud: Internalize the message for confident delivery. The On Preaching Podcast is dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. Hosted by H.B. Charles, Jr., Pastor-Teacher of Shiloh.Church in Jacksonville, Florida  Produced by Luke Clayton and the team at IncreaseCreative.Co

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  2 Timothy 4:5 exhorts the one who preaches the word (2 Timothy 4:2) to "do the work of an evangelist." W What are the principles of evangelistic preaching?  The messenger of evangelistic preaching is the preacher The place of evangelistic preaching is the church.  The authority of evangelistic preaching is the Bible.  The focus of evangelistic preaching is Jesus Christ.  The message of evangelistic preaching is the gospel.  The Spirit of evangelistic preaching is love.  The power of evangelistic preaching is the Holy Spirit.  The fuel of evangelistic preaching is prayer.  The burden of evangelistic preaching is eternity.  The purpose of evangelistic preaching is the glory of God.  For contact, information, and resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  Why should you prioritize your study time in sermon preparation?  Study is a practical necessity. Study is a sacred duty.  Study is a wonderful privilege.  Study is a strategic opportunity. Study is a faithful stewardship.  Study is a spiritual therapy.  Study is an ongoing process.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses seven marks of a prayer-saturated sermon.  Pray for wisdom as you plan the sermon. Pray for illumination as you study the text.  Pray for obedience as you learn the truth.  Pray for clarity as you craft the sermon.  Pray for consecration as you prepare to preach.  Pray for power as you preach the message.  Pray for fruit after the sermon is preached.  For contact, information, and resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  How should you approach preaching Easter?  Preach a sermon.  Preach a well-prepared sermon.  Preach Jesus. Preach the old, old story.  Preach the gospel.  Preach for a verdict.  Preach as a witness.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.   

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses 25 books on preaching you should read.  Preaching by Michael Reeves 12 Essentials for Great Preaching by Wayne McDill Preaching & Preachers by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Anointed Expository Preaching by Steven Olford & David Olford  Small Preaching by Johnathan Pennington  Lectures To My Students by Charles Haddon Spurgeon  Learning From A Legend by Jared E. Alcantara  Expository Preaching by David Helm  The Supremacy of God In Preaching by John Piper  Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell  Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robison  Why Johnny Can't Preach by T. David Gordon  Power in the Pulpit by Jerry Vines & Jim Shaddix  Preaching by John F. MacArthur & The Master's Seminary Faculty  Doctrine That Dances by Robert Smith Jr.  Preaching With Passion by Alex Montoya  Between Two Worlds by John R.W. Stott  Preaching by Timothy Keller  Saving Eutychus by Gary Millar & Phil Campbell  Simplicity in Preaching by J.C. Ryle  A Manual for Preaching by Abraham Kuruvilla  Your Old Testament Sermons Need to Get Saved by David M. King  Planning Your Preaching by Stephen Rummage  Preaching That Changes Lives by Michael Fabarez  The Pastor's Public Ministry by Terry L. Johnson  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses four targets of gospel application in your preaching. A sermon should include explanation, application, and illustration. For many, effective application is difficult to develop. But this principle might be helpful: Think about the who before you think about how.  Here are four targets you should factor into your sermon applications.  The Unsaved The Unchurched  The Unsure The Uncommitted  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com   

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses biblical convictions for expository preaching.  If you do not believe the Bible, you should not be in the pulpit! If you are to be a faithful preacher, you must know where you stand and why. What must you believe about scripture to preach faithfully and fruitfully?  Scripture is necessary. Scripture is divine.  Scripture is true. Scripture is authoritative.  Scripture is inerrant.  Scripture is clear.  Scripture is sufficient.  For contact, information, and resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses ten ways to conclude a sermon. An effective sermon conclusion is brief, singular, and persuasive.  What are the ten ways to conclude a sermon effectively?  Summary Climax Application  Challenge  Solution  Vision-Casting  Testimony  Illustration  Celebration  Invitation  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses the pitfalls of sermon preparation.  Having no sermon plan. Busyness.  Ministerial sloth.  Not eliminating distractions.  Starting too late.  Neglecting the biblical text.  Not allowing the text to speak to you personally.  Consulting too many resources.  Failing to strive for clarity.  Sloppy sermon structure.  Prayerlessness.  For contact, resources, or information, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses collecting study tools for biblical preaching.  Build your library strategically. Start with the basics.  Ask the help.  Get the best works.  Make friends with authors.  Date before you marry.  Buy individual commentaries.  Find used copies.  Decide between physical and electronic.  Cover the bases.  for contact, resources, and information, visit hbcharlesjr.com 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. gives a brief tribute to the late John A. Reed Jr., who recently passed away. Dr. Reed was dear friends with H.B.'s father, and a father figure to H.B. after his Dad passed away.  For more than six decades, John Reed led the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City. He was a district moderator, state president, and vice president of the National Baptist Convention. He was also a friend to many preachers.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. reflects on the first sermon he preached - forty years ago - August 26, 2024. The sermon was preached at a youth choir musical at the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, where H.B.'s dad - H.B. Charles Sr. - was the pastor.  For contact, information, and resources, visit hbcharles.com.   

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses the words you should consider in your sermon text for further study. You should note these words in your observation of the text and study them in the interpretation phase of your word work.  What words should you study in the text?  Unfamiliar Words Familiar Words  Technical Words  Repeated Words  Confusing Words  Action Words  Proper Names  Variant Words  Figurative Speech  Quoted Words  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode of the podcast, H.B. interviews Derek W.H. Thomas, recently retired Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Columbia, South Carolina. The author of numerous books, Thomas is a professor at Reformed Theological Seminary and a teaching fellow at Ligonier Ministries.  Enjoy!  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses a system of sermon preparation. Although the principles of sermon preparation are common, each preacher must develop, practice, and refine his own process for moving from text to sermon.  What does a system of sermon preparation involve?  Study the text. Consult the resources.  Craft the sermon.  Write the manuscript.  Internalize the message.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode of the podcast, H.B. discusses the hard work of preaching. Effective preaching is text-driven, has a clear message, and involves hard work.  Many congregations feel their pastors only work on Sunday, if then. That should not be the case. We should strive to give God our best in sermon preparation and delivery (2 Timothy 2:15).  What does the hard work of preaching involve?  The hard work of careful reading. The hard work of believing prayer.  The hard work of critical thinking.  The hard work of creative writing.  The hard work of pastoral leadership.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. talks about how to read the Bible effectively in the sermon preparation process.  Read the Bible casually. Read the Bible continually.  Read the Bible committedly. Read the Bible carefully.   Read the Bible correctly.   Read the Bible contextually.  Read the Bible Christocentrically.  For information, contact, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses the objectives of the sermon.  What is the difference between teaching and preaching? A sermon is characterized by proclamation, purpose, and persuasion.  Regarding persuasion, you should consider three objectives as you craft your sermon...  What should the hearer think? (The Message of the Text)  What should the hearer feel? (The Mood of the Text)  What should the hearer do? (The Mandate of the Text)  For information, contact, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.     

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  The three laws of real estate are location, location, location. Similarly, the three laws of proper Bible interpretation are context, context, context. A text without a context is a pretext.  Context in biblical interpretation falls into two categories: historical context and literary context. In this episode, H.B. discusses how to read with an eye toward the literary context.  Here are the seven circles of context you should consider... The Sermon Text The Literary Genre  The Immediate Context The Book Section  The Bible Book  The Testament (OT/NT)  The Biblical Message  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. answers the question, What commentaries should I use?  Biblical Commentaries Best Commentaries  Helpful Commentaries  Critical Commentaries  Expository Commentaries  Homiletical Commentaries  Old Commentaries  New Commentaries  Devotional Commentaries  Recommended Commentaries  Favorite Commentaries  Limited Commentaries  For contact, information, and resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.   

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  The sermon preparation is a twofold process of getting the text right and getting the truth across.  In terms of biblical exegesis (getting the text across), I commend to you the inductive Bible study process:  Observation: What does the text say?  Interpretation: What does the text mean? Application: How does the text apply? Correlation: How does the text relate? In this episode, H.B. focuses on doing observations. The tools you need for this part of your word work are a Bible, something to take on, and the illumination of the Holy Spirit.  What should you look for in observations?  Key words. Key places.  Key people.  Vital statistics.  Figurative language.  Literary genre.  Diagnostic questions.  Circles of context.  Cross-references.  Passage structure.  Rhetorical functions.  What's not stated.  Dominating theme.  Authorial intent.  Gospel focus.  Practical implications.  Sanctified brainstorming.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. You can also sign up for the Cutting It Straight weekly newsletter at hbcharlesjr.com.   

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses theological disciplines for expository preaching.  As a student and advocate of expository preaching, I believe that it is the most faithful way to handle God's word.  The bottom line of this episode is that faithful exposition is theologically informed. It should be doctrinal, not merely devotional. Beyond the exegetical text work, theological reflection should shape your sermon preparation.  What are the theological disciplines for expository preaching?  Biblical Theology Historical Theology  Systematic Theology  Practical Theology For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.     

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. talks about how to find sermon illustrations.  We preachers often look for illustrative material by subject (prayer, love, forgiveness, etc). But there is another way. You can also look for illustrations by focusing on four persons or groups.  You. Somebody.  Nobody. Everybody.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode of the podcast, H.B. discusses four sentences that will improve your preaching. That may seem to be a big promise. But carefully crafting these sentences will truly help you to get the text right and get the truth across.  What are the four sentences that will improve your preaching?  The Text Summary The Main Idea  The Probing Question  The Transitional Sentence  For contact, information, and/or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. discusses how to overcome sermon writer's block. Writer's block typically refers to authors, composers, or artists. But it can also happen to preachers, with the accompanying spiritual implications.   You can struggle to understand the text, craft the message, or prepare yourself to preach. How do you overcome sermon writer's block?  Guard your heart. Plan your preaching.  Take a break.  Fight the resistance.  Practice purposeful distraction.  Keep on working.  Remember your why.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. interviews a new friend, Grant R. Castleberry, Pastor of the Capital Community Church in Raleigh, North Carolina. Grant is also the President and featured speaker/writer at Unashamed Truth.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.   

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. gives several tips for stating the points, headings, or movements of the main body of your sermon. Effective sermons have clear structure. The structure of the sermon does not have to be explicit. But a good sermon outline benefits both the preacher and the hearer.  How should you state your sermon outline?  Use simple statements. Use clear statements.  Use biblical statements.  Use provable statements.  Use complete statements.  Use distinct statements.  Use parallel statements.  Use present-tense statements.  Use action statements.  Use memorable statements.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.   

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses impactful sermons he has personally heard over the years. The sermons affirm the power of hearing the word of God preached. They remind us that the Holy Spirit is at work through our preaching. They also show us that the Lord uses people with different backgrounds to preach effectively.  Sermons discussed in this episode... "Will Your House Stand?" by H.B. Charles Sr. "Will You Give Jesus Your Lunch? by Richard D. Sanders  "What Can that Boy Tell Me?" by E.V. Hill  "Reclaiming Lost Ground" by E.K. Bailey  Romans 8:31-34 by John MacArthur  "What Do We Preach?" By Ralph Douglas West  Psalm 119 by R.A. Williams Jr.  BONUS: "Don't Stoop at Standing Time" by Melvin Wade Jr.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the Podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses eleven questions you should ask to properly interpret your sermon text.  What is the book about? What is the literary genre?  What are the word meanings?  What is the literal reading?  What is the immediate context?  What is the grammatical structure?  What is the historical background?  What is the primary theme?  What is the authorial intent?  What is the analogy of faith?  What is the gospel focus?  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.   

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. talks about practical ways to learn to preach - or to preach better.  How can I learn to preach better?  By studying the Bible. Through prayer to God.  By listening to good preaching.  By preaching.  By studying preaching.  In conversation with other preachers.  Through constructive feedback.  For contact, information, and resources, hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses the importance of getting the vital statistics of a book of the Bible before you study individual texts in that book.  Here's the principle: A proper introduction to the book leads to a proper interpretation of the text.  What vital statistics should you discover?  The Author The Audience or Recipients  Date of Writing  Place of Writing  Key Terms Key Verses  Key Persons  Key Places  The Occasion  The Point or Purpose  The Doctrinal Themes  The Structure  View of Christ  Special Characteristics  Textual Difficulties  Theological Significance  For contact, resources, or information, visit hbcharlesjr.com 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses the elements of a sermon - a declaration of a biblical message.  What elements should go into a sermon?  Introduction Proposition  Transition  Explanation  Argumentation  Application  Illustration  Conclusion  Invitation  For information or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  The three basic elements of a sermon are explanation, application, and illustration. In this episode, H.B. gives 25 tips for using sermon illustrations effectively.  Purposeful illustrations. Strategic Illustrations.  Personal illustrations.  Transparent illustrations. Discreet illustrations.  Historical illustrations.  Biblical illustrations.  Contemporary illustrations.  Pastoral illustrations.  Relatable illustrations.  Visual illustrations.  Real-world illustrations.  Factual illustrations.  Credited illustrations.  Interesting illustrations.  Diverse illustrations.  Detailed illustrations.  Brief illustrations.  Simple illustrations.  Creative illustrations.  Humorous illustrations.  Appropriate illustrations.  Practical illustrations.  Authorized illustrations.  Prepared illustrations.  For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. shares several new year preaching resolutions he is making to grow in his preaching in 2024.  To be more prayerful in my sermon preparation. To finish my prepartion earlier in the week.  To get sharper in the original languages.  To be more selective in the commentaries I read.  To work harder at sermon application.  To spend more time in the Old Testament.  To preach less than I have in the past few years.  A Bonus: To spend time getting to know Bible software better.  For more information or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. issues a year-end challenge to preach the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.  Preach divine truth. Preach biblical truth.  Preach gospel truth.  Preach objective truth. Preach eternal truth.   Preach spiritual truth.  Preach lived truth.  For more information and resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  Good preaching is hard work. That hard work falls into three categories - the life you live, the text you select, and the message you craft. In this episode, H.B. focuses on the hard work of biblical interpretation.  What does the word work of biblical preaching involve?  Book Introduction Observational Reading Word Studies  English Translation  Literary Context Structural Argument  Historical Background Cross References Bible Commentary  Systematic Theology  Practical Application  For more information or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses the priority of and the preparation for the pastoral prayer. The Pastoral prayer should be simple, direct, God-centered, scriptural, corporate, and spiritually focused.  The A-C-T-S outline (adoration, confession, thanksgiving, & supplication) serves as a good model for structuring your pastoral prayer. As you make supplications, you should pray for the government, the gospel, the lost, the church, and the afflicted.  For more information and resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com. 

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. discusses seven ways to grow in your preaching in 2024:  Read. Pray.  Think.  Write.  Love.  Rest.  Live.  For more information or resources, visite hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. interviews his friend, Victor Sholar, a graduate of The Master's Seminary and pastor of the historic Main Street Baptist Church in Lexington, Kentucky. He has served Main Street since 2010.  H.B. and Victor both contributed chapters to "Secret Sex Wars: A Battlecry For Purity," edited by Robert Scott. For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. gives seven reasons why preachers shoudl give thanks to God.  Redeeming Love Ministerial Call  Public Ministry  Spiritual Growth  Gospel Progress  Ministerial Challenges  Sustaining Grace  For more episodes, resources, or information, visit hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this interview, H.B. interivews Toussaint C. Adams, lead pastor of the Watson Memorial Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky. A graduate of The Masters' Seminary, Adams is a faithful pastor and preacher. In this discussion, talks about his faith and ministry journey, and disuss preaching the Book of Revelation.  For more information and resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. gives seven questions to ask before you preach:  Why have I chosen this text to preach? Do I properly understand this text?  What is the main idea of this sermon?  How does the meaning of the text apply?  Is this sermon organized clearly?  Where will this message present the gospel?  Have I prayed for divine help?  For more information or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preaching faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. interviews Mike Gendron, president of Proclaiming the Gospel, and author of "Preparing for Eternity" and "Contending for the Gospel." Mike has spend many years proclaming the biblical gospel and defending the truth from the traditions of the Roman Catholic Church.  For more information and resources, visite hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfullly, clearly, and better.  The new year is coming, now is the time to plan your preaching calendar for 2024. In this episode, H.B. gives practical advice for planning your preaching.  Pray. Mark special days.  Plan not to preach.  Review past sermons.  Charge new terrorities.  Plan sermon series.  Consult godly counselors.  For more informations or resources, visite hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. talks about the place and priority of the public reading of scripture in corporate worship.  How can you make the reading of God's word more meaningful?  Read scripture accurately. Read scripture regularly.  Read scripture conscutively.  Read scriptural pastorally.  Read scripture clearly.  Read scripture reverently.  Read scripture confidently.  For more information and resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. gives free advice to young ministers who aspire to pastoral ministry.  Go to school. Make sure your wife is on board.  Respect your pastor.  Preach as oftne as possible.  Be willing to serve anywhere.  Prioritize personal devotions.  Nurture ministerial friendships.  Read.  Live the life.  For more resources and information, visite hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preacher faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. talks simple preaching. The nature of scripture is clear (2 Timothy 3:16). The purpose of preaching is to be understood. Jesus himself modeled simple preaching. Throughout history, strong preachers have been characterized by simple preaching.  How can I practice simple preaching?  Bible Exposition A Single Text  Proper Interpretation  A Clear Structure  A Bid Idea  A Gospel Focus  The Target Audience  Plain Language  Conversational Style  Believing Prayer  Godly Humility  For more information and resources, visite hbcharlesjr.com

Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.  In this episode, H.B. Charles Jr. discusses a ten-step process for text-driven preaching - a practical way of going from text to sermon in preparation and preaching.  Choose the text strategically. Study the text diligently.  Approach the text prayerfully.  Read the text devotionally.  Interpret the text accurately.  Apply the text pastorally.  Craft the text homiletically.  Present the text clearly.  Declare the text passionately.  Preach the text faithfully.  For more resources or information, visit hhcharlesjr.com