Preaching for the Long Haul

What does preaching and valuing preaching actually look like on the ground level in a church plant? How can a preacher speak clearly on culturally issues from the Bible? How do we raise up the next generation of preachers?Join Jake and Saolomon for a conversation on these questions and more with Dr. Doug Ponder. He serves as a Founding Pastor at Remnant Church and is Academic Dean and Professor of Biblical studies at Grimke Seminary.Email questions and feedback at preachingforthelonghaul@gmail.com

Dr. Kevin Kompelien has served as a pastor of several EFCA churches over 20 years, in Reach Global which is EFCA missions in Africa, as the EFCA President, and now serves as the president of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. In other words he has spent his whole ministry career serving in the EFCA context. Join Jake and Saolomon for a conversation on preaching in the EFCA.

Join Jake and Saolomon for a discussion with Dan Jacobsen to discuss the release of Warren Wiersbe's most recent devotional book "Becoming New." Dan is the grandson of the late pastor, author, and preacher Warren Wiersbe and also serves as a lead pastor at Heartland Community Church in Olathe Kansas. 3 books are being given away! Sign up here by Dec 15th for a chance to receive a copy of Becoming New: https://mailchi.mp/cc8a8a512d4a/preaching-for-the-long-haul-giveaway

Have you ever wanted to talk preaching with someone who has taught preaching as their profession? Join Jake and Saolomon as they talk all things preaching with Dr. Hershael York who serves as Dean of The School of Theology and the Victor and Louise Lester Professor of Christian Preaching at Southern Seminary. He also is Pastor Emeritus at Buck Run Baptist Church.

Join Jake and Saolomon for a conversation on a variety of topics including the benefit of biblical scholarship in pastoral ministry, needs in Evangelical churches, and a lot of other things with Dr. Joey Dodson. Dr. Dodson serves as the Dr. Craig L. Blomberg Endowed Chair of New Testament at Denver Seminary and as a pastor at New Denver Church. Conquerors not Captives- https://lexhampress.com/product/260141/conquerors-not-captives-reframing-romans-7-for-the-christian-life Send questions and feedback to us at preachingforthelonghaul@gmail.com

Evangelical interpretation and application can often be focused on the individual. This is the case even though most of the New Testament letters were written to corporate bodies of believers. Join Jake and Saolomon in a conversation with Cheston Pickard who is currently in a DMin program and researching and writing on this very topic. Cheston also serves as discipleship pastor at Highview Baptist Church in Lousville KY. Send questions and feedback at preachingforthelonghaul@gmail.com

Are great preachers born or made? How does a preaching professor plant a church? What can you learn from decades of teaching preachers? Join Jake and Saolomon with long time preaching professor Dr. Scott Wenig of Denver Seminary. Dr. Wenig serves as Professor of Applied Theology and the Haddon W. Robinson Chair of Biblical Preaching at Denver Seminary and has served at the seminary for over 30 years.

Can youth pastors preach to adults? What's the difference in preaching to students in adults? How should a pastor think differently or not on the prep, application, or the actual preaching moment? Join Jake and Saolomon in a conversation with longtime youth pastor Carson Greenhaw. Carson currently serves as the Next Gen Pastor at New Life Community Church in Aurora Colorado and has been there for 14 years.

Typically the ministry books and resources are divided into categories of leading, pastoring, and preaching. But Dr. Scott Pace is convinced that to have all 3 in view is necessary in order to best understand the task of being a pastor. Even more so, pastors must view expository preaching as the primary way they lead and pastor. Church leadership has become more and more complex as churches grow, culture changes, and people expect a lot from churches. Join Jake and Saolomon in their discussion of Dr. Scott Pace's book "Expositional Leadership." Dr. Scott Pace serves as Provost, Professor of Pastoral Ministry and Preaching, and Dean of Graduate Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Expositional Leadership- https://www.crossway.org/books/expositional-leadership-tpb/

Today you can join Jake and Saolomon in a conversation with Dan Jacobsen. Dan Jacobsen serves as a pastor at Heartland Community Church in Olathe Kansas, hosts the Warren Wiersbe sermon podcast, and is the grandson of Warren Wiersbe. Join as Dan shares encouraging insights into his grandfather's life and ministry, as well as shares about a writing project he has finished that his grandfather started. Warren Wiersbe Sermon Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KNGsk9r7rakLVgm8Atn4J?si=19266634da264a83

How does preaching and staying in one church for a long time slowly shape the culture? Pastor Tom Shirk has served as the Senior Pastor of Calvary Bible Church for over 30 years. He has seen and led a lot of change and growth during that time. Join Jake and Saolomon for the conversation.

Is the preacher's word really God's word? What is the role of hermeneutics in preaching? Join Jake and Saolomon in their discussion with Dr. Eric Redmond on these questions and more. Dr. Eric Redmond is Professor of Bible at the Moody Bible Insitute, Associate Pastor of Preaching and Teaching at Calvary Memorial Church, and the Executive Director for the MTS Center for Compelling Preaching. Reach out and ask questions or suggest topics at preachingforthelonghaul@gmail.com

Join Jake and Saolomon in a fun conversation with pastor James Rathman of Redemption Church Denver. James has a degree in Philosophy from CU Boulder, an MA from RTS, and a fascination for the Bible and you hear the combo of all these things in this episode.

Join Jake and Saolomon in their conversation with Dr. Eric Redmond discussing his book "Say It! Celebrating Expository Preaching in the African-American Tradition." Dr. Eric Redmond is Professor of Bible at the Moody Bible Institute, Associate Pastor for Preaching and Teaching at Calvary Memorial Church, as well as the newly appointed executive director for the MTS Center for Compelling Preaching. "Say It!"- https://www.moodypublishers.com/say-it/ Ask us questions or suggest topic ideas at preachingforthelonghaul@gmail.com

How should the genre of Scripture shape and inform the way a sermon sounds or is preached? Join Jake and Saolomon in their conversation with Dr. Doug O'Donnel who currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Bible Editorial and Chaplain at Crossway and is the author of the book "The Beauty and Power of Biblical Exposition." "The Beauty and Power of Biblical Exposition"- https://www.crossway.org/books/the-beauty-and-power-of-biblical-exposition-tpb/ Email us questions or topic ideas at preachingforthelonghaul@gmail.com

Have you ever wondered how you put the pieces of a sermon together? Join Jake and Saolomon as they ask that same question in discussion with Pastor Perry Marshall.

Mcyoung Yang both grew up in the Hmong Church, has pastored in it for years, and is now doing new things in the Hmong-American Church world. Join Jake and Saolomon in this exciting conversation on the current state of preaching in the Hmong church, advice for young Hmong pastors, and the future of the Hmong-American Church.

What is the role of preaching in a church plant? Is it any different from an established church setting? How should a planting pastor think about preaching as the church begins and starts to grow? Join Jake and Saolomon in a conversation with Pastor and church planter, Mcyoung Yang. Mcyoung is one of the founding pastors and is the preaching pastor at Covenant City Church in the Twin Cities in Minnesota.

Last week one of the most well-known and influential preachers and pastors passed away. Join Jake and Saolomon as they reflect on the life, preaching, and legacy of pastor Tim Keller and his influence on their own lives and ministry.

How should you introduce a sermon? Reading the text? Telling a story? Reading a headline? Join Jake and Saolomon as they have a conversations about sermon introducitons

What is tension? How it related to preaching? How can preachers retain the attention of their listeners? Join Jake and Saolomon as they explore tension and the sermon

There are many perspectives on how we should preach on controversial issues as we come across them in our texts. How can we be most faithful as we attempt to do this? Join Jake and Saolomon in their discussion.

What is the culture of a church and how can preaching help to shape that culture? Join Jake and Saolomon in their discussion.

What should preachers bring with them into the pulpit? Some bring full manuscripts while others bring nothing but their Bible, and everything in-between? Is it just dependent on personality or gifting? Or are there actual benefits and cons to each? Join Jake and Saolomon as they discuss their journey and the advice they've received in their preaching.

What is the best way to preach? What is the best way to do student ministry? What is the best way to teach IN student ministry? Should you preach? Oftentimes the worlds of those who talk about expository preaching and those who talk about student ministry are worlds apart. Join Jake and Saolomon in their conversation with Dr. John Gardner who has made a strong attempt to bridge that gap to do solid exposition as a youth pastor.

There's always been this tension of whether or not formal education is actually helpful in preparing someone for the practical on the ground stuff. This is true in trades, business, and in ministry! So today you can join Jake and Saolomon as they dialogue with a pastor/professor on whether or not the academy can truly prepare someone to preach in the local church.

"There is only one correct interpretation of a text" is a commonly understood amongst Christians when interpreting the Bible. If this is true, how can preachers give messages on the same text that sound so different? Does anything go in preaching? Can you just latch onto anything that sticks out to you from a passage? Join this conversation with Jake and Saolomon as they discuss with their friend and coworker, Brody Young. Sermons on James 5:13-20: Jake's- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vbRyl1WoHA Saolomon's- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikeg9E7Lgx4 Brody's- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FdJSlkXclI8

How should theological and doctrinal ideas be taught in preaching? Can you teach the Bible without teaching doctrine? Is all preaching doctrinal? Join Jake and Saolomon as they have a conversation exploring this issue.

Join Jake and Saolomon as they talk through a sermon from the Prince of Preachers himself, Charles H. Spurgeon. What makes him so compelling? What can we learn? How is he doing his exegesis in his preaching? Can we and should we preach like him? Article: Spurgeon's Greatest Sermon- https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/blog-entries/spurgeons-greatest-sermon/ "Compel Them to Come in"- https://www.spurgeon.org/resource-library/sermons/compel-them-to-come-in/#flipbook/

How should leaders and preachers in the church think about caring spiritually for the people under their care? How does preaching play a role in that? How much thought should be put into other means of care, or should preaching be the primary means? Join Jake and Saolomon as they process these questions together in today's episode.

If all of the Bible points to Jesus what does it really mean to preach Christ from any text? Is he in every text? How do you get to Jesus in a way that doesn't flatten out the complexities of individual passages? Join Jake and Saolomon as they have a conversation about Christocentric preaching with Pastor Mark Luebe from Calvary Bible Church in Colorado. 

Does the Bible have anything to say about preaching? How it should be done, what it should look like? Well you can join Jake and Saolomon as they look at 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 and what that has to say about preaching.

How do pastors and preachers learn to do what they do? It might be easy to assume that preachers just learn as they go or God gifts them with their ability to communicate. But today you can join Jake and Saolomon as they have a conversation with Jeremy Meeks, who works for the Charles Simeon Trust in Chicago to train up new preachers. Jeremy Meeks teaches at the Chicago Course on Preaching and more info on their podcast and what they do can found here.  https://simeontrust.org  https://simeontrust.org/playlist/preachers-talk/

Welcome to the beginning of season 2! Many Christians throw this word "calling" around in relationship to ministry, missions, and the pastorate, etc. But is it legit? Is it real? How have Christians in the past understood this idea? Join Jake and Saolomon as they launch the new season in a conversation about "calling."

Welcome to the long delayed season 1 finale. Jake and Saolomon have been busy with moving, ministry, and the holidays. But they are back together in person and will be putting out way more consistent content. Join them today as they talk about why people in their twenties should care about preaching. More content to come. Email suggestions, tips, recommendations, etc at preachingforthelonghaul@gmail.com

When a pastor gets up to preach on a Sunday morning, what is it really that he's delivering? How is a sermon different from a Ted Talk or a speech? Or is it? It seems like such a basic question to ask, but what is a sermon? Join Jake and Saolomon as they have a conversation again with Prof Kerwin Rodriguez from the Moody Bible Institute about what makes a sermon something unique.

Join in for a challenging and thought provoking conversation with the one and only Dr. Rosalie de Rosset. With over 4 decades of teaching in English and Literature, Dr. de Rosset brings a lot of insights to how reading can greatly benefit pastors, preachers, and the church at large. Join Jake and Saolomon in a timely and encouraging conversation about preaching and literature.

Last time Jake and Saolomon talked a little about the what and why of expository preaching. How does one learn to preach, and specifically to preach expositionally? Who are some examples that would be helpful to listen to? And why does this matter again? Join them again today as they talk about how as two young men they have been shaped as preachers and who has done a lot of the shaping.

What in the world is expository preaching? Is it important? Why talk about it? Well, you can join Jake and Saolomon in this shorter episode as they explore the topic together. Be on the look out for part 2 coming real soon where they will discuss personal testimonies of expository preaching, who's influenced them, and more.

Join Jake and Saolomon as they welcome a very special guest to talk about preaching from a unique perspective. Kelsey (who also happens to be married to Saolomon) comes on to talk about what it has been like to grow up under preaching when the preacher is your dad. Join them for a very insightful and encouraging conversation about what makes good preaching, what is encouraging about preaching, and maybe some pet peeves in the pulpit.

Join Jake and Saolomon as they have a discussion with preaching professor Dr. Christopher Rapazzini about Big Idea Preaching. There are many different philosophies and methodologies of preaching and Big Idea Preaching one of the philosophies of teaching prized by many schools and seminaries. Dr. Rapazinni wrote his dissertation on the late Haddon Robinson who is famous for his teaching of Big Idea Preaching. Join today as they ask about Big Idea Preaching. What is it? Why is it important? Why should preachers even think about preaching in this way?

Join Jake and Saolomon as they follow up their conversation about their hopes and encouragement in learning to preach in the local church context. Today they discuss some of the wrestling and fears they have as young preachers. Preachers of any age have to fight the temptation for pride or fear of their fellow hearers. But as young men there are especially some of these temptations that always feel at the forefront. Join them today as they wrestle through some of these tough issues.

Join Jake and Saolomon as they discuss transitioning to primarily preaching in a local church context. What things about taking preaching from the classroom to the church are difficult? How do you love those you preach to and how does that impact preaching? What kinds of convictions are encouraging to the young preacher hoping to shape a lifetime of preaching?

Join Jake and Saolomon as they ask the question that so many people inside and outside of the church are asking today, "Why does preaching matter today?" Is the mode of preaching important? Is it still relevant? Isn't it outdated? This episode features special guest Moody Bible Institute preaching professor, Kerwin Rodriguez. Note: Saolomon is getting married this week and so there will be a two week delay before the release of the next episode, but look forward to the next episode coming soon!

Welcome to the first episode of Preaching for the Long Haul. Jake and Saolomon begin a conversation on their relationship with preaching as two young guys and why they desire to shape a vision for preaching for the rest of their ministry.