Sermonise

Street preaching special!

Learning lessons from John Stott and the challenge of training preachers in different countries.  

Preaching deep truths in a deprived context and disguising monologue as dialogue. Tom Ward interviews Andy Prime.

Chief Executive of Keswick Ministries, Mark Ellis, talks about using PowerPoint, preaching to students and choosing preachers for Keswick. 

Protecting the preacher's heart from pride and loving God and loving people.

Pathos in preaching and why it's so important for preachers to look after their voice. 

John outlines why he thinks each preach should be like telling a story, how preaching can actually help in difficult seasons and the legacy of Martin Lloyd Jones.     

The emotional investment of preaching, why preachers should smile more and how to keep the good news of Jesus Christ central.

Preaching on short notice, the danger of commentaries and adult Sunday school.  

Cliff College, street preaching, slippery slopes and blue Mondays.

Ezekiel shares why the presence of God is so vital for preachers and why we can trust the authority of the Bible.

John shares his conversion story and his reluctance to preach. He also talks about the importance of sharing preaching duties among your elders and the need for systematic theology in our sermons.  

AI sermons, Alexander Maclaren and preaching as spiritual warfare. 

After a LONG break we are back! In this episode Christopher talks about how to listen to sermons, gives us a model for preaching from Deuteronomy and explains why pastors like doing DIY.

Chris talks about the way the changing demographic of his church has impacted his preaching. He also explains how he and his elders changed their policy on women preaching recently.    

Luke talks about passion and precision in peaching and whether preachers should be ambitious or not.

Paul talks about Spirit-anointed preaching, why he favours three-point sermons and how to preach at a funeral.

We discuss the three essential elements that Daniel believes should be found in every single sermon. 

William talks about the importance of letting others critique our sermons, the dangers of ‘trampoline preaching' and why he wishes he had preached through Acts earlier in his ministry.  

Steve talks about the supernatural element of preaching, allowing the text to change your mind and why prep needs to start a week before most people think.  

Rob explains the power of stories in our preaching and the way to reach everyday people. He also talks about the danger of pride and when our sermons are too interesting.  

Gavin is a former professional footballer and BBC pundit who is currently an associate pastor in Canada. We talk about his journey from the pitch to the pulpit and various aspects pf preaching.

Karen is a Bible teacher, conference speaker and author. In this podcast she talks about the various contexts in which women can teach the Bible. We also discuss the spiritual battle that often comes before giving a message and how Karen prepares her talks.    

David shares his wisdom from over 50 years of preaching. We talk about expository sermons, the character of the preacher and diary control. David founded the Cornhill Training Course in the 1990s that has trained thousands of people for preaching ministry.   

Gavin is the CEO of the Evangelical Alliance. We talk about anointing, getting rid of annoying habits and the importance of illustrations in preaching.

We discuss healthy nervousness in preaching, why children should stay in the service for the sermons and what preachers should wear.

Glen talks about preaching to students, why ancient commentaries are better than new ones and how sermons have shaped our modern society.

In this podcast Helen talks about her 30 years of experience giving Bible talks and why she thinks churches should be better at training women for complementarian ministry.  

John has forty years preaching experience and currently trains people to preach. In this episode we'll find out whether preachers are born or made and why a sermon is like a lot like a house!   

Stephen shares how he has preached through depression for all of his ministry and how his sermons have to be tailored for a bilingual congregation. He also comments on whether there is a pulpit crisis in the UK.

Former pastor and itinerant Bible teacher Stuart Reynolds talks about the cost of strong preaching and why some of his best sermons have never been preached.   

Dan explains why we should preach ‘magnetically' and whether Mark Driscoll was right about UK preachers. Dan also tells us why some of his best sermons started with prep in the shower.

John is the National Director of the FIEC. In this podcast he tells us why so many lawyers become preachers, whether we should name false teachers from the pulpit and why prayer is essential in sermon prep.  

Roger tells Tom about preaching evangelistically and shares his concerns about apologetics and expository preaching.

Rev Stephen Thompson (Pastor of Kings Church, Boston Spa) tells Tom how he has stayed fresh in preaching over four decades and why he uses quotes from others.