The Application Grid
Application is the key difference between teaching and preaching. Expositional preaching is often dismissed as irrelevant—as being little more than a running Scripture commentary from the pulpit....
View ArticleSave Some for Later
Do your parishioners feel like this on Sunday morning? “Save some for later.” That’s what I was advised one All Saints’ Day after I’d foolishly preached for almost fifty minutes on the day’s Gospel...
View ArticleHomiletic History
When I entered seminary I signed up for the academic track. Pastoral ministry wasn’t really on my radar. I was planning to be a Hebrew or an Old Testament professor. God had other plans, but since...
View ArticleRichard Hooker’s “Works”
Richard Hooker is arguably one of the most important of the English Reformers. Many would argue that he was the most important, despite the fact that he wrote a generation after the death of Thomas...
View ArticleThe Blog is Resting
In case you hadn’t noticed, I haven’t been posting much lately. I spent most of November and early December working intensively on my new edition of Isaac Williams’ Sermons on the Epistles and...
View ArticlePraying Scripture to Shape Scriptural Preaching
What we pray for the people to whom we preach reflects the priorities we have for them and will impact what we preach to them. If we are faithful biblical expositors it’s probably safe to assume that...
View Article“Sermons on the Epistles and Gospels” by Isaac Williams
The Anglican Expositor is pleased to present this new edition of Isaac Williams’ Sermons on the Epistles and Gospels for Sundays and Holy Days Throughout the Year. Originally published in two volumes...
View Article“Christ did something or other, which, somehow or other, had some connexion...
Is the Gospel clear in our preaching? Do we drive home the important doctrines of the faith from the pulpit? Or do we preach a feel-good, non-confrontational, sentimental, and wishy-washy message of...
View ArticleThabiti Anyabwile on Preaching as God’s Word
An excellent article on the nature of preaching as God’s Word was posted today on The Gospel Coalition blog. Anyabwile always has good insights to share on preaching, but his thoughts here are...
View ArticleThe Annotated Book of Common Prayer by John Henry Blunt
If you’ve browsed our Resources for Sunday library here at the Anglican Expositor, you’re probably familiar with John Henry Blunt’s commentary on the Epistles and Gospels. We’re pleased to bring you...
View Article“Baptism and Baptismal Regeneration” by Archibald Boyd
The Anglican Expositor is pleased to offer this reprint of Archibald Boyd’s classic treatise on Baptism and baptismal regeneration. This book might be little known but for its beingmentioned in Ray...
View Article7 Tips for My Younger Preacher Self
How many of us have ever wished that we could go back in time and impart the wisdom we have now to our younger selves as we embarked into the world of ministry? On the Gospel Coalition blog today,...
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