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A Little Book for New Preachers: Why and How to Study Homiletics is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of the central tasks of pastoral ministry is preaching the Word of God. Yet those who are called to ministry may feel unprepared, unable, or unwilling to step into this role. Moreover, the discipline of homiletics sometimes gets lost amid the exegetical questions, theological debates, and denominational disputes that overwhelm our attention. In this brief introduction to preaching, Matthew...

sermons is an epidemic across pulpits around the globe.6 In our celebrity culture, pastors idolize “successful” pastors who headline preaching conferences and produce bestselling books with superhuman strength and regularity. It can be paralyzing to think that we can or must preach awe-inducing, inspirational, convicting, humorous, relatable, culturally sensitive, and easily applicable sermons every single week. However, we trust in the fact that we are simply God’s messengers. As Alistair Begg encourages,
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