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Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. ON PREACHINGBy H. B. CHARLES JR.Moody PublishersCopyright © 2014 H. B. Charles, Jr.All rights reserved.ISBN: 978-0-8024-1191-4ContentsIntroduction: My Preaching Crisis, 9, Part 1: Preparation for Preaching, 1. Preach the Word!, 15, 2. Theological Training, 20, 3. Finding Time to Study, 24, 4. Developing a Sermon Calendar, 28, 5. Sermon Preparation, 35, 6. Why I Pray before I Preach, 40, 7. What I Pray before I Preach, 44, Part 2: The Practice of Preaching, 8. Using Scripture in Preaching, 50, 9. Selecting a Text to Preach, 54, 10. Consecutive Exposition, 58, 11. Becoming a Better Expositor, 63, 12. Sermon Outlines, 68, 13. Choosing Sermon Titles, 73, 14. Sermon Introductions, 78, 15. Sermon Transitions, 83, 16. Sermon Illustrations, 86, 17. Sermon Conclusions, 91, 18. Writing Sermon Manuscripts, 95, 19. Preaching without Notes, 101, Part 3: Points of Wisdom for Preaching, 20. Being Yourself in the Pulpit, 108, 21. Developing Your Style of Preaching, 111, 22. Pulpit Consistency, 116, 23. Indecent Exposure in the Pulpit, 119, 24. Pulpit Plagiarism, 124, 25. Protecting Your Voice for Preaching, 128, 26. Being a Guest Preacher, 132, 27. Being an Associate Minister, 138, 28. When You Lose Your Cutting Edge, 144, 29. Do You Want to Be Somebody?, 148, 30. The Bottom Line of Christian Ministry, 152, CHAPTER 1PREACH THE WORD!What is preaching?The term Paul used in 2 Timothy 4:2, where he charges Timothy to preach the Word, was originally a political term, not a religious one. It referred to the function of a herald. If the king had a message to get out, he couldn't just call a press conference and have all the news media publish or broadcast his remarks. He would dispatch his herald to deliver his message to his people. When the herald arrived at a city, he would cry out his message in a grave, formal, and authoritative voice. When he spoke, the people did well to listen and take heed. To ignore the herald's message was to reject the king's authority. And the herald would be careful to proclaim the king's message with clarity and accuracy. To misrepresent the king's message was just as dangerous as rejecting it.This is the picture that naturally came to Timothy's mind when Paul charged him to be God's herald who faithfully proclaims the Word of God. And the assignment has not changed for those of us who preach today. We must preach the Word.It is God's will to save the lost and sanctify the church through faithful, biblical, Christ-centered preaching. Unfortunately, biblical preaching is not a high priority for many people looking for a church. Secondary things like music styles, ministry programs, and congregational prominence are often deemed more important than biblical preaching. In some instances, church shoppers consider a congregation's available parking spaces before they ever consider that congregation's doctrinal positions. Consequently, many pastors and churches—seeking either survival on one hand or success on the other—have compromised the centrality of preaching.But preaching is and has always been the distinguishing mark of the true church of Jesus Christ. Faithful preaching is the essential mark of the true church, because if a church faithfully preaches the Word and allows its life to be shaped by it, everything will eventually fall into its proper place. Conversely, a church's apparent success is only incidental if it does not have a biblical standard of measuring, sustaining, or renewing its ministry. Biblical preaching is the central, primary, and decisive function of those God calls to shepherd the church.Paul's charge to Timothy is the Lord's charge to every preacher: Preach the Word! This divine command obligates us to preach; moreover, it specifies what we are to preach: the Word. The importance of preaching rests in its content, not in its function. Our preaching is not the reason the Word works. The Word is the reason our preaching works. This is th
