#154 | How to Learn to Preach
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
H.B. Charles, Jr.
4.9 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 4 March 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better.
In this episode, H.B. talks about practical ways to learn to preach - or to preach better.
How can I learn to preach better?
- By studying the Bible.
- Through prayer to God.
- By listening to good preaching.
- By preaching.
- By studying preaching.
- In conversation with other preachers.
- Through constructive feedback.
For contact, information, and resources, hbcharlesjr.com.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the on preaching podcast with H.B. Charles Jr. |
| 0:13.1 | The podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better good day and thanks for listening to the podcast in this episode i want to talk about |
| 0:31.7 | how to learn to preach but first let me take a moment to say why you should learn to preach. You should |
| 0:41.9 | constantly be learning to preach faithfully, clearly, and better because of the divine call |
| 0:51.0 | that is on your life and ministry. You should strive to grow better as a preacher because you are |
| 0:59.8 | a steward of the Word of God and the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. You should strive to work at |
| 1:10.0 | your preaching because you will have to give an account for the souls that have |
| 1:16.2 | been entrusted to your care. You should try to learn to preach faithfully, clearly, and better because |
| 1:23.7 | in the words of Martin Luther, the pulpit is the throne of the word of God. You should seek to learn |
| 1:32.1 | to preach better because you desire to glorify God in the service and shepherding you render |
| 1:42.9 | as a preacher and teacher of the word. |
| 1:46.8 | I could keep going for a whole episode and give many more multiple reasons why you should |
| 1:54.1 | take this subject of preaching seriously. |
| 1:57.0 | And it has nothing to do with pride, prestige, platforms. Of course, we must guard our hearts |
| 2:07.4 | from those things at all times, but really, with a humble spirit before God, you should be |
| 2:16.8 | constantly working on the craft to which the Lord has divinely |
| 2:21.8 | called you so that you would be a worker, 2 Timothy 215, who has no need to be ashamed, rightly |
| 2:30.6 | handling the word of truth. The question I want us to explore in this episode of the podcast is how do you learn to preach? |
| 2:40.3 | Or how can you learn to preach better? |
| 2:45.1 | Let me offer several suggestions as quickly as I can. |
| 2:58.4 | Number one, you learn to preach by learning your Bible. |
| 3:11.7 | The power in preaching is not in the function of preaching, the act of preaching. The power of preaching is in the content. The power of preaching is in the message. The power of preaching rest in the truth. We have been called and |
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