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On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.

#178 | 25 Books on Preaching You Should Read

On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.

H.B. Charles, Jr.

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 578 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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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. discusses 25 books on preaching you should read. 

  1. Preaching by Michael Reeves
  2. 12 Essentials for Great Preaching by Wayne McDill
  3. Preaching & Preachers by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
  4. Anointed Expository Preaching by Steven Olford & David Olford 
  5. Small Preaching by Johnathan Pennington 
  6. Lectures To My Students by Charles Haddon Spurgeon 
  7. Learning From A Legend by Jared E. Alcantara 
  8. Expository Preaching by David Helm 
  9. The Supremacy of God In Preaching by John Piper 
  10. Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell 
  11. Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robison 
  12. Why Johnny Can't Preach by T. David Gordon 
  13. Power in the Pulpit by Jerry Vines & Jim Shaddix 
  14. Preaching by John F. MacArthur & The Master's Seminary Faculty 
  15. Doctrine That Dances by Robert Smith Jr. 
  16. Preaching With Passion by Alex Montoya 
  17. Between Two Worlds by John R.W. Stott 
  18. Preaching by Timothy Keller 
  19. Saving Eutychus by Gary Millar & Phil Campbell 
  20. Simplicity in Preaching by J.C. Ryle 
  21. A Manual for Preaching by Abraham Kuruvilla 
  22. Your Old Testament Sermons Need to Get Saved by David M. King 
  23. Planning Your Preaching by Stephen Rummage 
  24. Preaching That Changes Lives by Michael Fabarez 
  25. The Pastor's Public Ministry by Terry L. Johnson 

For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com 

Transcript

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0:00.0

This is the on preaching podcast with H.B. Charles Jr.

0:12.3

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 to

0:29.9

about 25 books on preaching you should read so faithful preachers are growing preachers. And I believe in the spirit of 1st Timothy

0:41.8

chapter 4, verse 15, that the preacher should always be making progress. There in 1st Timothy

0:50.3

415, Paul tells Timothy that his progress should be evident to all I think as a preacher

0:59.1

we should always be making progress I think that happens several ways I think you make

1:07.4

progress as a preacher by studying preaching I think you make progress as a preacher by studying preaching. I think you make progress in preaching by

1:16.4

preaching. And I think you make progress in preaching through conversations with other preachers.

1:24.7

You need a band of preachers that will, a band of brothers that will encourage

1:30.6

you in your preaching. It's really that first point that I really want to lean into in this

1:37.2

episode of the podcast. You learn to preach by studying preaching. I think that, of course,

1:43.4

involves formal training, but it also involves

1:47.3

ongoing training. And one of the ways that you should engage in ongoing training is by reading

1:55.5

good books on the subject of preaching. Actually with me, I am always reading something on preaching.

2:07.6

I'm reading four or five books at a time usually,

2:13.6

and whatever that circle of books may be, there's always something on preaching when I

2:21.2

may go through something very quickly or may take me a long time to get through it.

2:26.4

But either way, I'm going to be reading something on preaching.

2:32.1

That's not what I want to recommend to you today.

2:34.3

I want to challenge you in this podcast episode to just make a commitment to yourself

2:40.0

that in your annual reading list,

2:43.9

that once a year you are going to read something on preaching.

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