#214 | Why I Use Study Bibles for Sermon Preparation
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
H.B. Charles, Jr.
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🗓️ 12 January 2026
⏱️ 23 minutes
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Discover why a study Bible is a vital tool for the pulpit. Learn how integrating these resources can strengthen your sermon preparation by providing essential historical and literary context.Get a new website, unlimited custom graphics, & full-service podcast production services at https://IncreaseCreative.Co/HBSubscribe to the Cutting It Straight magazine at https://CISmag.orgConnect with H.B. and access more resources at https://HBCharlesJr.comThe On Preaching Podcast is dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better.Hosted by H.B. Charles, Jr., Pastor-Teacher of Shiloh.Church in Jacksonville, Florida Produced by Luke Clayton and the team at IncreaseCreative.CoSHARE YOUR QUESTIONS, AND IT MAY BE FEATURED IN A FUTURE EPISODE.Drop a comment or go to https://ncrs.cc/opqa to ask your questions.
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| 0:00.0 | So, friends, this podcast started some years ago as a personal hobby. |
| 0:06.1 | It has become a little more than that. |
| 0:09.4 | Over the years of this podcast, I have basically done all of the work of the podcast by myself, show notes, recording, editing. |
| 0:19.6 | But I'm grateful that I have a new partnership with Luke Clayton |
| 0:23.8 | and the team at IncreaseCreative.co. They are helping me to produce each new episode of this |
| 0:31.9 | podcast. So this will, I hope, help us to publish on a more regular basis on Mondays |
| 0:39.6 | and will up the game on the quality of this podcast. |
| 0:43.7 | Luke and his team does great, great work. |
| 0:46.3 | I'd love to commend them to you. |
| 0:47.8 | You could look them up again at increasedcreative.com |
| 0:50.9 | or find more information on the show notes of this episode. Check them out. |
| 0:58.0 | This is the On Preaching Podcast with H.B. Charles Jr. The podcast dedicated to helping |
| 1:04.4 | you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. |
| 1:12.4 | Good day, friends. |
| 1:15.0 | And thanks for listening to the podcast. |
| 1:18.1 | In this episode, I want to answer this question. |
| 1:24.1 | Do you use study Bibles in your sermon preparation? |
| 1:35.0 | Let me start with the answer to that question up front. Absolutely. I use study Bibles in my sermon preparation process. And I want to talk to you about why and what |
| 1:43.4 | particular study Bibles that I use. |
| 1:49.0 | First of all, let me just define terms. By study Bible, we don't merely mean a Bible from which you study. You should have a Bible from which you study. It'd be great if it has |
| 2:04.6 | larger print and columns to write in and certain reference material built into that Bible that you |
| 2:11.7 | could take advantage of to get to some things quickly. That's great. But that's not what I'm |
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