#225 | How Expository Preaching Transforms Your Ministry
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
H.B. Charles, Jr.
4.9 • 578 Ratings
🗓️ 6 April 2026
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
A conversation with Douglas Sean O'Donnell, the Senior Vice President of Bible Editorial and Church Resources at Crossway in Wheaton, Illinois. Learn how disciplined study and a focus on the text can revolutionize your pulpit ministry as Doug shares his journey from pastoral ministry to Bible publishing and offers practical advice for preaching difficult books like Ecclesiastes.
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The 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.Co
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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. |
| 0:19.7 | But I'm grateful that I have a new partnership with Luke Clayton and the team at IncreaseCreative.co. |
| 0:27.5 | They are helping me to produce each new episode of this podcast. |
| 0:33.1 | 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. |
| 0:47.7 | You could look them up again at increasedcreative.co |
| 0:50.9 | or find more information on the show notes of this episode. Check them out. |
| 0:57.9 | This is the On Preaching Podcast with H.B. Charles Jr. The podcast dedicated to helping |
| 1:04.3 | you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. |
| 1:19.1 | Good day, friends, and thanks for listening or watching the On Preaching Podcast. |
| 1:26.6 | In this episode of the podcast, I am honored to chat with Douglas Sean O'Donnell. I originally asked him to consider letting me interview him because when I was preaching last year |
| 1:35.9 | through the book of Mark, about halfway through the book of Mark, I got my hands on expository reflections on the gospel of Mark. |
| 1:49.6 | And it rapidly became one of my favorite resources. |
| 1:54.0 | I want to talk to him about preaching the gospel of Mark, but he's also written widely beyond that. |
| 2:01.0 | So we get a chance to talk to him about preaching in general and some of the |
| 2:06.6 | commentaries he's written. |
| 2:08.1 | Thank you for being on with us. |
| 2:09.4 | It's an honor to have you. |
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