Preaching and Preachers

This week, Dr. Robert Smith Jr. joins me on the podcast to reflect on his ministry of preaching and teaching. Robert Smith Jr. serves as Distinguished Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School. Before Smith served as professor of Christian preaching at Beeson for more than 25 years and held the Charles T. Carter Baptist Chair of Divinity. Previously, he served as the Carl E. Bates Associate Professor of Christian Preaching at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. Smith is the 2017 E. K. Bailey Expository Preaching Conference Living Legend.

He is a contributing editor for a study of Christian ministry in the African American church, Preparing for Christian Ministry, and is co-editor of A Mighty Long Journey. Additionally, he has served as an editor of Our Sufficiency Is of God: Essays on Preaching in Honor of Gardner C. Taylor (Mercer University Press, Macon, Georgia: 2010) and Worship, Tradition, and Engagement: Essays in Honor of Timothy George (Eugene, OR: Pickwick, 2018). He has written the book, Doctrine That Dances: Bringing Doctrinal Preaching and Teaching to Life (B&H Publishing Group, Nashville: 2008), which was selected as the winner of the 2008 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Preaching magazine and the 2009 Preaching Book of the Year Award by Christianity Today’s preaching.com. In 2010, Preaching magazine named Doctrine That Dances one of the 25 most influential books in preaching for the last 25 years. He also has written The Oasis of God: From Mourning to Morning—Biblical Insights from Psalms 42 and 43. His latest book is Christ-Centered Exposition Commentary: Exalting Jesus in Joshua (B&H Publishing Group, Nashville).

On today’s episode, we’re bringing you a special recording from a recent Preaching and Preachers Workshop titled "Study to Show Thyself Approved." These workshops are held throughout the year—both on our campus and in cities near you—and are designed to serve and strengthen those called to the task of biblical preaching.

Each workshop will consist of sermons and lectures from world-class expositors, open Q&A sessions, roundtable discussions, coaching, meals, and free resources. We hope that you will leave equipped, connected, and inspired for the task of biblical preaching within your church.

For more information, go to preachingandpreachers.org.

This week, Dr. Peter J. Williams joins me for a Q&A session from his recent visit to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Williams is the Principal and CEO of Tyndale House, Cambridge. Additionally, Dr. Willians is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, Chair of the International Greek New Testament Project and a member of the Translation Oversight Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible. He assisted Dr Dirk Jongkind in Tyndale House’s production of a major edition of the Greek New Testament and his book Can We Trust the Gospels? (Crossway, 2018) has been translated into 14 languages. His latest book, The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher (Crossway), was published in October 2023.

*This episode was originally recorded on 2/4/19.

This week on Preaching and Preachers, Dr. Dan DeWitt joins me in a discussion on preaching in a fallen world. Dr. DeWitt is Professor of Worldview and Culture and Executive Director of the Center for Worldview and Culture at Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO.

**This episode was originally published on 1/28/2019.

This week on Preaching and Preachers, H. B. Charles joins me in a discussion on the preacher and self-glory. H. B. is the senior pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. 

In this week's episode, Dr. Jared Bumpers joins me again as we discuss a portion of my book Letters to My Students, Vol. 2. Particularly, we discuss the pastor and developing leaders.

This week, Dr. Jared Bumpers is joined by Dr. Jason DeRouchie as they discuss Dr. DeRouchie's most recent book, Delighting in the Old Testament published by Crossway.

Dr. DeRouchie serves as Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology and Rich and Judy Hastings Endowed Chair of Old Testament Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has published several works including 40 Questions about Biblical Theology, A Call to Covenant Love, How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Application. 

This week on Preaching and Preachers, Tim Challies joins me to discuss his recent book Seasons of Sorrow and how we can serve those in the midst of sorrow as Christian ministers. Tim regularly writes on his blog, challies.com, and he is the author of several books, including the book of our discussion, Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God.

*This episode was originally published on 1/22/2019.

This week on Preaching and Preachers, Dr. Bruce Ware joins me in a discussion on the pastor and the Holy Spirit. Dr. Ware serves as the T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

In this week's episode, Dr. Jared Bumpers joins me again as we discuss a portion of my book Letters to My Students, Vol. 1. Particularly we discuss the preacher and Christocentric preaching.