#178 | 25 Books on Preaching You Should Read
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Release Date: 04/08/2025
#180 | The Prayer-Saturated Sermon
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. discusses seven marks of a prayer-saturated sermon. Pray for wisdom as you plan the sermon. Pray for illumination as you study the text. Pray for obedience as you learn the truth. Pray for clarity as you craft the sermon. Pray for consecration as you prepare to preach. Pray for power as you preach the message. Pray for fruit after the sermon is preached. For contact, information, and resources, visit...
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#179 | Preaching Easter
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. How should you approach preaching Easter? Preach a sermon. Preach a well-prepared sermon. Preach Jesus. Preach the old, old story. Preach the gospel. Preach for a verdict. Preach as a witness. For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.
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#178 | 25 Books on Preaching You Should Read
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
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. Preaching by Michael Reeves 12 Essentials for Great Preaching by Wayne McDill Preaching & Preachers by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones Anointed Expository Preaching by Steven Olford & David Olford Small Preaching by Johnathan Pennington Lectures To My Students by Charles Haddon Spurgeon Learning From A Legend by Jared E. Alcantara Expository Preaching by David Helm The...
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#177 | 4 Targets of Gospel Application
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. discusses four targets of gospel application in your preaching. A sermon should include explanation, application, and illustration. For many, effective application is difficult to develop. But this principle might be helpful: Think about the who before you think about how. Here are four targets you should factor into your sermon applications. The Unsaved The Unchurched The Unsure The Uncommitted For contact, information, or...
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#176 | Biblical Convictions for Expository Preaching
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. discusses biblical convictions for expository preaching. If you do not believe the Bible, you should not be in the pulpit! If you are to be a faithful preacher, you must know where you stand and why. What must you believe about scripture to preach faithfully and fruitfully? Scripture is necessary. Scripture is divine. Scripture is true. Scripture is authoritative. Scripture is inerrant. Scripture is clear. ...
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#175 | 10 Ways to Conclude a Sermon
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. discusses ten ways to conclude a sermon. An effective sermon conclusion is brief, singular, and persuasive. What are the ten ways to conclude a sermon effectively? Summary Climax Application Challenge Solution Vision-Casting Testimony Illustration Celebration Invitation For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com.
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#174 | Pitfalls of Sermon Preparation
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. discusses the pitfalls of sermon preparation. Having no sermon plan. Busyness. Ministerial sloth. Not eliminating distractions. Starting too late. Neglecting the biblical text. Not allowing the text to speak to you personally. Consulting too many resources. Failing to strive for clarity. Sloppy sermon structure. Prayerlessness. For contact, resources, or information, visit...
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#173 | Collecting Tools for Biblical Preaching
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. discusses collecting study tools for biblical preaching. Build your library strategically. Start with the basics. Ask the help. Get the best works. Make friends with authors. Date before you marry. Buy individual commentaries. Find used copies. Decide between physical and electronic. Cover the bases. for contact, resources, and information, visit hbcharlesjr.com
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#172 | A Tribute to John A. Reed Jr.
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. gives a brief tribute to the late John A. Reed Jr., who recently passed away. Dr. Reed was dear friends with H.B.'s father, and a father figure to H.B. after his Dad passed away. For more than six decades, John Reed led the Fairview Missionary Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City. He was a district moderator, state president, and vice president of the National Baptist Convention. He was also a friend to many preachers. For...
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#171 | My First Sermon. 40 Years Ago!
On Preaching with H.B. Charles Jr.
Welcome to The On Preaching Podcast, the podcast dedicated to helping you to preach faithfully, clearly, and better. In this episode, H.B. reflects on the first sermon he preached - forty years ago - August 26, 2024. The sermon was preached at a youth choir musical at the Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles, where H.B.'s dad - H.B. Charles Sr. - was the pastor. For contact, information, and resources, visit hbcharles.com.
info_outlineWelcome 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.
- Preaching by Michael Reeves
- 12 Essentials for Great Preaching by Wayne McDill
- Preaching & Preachers by D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
- Anointed Expository Preaching by Steven Olford & David Olford
- Small Preaching by Johnathan Pennington
- Lectures To My Students by Charles Haddon Spurgeon
- Learning From A Legend by Jared E. Alcantara
- Expository Preaching by David Helm
- The Supremacy of God In Preaching by John Piper
- Christ-Centered Preaching by Bryan Chapell
- Biblical Preaching by Haddon Robison
- Why Johnny Can't Preach by T. David Gordon
- Power in the Pulpit by Jerry Vines & Jim Shaddix
- Preaching by John F. MacArthur & The Master's Seminary Faculty
- Doctrine That Dances by Robert Smith Jr.
- Preaching With Passion by Alex Montoya
- Between Two Worlds by John R.W. Stott
- Preaching by Timothy Keller
- Saving Eutychus by Gary Millar & Phil Campbell
- Simplicity in Preaching by J.C. Ryle
- A Manual for Preaching by Abraham Kuruvilla
- Your Old Testament Sermons Need to Get Saved by David M. King
- Planning Your Preaching by Stephen Rummage
- Preaching That Changes Lives by Michael Fabarez
- The Pastor's Public Ministry by Terry L. Johnson
For contact, information, or resources, visit hbcharlesjr.com