The following video lectures are based on the book, How Sermons Work, by David Murray.

PREPARATION: PREPARING TO PREACH

See chapter 1 of How Sermons Work.

SELECTION: SELECTING A TEXT

2.1 Text or Topic?

2.2 Why Choose A Text?

2.3 What Is A Text?

2.4 Pros And Cons Of Consecutive Expository Preaching

2.5. How To Choose A Text

2.6 What Does A Good Text Look Like?

INTERROGATION: EXEGETING THE TEXT

3.1 Exegetical Foundations

3.2 Translation Questions

3.3 Background Questions

3.4 Genre Questions

3.5 Textual Questions

3.6 Contextual Questions

3.7 Christological Questions

3.8 Final Questions

VARIATION: VARYING OUR SERMONS

4.0 Ten Kinds Of Sermon

INTRODUCTION: INTRODUCING A SERMON

5.1 Positive Introductions

5.2 Negative Introductions

5.3 Twelve Introductions

ORGANIZATION (1): THE PRINCIPLES OF SERMON ORGANIZATION

6.1 Structure And Simplicity

6.2 Sermon Points

ORGANIZATION (2): THE PRACTICE OF SERMON ORGANIZATION

7.1 Ten Sermon Structures

7.2 Ten (More) Sermon Structures

APPLICATION (1): THE PRINCIPLES OF SERMON APPLICATION

8.1 What Is Application?

8.2 Principles Of Application (1)

8.3 The Principles Of Application (2)

APPLICATION (2): THE PRACTICE OF SERMON APPLICATION

9.1 Application: The Practice (1)

9.2 Application: The Practice (2)

PRESENTATION: PREACHING A SERMON

10.1 Preaching And Purity

10.2 Preaching And Prayer

10.5 Preaching And Pronunciation

10.6 Preaching And Passion

10.7 Preaching And People

10.8 Preaching And Plainness

10.10 Preaching And Paper

10.11 Preaching and Presence