Preaching: A Personal Bible Study
by Glen Davis
Contemplate each passage, asking “What does this passage tell me about preaching? What does it imply or assume about the content of my preaching? What does it imply or assume about the manner of my preaching?” Pay particular attention to any use of the words “preach”, “proclaim” or “reason”.
For example, one of the first verses listed is Matthew 24:14, “And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” This is a fascinating verse with many implications for missions – but at present we are only concerned with what it says about preaching. In the blank space provided you would write something like, we preach the “gospel of the kingdom”
Passage / What Does It Imply, Assume Or Tell Me About Preaching?Matthew 10:5-20
Matthew 24:14
Matthew 28:19-20
Mark 16:15
Luke 16:16-17
Acts 10:25-32
Romans 10:5-9
Romans 10:14-15
Romans 15:15-21
1 Corinthians 1:17-25
1 Corinthians 2:1-16
1 Corinthians 4:17
1 Corinthians 9:1-27
1 Corinthians 12:29
1 Corinthians 15:1-11
2 Corinthians 4:2-5
Galatians 1:8-9
Ephesians 3:8-9
Ephesians 4:11
Colossians 1:21-29
Colossians 4:3-4
1 Thessalonians 1:4-7
1 Thessalonians 2:2-13
1 Timothy 1:3-7
1 Timothy 4:1-16
1 Timothy 6:3-5
2 Timothy 1:13-14
2 Timothy 2:1-19
2 Timothy 3:10-4:4
Titus 1:1-3
Titus 2:1-15
Hebrews 5:11-6:2
James 3:1
2 Peter 1:16-2:3
2 Peter 2:1-3
2 John 1:7-11
Examples of Biblical Preaching
These are merely snapshots of people preaching—these are not the lengthy sermons we find scattered throughout Acts (the text of those eighteen sermons constitute one quarter of the book of Acts). Engaging in a content analysis of them is worthwhile but beyond our concern at present.
Passage / What Can I Learn From This Example?Ezra 7:8-10
Nehemiah 8:8
Matthew 4:17
Matthew 9:35
Mark 1:14
Mark 6:7-12
Luke 3:3-9
Luke 4:14-21
Luke 4:42-44
Acts 4:1-2
Acts 5:42
Acts 8:12
Acts 9:20
Acts 9:26-30
Acts 10:39-42
Acts 17:1-3
Acts 18:4-5
Acts 18:19-22
Acts 20:20-21
Acts 26:20