Expositors Collective: Expository Preaching, Bible Teaching and Sermon Preparation

What if a sermon gets the facts right but misses the way God chose to tell the story? Mike Neglia talks with Grace Campbell about why biblical genre matters for Bible interpretation and expository preaching. Scripture comes to us as narrative, poetry, wisdom, letters, parables and apocalyptic vision—not as interchangeable containers for three-point outlines. How can preachers attend to both what a...

What do you say when a family is grieving and you have been asked to preach? How do you honour the person who has died, make room for sorrow, and speak of the hope of Christ without offering easy answers? In this vintage Expositors Collective interview, Paul talks with Mike Neglia about the work that happens before a funeral sermon is written: being present with the family, listening to their memo...

Who is helping to shape your tomorrow, and whose future are you helping to shape today? In episode 451 of the Expositors Collective Podcast, Pastor Danny Ramos explores the heart of Christian mentorship and explains why investing personally in others is among the most rewarding and fruitful forms of ministry. Recorded at the Expositors Collective training event at Reliance Church in Temecula, Cali...

What should a preacher do when the Bible addresses a culturally explosive issue? Can a sermon be useful but insufficiently centred on Christ? How much of the preacher’s own life belongs in the pulpit—and what happens after you preach a sermon that simply did not work? In episode 450 of the Expositors Collective Podcast, Mike Neglia moderates a lively preaching Q&A with Dr Alan Stoddard, Cody K...

Can a sermon be biblically accurate, practically helpful, and still miss the point? At an Expositors Collective training event at Reliance Church in Temecula, California, Cody King and Mike Neglia conducted a revealing experiment: two different sermons from the same passage, Ruth chapter 2. Before this recording, Cody intentionally delivered a moralistic sermon focused on Ruth’s work ethic and Boa...

Artificial intelligence is already changing how pastors research, write, communicate, and manage the practical demands of ministry. But does using AI necessarily make a preacher less faithful, less authentic, or less dependent upon God? Mike Neglia speaks with pastor, theologian, and AI developer Miles DeBenedictis about the opportunities and ethical challenges that artificial intelligence present...

In this practical session from the Expositors Collective training event at Reliance Church in Temecula, California, Bryan Stupar introduces the inductive Bible study method. He defines it as slowing down to observe what the Bible says, understand what it means, and respond with worship and obedience. Inductive Bible study helps us move from asking, “What do I want the text to say?” to asking, “Wha...

The Value and Power of Expository Preaching with Dr. Danny Hyde What gives expository preaching its power? It is not the preacher’s personality, originality, or exegetical brilliance. According to Dr. Danny Hyde, its power comes from the eternal God, who brings his eternal promise into time through finite human words. In this message from the Expositors Collective gathering in Temecula, California...

How do you prepare to preach when sermon preparation is not part of your weekly routine? In this conversation, Mike Neglia speaks with his friend Noah Beumer, a pastor on staff at Calvary Boise in Idaho, where he currently oversees missions. Before moving into that role, Noah spent many years leading worship, and he now participates in Calvary Boise’s collaborative teaching team. Noah reflects on...

How can preachers help people hear Scripture rather than merely collect information about it? In this conversation, Mike speaks with New Testament scholar David B. Capes about conversational preaching, the public reading of Scripture, recovering the Old Testament and its language of lament, and recognising the scriptural world that shaped the New Testament writers. David also explains how Matthew...

Nancy Guthrie has spent years helping Christians understand how the whole Bible fits together and how every part of Scripture leads us to behold Jesus Christ. She is a Bible teacher, author, host of  Help Me Teach the Bible , and a graduate of Reformed Theological Seminary whose Biblical Theology Workshops have equipped Bible teachers across the United States and around the world.  In this convers...

In this episode of the Expositors Collective Podcast, Mike Neglia sits down with Pastor Tommy Cota for a conversation about conversion, calling, sermon preparation, and the ongoing work of growing as a Bible teacher. Tommy shares the remarkable story of how Jesus transformed his life after years of alcohol and drug use and five and a half years in the California state prison system. Following his...

John Whitaker believes that every sermon should have a purpose and a point - because we aren't just teaching the Bible, we are teaching the Bible  to people.     In this session (recorded in 2025 at our St Pete, Florida preacher training event) John speaks about the need to hone our homiletical skills so that we can connect with our congregations as complicated individuals, rather than a block...

Preachers do not merely need to understand the gospel accurately. They need the gospel to function at the centre of their hearts, their sermons, their pastoral ministry, and their lives. Mike Bullmore joins Mike Neglia to discuss his new book,  The Heart of Preaching: The Functional Centrality of the Gospel in the Life and Work of the Preacher , published by 9Marks with a foreword by D. A. Carson....

Matt Shantz Lead Pastor of Central Community Church in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, and host of the Deep Thoughts podcast. When a preacher quotes someone from the pulpit, what are they actually endorsing? How do churches move beyond wishing for more Bible teachers to intentionally training them? And what kind of feedback has the power to reshape a preacher's ministry for decades? In t...

A great sermon doesn’t begin with a microphone—it begins with a voice that has been forged in obscurity.   In this episode of the Expositors Collective podcast, Pastor Ryan Marr of Calvary Chapel St. Petersburg invites listeners behind the scenes of that often hidden process, tracing the slow, sometimes painful work of *finding your own teaching voice*. Far from offering quick tips or performance...

What can Irish Presbyterianism teach the wider church about preaching? In this wide-ranging conversation, Mike Neglia sits down with his friend Rev Richie Cronin to discuss the craft, character, and calling of faithful ministry. Drawing from his experience in Irish Presbyterian circles, Richie reflects on the influences that shaped him, the books and mentors that formed him, and the lessons he has...

Artificial intelligence can generate outlines, summaries, illustrations, and sermon-like content in seconds. But should preachers use it? And if so, how? In this episode of the Expositors Collective podcast, Mike Neglia hosts a live panel discussion with Bob Franquiz, Pilgrim Benham, Ryan Marr, and Alan Stoddard on AI, ChatGPT, pastoral integrity, and the future of sermon preparation. Rather than...

The Bible makes sense in its deepest and richest capacity only when we read it through Jesus shaped goggles. When we see all of it through the lens of its Main Character – it should cause us to preach explicitly Christian sermons. Mike Neglia (with some help from Pilgrim Benham) explains, shows and tells how to preach Gospel centered sermons that proclaim the gospel from every passage at our in-pe...

When a sermon feels alive on Sunday, it usually did not begin on Saturday night. In this practical and energising session, Bob Franquiz walks through the hidden work of faithful sermon preparation, showing how expository preaching is shaped by disciplined rhythms, careful attention to the text, clear structure, meaningful application, and a pastor’s love for the people in front of him. Bob explain...

Danny Keating chats with Mike about how our last in-person training event went, how he is implementing some of its curriculum into his own church in Waterford, Ireland, and they almost miss their flight!

The life of the preacher matters, and in this searching message Dr Alan Stoddard calls Bible teachers back to integrity, honesty, holiness, and the fear of God. Originally delivered at an Expositors Collective training event in St Petersburg, Florida in 2025, this episode addresses one of the most urgent questions facing pastors and ministry leaders today: what kind of person should stand before G...

Preach Small: Faithfulness, Creation, and Church Planting In this episode of the Expositors Collective podcast, Mike speaks with Seth Lewis , pastor of Carrigtwohill Baptist Church in County Cork, Ireland, about the quiet and often hidden work of faithful ministry. Seth reflects on preaching during the first year of a church plant, the temptation to measure ministry by visible size or immediate re...

In this episode, Jonny Pollock joins Mike Neglia to reflect on preaching and pastoral ministry in small and rural church contexts. Jonny is the pastor of Calvary Church Loughrea, a church plant in a small town in County Galway, Ireland, which began in 2017 when he and his family relocated there to begin the work. After an initial season of prayer and Bible study, the church began gathering for Sun...

What does success in church planting actually look like? In this special crossover episode between the Expositors Collective and Cultivate podcasts, Mike Neglia speaks with Brian Kelly about the realities of planting and pastoring a church. Brian brings over twenty years of experience in church planting and mission work across East Africa, New Zealand, and the United States, along with firsthand i...