Expositors Collective: Expository Preaching, Bible Teaching and Sermon Preparation

In a friendly, face to face conversation Mike speaks with Pastor Bob Hiller from Community Lutheran Church in Escondido California about what it means to “hand over the goods” and proclaim the forgiveness of sins in the name of Jesus.

Lindsay Kennedy highlights the unified themes and development of the individual psalms that make up the Psalter and suggests methods of preaching and teaching through the book of Psalms in this conversation with Mike Neglia. In part one of this two-part interview Lindsay builds the case that "The Psalms are a book of the Bible about Jesus"

Preaching mentorships are a key component of the Expositors Collective. When it comes to the craft of preaching everyone is called to be both a learner and a teacher. We have plenty to learn in our journey, and there are also newer and younger preachers behind us who could benefit from our coaching and encouragement. This talk from Michael Payne, which was recorded in February in Budapest, Hungary...

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Developing Your Gift - Developing Your GiftDeveloping Your Gift Recorded in Thousand Oaks California in  March of 2018, David Guzik speaks about the ways that preachers grow over time in the development of the gift that God has given them. He also answers questions from Mike Neglia and Michael McCalebb about fact-checking, lazy statistics and the benefits of deep thinking and meditating upon God's...

In this conversation from July, 2018, Mike speaks with Ted Leavenworth about the mistakes that new preachers most often make as they begin their public ministries. Whether it is cramming sermons with too much information, or ripping off the style or content of other more established preachers, Ted diagnoses both the problems and the solutions to many of these common early errors.

Every Bible teacher preaches topical sermons. Some preachers give topical messages from the pulpit every Sunday, and some only on holidays or for a special series, but all of us need to invest work into improving in this area of sermon preparation and delivery. Nick Cady answers some of Mike Neglia’s questions about best practices and techniques. Some topical preaching can be sloppy and biased, bu...

Nate Morris is the lead pastor of Mountain Life Calvary Chapel, with locations in the Vail and Roaring Fork Valleys of Colorado. Having grown up in the Colorado mountains, he has a special place in his heart for reaching and transforming mountain communities with the gospel. Nate served as a youth leader, worship leader, missions pastor & assistant pastor before stepping into God’s call on his lif...

Sébastien and Mike talk about earnestness and authenticity in preaching, and the priority of the Word of God above the opinions of learned men. Recorded in April of 2019 in New York City. Born in Montreal, Sébastien Frappier became a professional actor at the age of thirteen. Despite regular appearances within Quebecois television, film and stage productions for more than ten years, Sébastien foun...

Dr Jason Cruise speaks with Mike about the often-neglected importance of application in sermon preparation and delivery. He suggests that preachers are hesitant to bring out points of application because they don’t want to seem shallow, don’t want to spoon-feed their congregations or sometimes it may be that they are just plain lazy! Getting into the mindset of the average hearer will help preache...

In this workshop from 2017 Pete, Char and Mike walk through two different interpretive methods of a well known passage of scripture highlighting the difference between a man centered and gospel centered hermeneutic. As a pastor, musician and evangelist, Pete Nelson’s worldwide travels have given him a unique perspective on the church as well as the global need for the gospel. Pete’s previous pasto...

In this webinar, Ryan Huguley speaks about the importance of preaching to the head, heart and hands of our congregations. Since the Bible speaks to the intellectual, practical and emotional aspects of human life, so the preacher should do so as well. Ryan speaks about these three areas and then focuses on the heart and makes a case that the only way that a preacher can preach TO THE HEART is if th...

In episode 128 of the Expositors Collective podcast Jon Geraci speaks with Nick Cady about pastoral succession and what it was like to step into the lead role of an established church, as well as his journey of finding his own voice as a preacher after growing up as the son of a well-known and beloved pastor. Jon shares how his experience teaching children and leading a church plant helped him gro...

How have preachers throughout the centuries called for their hearers to put their trust in the saving work of Jesus Christ? How can preachers today extend the offer of forgiveness and hope to our unbelieving congregants? In this conversation between Dr Ian Clary and Mike Neglia they learn from Basil of Caesarerea, Jonathan Whitefield and their own personal experiences of evangelism done well (and...

What role should prayer play in our sermon preparation? What does it mean to meditate on God’s Word? How can the Spirit of God move upon and through our ministries? Adam Narciso answers these questions and more in episode 126 of the Expositors Collective podcast. Adam Narciso is the visionary and pioneer of Catalyst Ministries, a training and global outreach mission for the next generation. Since...

Mark Smith speaks with Mike Neglia about his love for Dublin and the need to develop truly contextualised preaching for each city that we minister in. He also speaks about “killing your darlings”, mind-maps and envisioning a preferred version of the future.   This was recorded in the summer of 2018 Mark is from Carrickfergus, Co. Antrim and is married to Philippa. He moved to Dublin in 2012 after...

Eric Cartier serves at Rocky Mountain Calvary in Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he has been on staff for the the past 20 years, initially as Jr. High Pastor, and now for many years as Senior Pastor. In this episode Nick and Eric talk about being yourself, finding your own voice as a preacher, and connecting with your audience. Eric tells his story of transitioning from teaching children and you...

In episode 123 David Downs speaks with Mike about clarity and precision in the pulpit, as well as the importance of “people time” and “paper time” in sermon preparation. David Downs has 14 years or church planting experience in Italy where he and his wife Denae are currently laboring to see a new church plant in the city of Torino (Turin), in Northwestern Italy. Calvary Torino’s desire is to see a...

Ray Ortlund speaks with Mike about the distinction between educational Bible teaching and heart stirring, encouraging true preaching. He believes that the goal of preaching is new life, liberation and freedom, not bondage, heaviness and law. And as the wonderful gospel of Jesus is placarded in a church, a culture of safety, warmth and welcome is created. Ray graduated from Wheaton College as a Bac...

The COVID-19 Pandemic has changed nearly every aspect of our lives and our churches. For those who are beginning to perform weddings again, we offer this episode to help you think through some of the practicalities as to how to serve the couple and their guests in the best way possible. The first half of the interview was recorded in January 2 and covers the important issues of brevity and tact, t...

Tom Burke speaks with Mike about “The Passport Principle”; what a communicator needs in order to travel into the worldview of those listening. They also swap house church stories, sermon preparation rhythms and remember a world without the internet! Tom Burke is a native of Cork City on the South coast of Ireland. He came to faith in his late teens from a nominal Catholic background. He is married...

Kalácska Norbert (Norbi) speaks with Mike about the unique burden that preachers experience during the preparation, delivery and even the aftermath of a message. They also speak about the importance of collaboration and other relevant topics. To watch some of Norbert’s sermons click here: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=golgota+budapest+Kal%C3%A1cska+Norbert