__Preaching today all too often tragically misses the point.__

We've all heard sermons that sound more like a lecture, filling the head but not the heart. And we've all heard sermons tailored to produce an emotional experience, filling the heart but not the head. But biblical preaching both informs minds and engages hearts—giving it the power to transform lives. By the Spirit's grace, biblical preaching brings truth home from the heart of the preacher to the heart of the hearer.

Joel Beeke—a pastor and professor of preaching with over four decades of experience—explores the fundamental principles of Reformed experiential preaching, examining sermons by preachers from the past and bridging the historical gap by showing pastors what the preaching of God's life-transforming truth looks like today.

This robust treatment of Reformed experiential preaching by experienced pastor and professor Joel Beeke explores what experiential preaching is, examines sermons by key preachers in history, and shows how experiential preaching can best be done today.

\["For pastors seeking to improve their preaching skills", "Helps avoid common pitfalls in modern preaching styles", "You will transform your sermons and impact your listeners"\]

Reformed Preaching teaches you how to engage both mind and heart in sermons.

Joel Beeke

Cover

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Endorsements

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Foreword

Preface and Acknowledgments

Part 1 Reformed Experiential Preaching Defined and Described

1 What Is Reformed Experiential Preaching?

2 Preaching from Head to Heart

3 Major Elements of Reformed Experiential Preaching

4 The Experiential Preacher

Part 2 Reformed Experiential Preaching Illustrated

5 Reformation Preachers: Zwingli, Bullinger, and Oecolampadius

6 Reformation Preachers: Calvin

7 Reformation Preachers: Beza

8 Introduction to Puritan Preaching

9 Puritan Preachers: Perkins

10 Puritan Preachers: Rogers, Sibbes, and Preston

11 The Westminster Directory and Preaching

12 Puritan Preachers: Goodwin and Shepard

13 Puritan Preachers: Bunyan

14 Introduction to the Dutch Further Reformation

15 Dutch Preachers: Teellinck, van Lodenstein, and à Brakel

16 Dutch Reformed Preaching in America: Frelinghuysen

17 Eighteenth-C entury Preachers: Halyburton, Edwards, and Davies

18 Nineteenth-C entury Preachers: Alexander, M`Cheyne, and Ryle

19 Twentieth-C entury Preachers: Wisse and Lloyd-J ones

Part 3 Preaching Experientially Today

20 Preaching with Balance

21 Application Starts with the Preacher

22 Effective Preaching about God and Man

23 Preaching the Gospel to the Heart

24 Preaching for Holiness

Bibliography

General Index

Scripture Index

__Preaching today all too often tragically misses the point.__

We’ve all heard sermons that sound more like a lecture, filling the head but not the heart. And we’ve all heard sermons tailored to produce an emotional experience, filling the heart but not the head. But biblical preaching both informs minds and engages hearts—giving it the power to transform lives. By the Spirit’s grace, biblical preaching brings truth home from the heart of the preacher to the heart of the hearer.

Joel Beeke—a pastor and professor of preaching with over four decades of experience—explores the fundamental principles of Reformed experiential preaching, examining sermons by preachers from the past and bridging the historical gap by showing pastors what the preaching of God’s life-transforming truth looks like today.

"Reformed Preaching" by Joel R. Beeke offers insights into biblical preaching that engages both mind and heart. It examines historical sermons and principles for transformative preaching today.

\["For Church leaders and preachers","Joel Beeke explores ways of engaging hearts through traditional Reformed preaching","An illuminating call to solid and reliable messages of faith"\]

Foreword by Sinclair B. Ferguson  
Preface and Acknowledgments

Part One: Reformed Experiential Preaching Defined and Described

1. What Is Reformed Experiential Preaching?
2. Preaching from Head to Heart
3. Major Elements of Reformed Experiential Preaching
4. The Experiential Preacher

Part Two: Reformed Experiential Preaching Illustrated

5. Reformation Preachers: Zwingli, Bullinger, and Oecolampadius
6. Reformation Preachers: Calvin
7. Reformation Preachers: Beza
8. Introduction to Puritan Preaching
9. Puritan Preachers: Perkins
10. Puritan Preachers: Rogers, Sibbes, and Preston
11. The Westminster Directory and Preaching
12. Puritan Preachers: Goodwin and Shepard
13. Puritan Preachers: Bunyan
14. Introduction to the Dutch Further Reformation
15. Dutch Preachers: Teellinck, van Lodenstein, and à Brakel
16. Dutch Reformed Preaching in America: Frelinghuysen
17. Eighteenth-Century Preachers: Halyburton, Edwards, and Davies
18. Nineteenth-Century Preachers: Alexander, M`Cheyne, and Ryle
19. Twentieth-Century Preachers: Wisse and Lloyd-Jones

Part Three: Preaching Experientially Today

20. Preaching with Balance
21. Application Starts with the Preacher
22. Effective Preaching about God and Man
23. Preaching the Gospel to the Heart
24. Preaching for Holiness

Bibliography  
General Index  
Scripture Index

“Heart to heart: this is the preaching that ‘cuts us to the quick’ and applies the balm of Gilead. And it is marvelously modeled in this book. Having appreciated every sermon I’ve heard from Joel Beeke, I am sure that you will discern a refreshing connection between doctrine, experience, and life in his writing.”  
Michael Horton, J. Gresham Machen Professor of Systematic Theology and Apologetics, Westminster Seminary California; Host, White Horse Inn; author, Core Christianity

“Reformed Preaching is unique for its emphasis on learning to preach experientially from the Reformers and their theological successors through the centuries. Joel Beeke convincingly shows that Reformed preaching is doctrinally sound, profoundly personal, and effectively practical. Far from being a contemporary model, this work presents the preaching of the Reformation, which encompasses head, heart, and hands, as the enduring way to proclaim Scripture. This is a very foundational understanding of the Reformation impact on the history of the church.”  
John MacArthur, Pastor, Grace Community Church, Sun Valley, California; President, The Master’s Seminary; Chancellor, The Master’s University

“Faithful preaching is intimately bound up with the heartbeat of faithful Christian living. The proof of this is seen throughout the history of the church. Wills, affections, lives, churches, and entire communities have been transformed when the proclamation of God’s Word has reached beyond the mind to the heart. This was true during the Protestant Reformation, was repeated under the influence of the Puritans, and has been witnessed during times of revival. Joel Beeke mines the theology and practice of the great preacher-pastor-theologians of the past in a way that is guaranteed to bless and equip those who carry the baton for the generation they serve in the present and beyond.”  
Mark G. Johnston, Minister, Bethel Presbyterian Church, Cardiff, United Kingdom

“The ethos of this soul-satisfying book on preaching is not ‘fast forward to the new and fanciful’ but ‘turn your affections back to the solid theological foundations of the past.’ Too much modern-day preaching aims to attract the undiscerning hearer with exciting and flossy novelties. But godly church members hunger and thirst not for shallow novelty, but for real, solid, biblical preaching and genuine food for the soul. The author’s message is to open out the excellencies of the model preachers of the past—from Luther and Calvin to the great Puritans and right down to the beloved Martyn Lloyd-Jones, who died in 1981. Here is a book ideally suited to the reader who longs for solid preaching in the pulpit for his soul. For this reason, this is also an ideal book to place in the hands of the serious student for the ministry.”  
Maurice Roberts, Former Editor, The Banner of Truth magazine; author, The Thought of God and The Mysteries of God

Practice how you preach. A calling to teach the word in a way that nourishes and engages minds, Reformed Preaching is a vital and solid ministry resource for leaders.

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