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  Getting the Gold from the Text

  How do you capitalize on the inexhaustible riches of Scripture in your preaching-without sounding like a Bible commentary? An interview with author John Koessler.

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  Colleagues Help Grieving Professor Overcome Doubt

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  Ingredients of Rhetorical Power

  How well does this message use language?

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John Koessler's sermons

• Hallelujah Chorus

  The picture of true worship in Psalm 150

• The ABC's of Praise

  Learning God-honoring worship from Psalm 145

• Knowing the God Who Knows You

  A study of Psalm 139

John Koessler's illustrations

• Death: Our Enemy and Teacher

• God's Agenda Often Far More Commonplace Than We Imagine

• How Do We Feel About God's Loving Authority?

John Koessler's articles

• Why the Preacher Is Necessary to Preaching

  Sermons are embodied truth—and that truth comes through you.

• America's Gnostic Impulse

  A book review of Tom Long's 'Preaching from Memory to Hope'

• Does Being Tech-Savvy Cripple Preachers?

  A book review of 'Why Johnny Can't Preach'

Koessler's Blog:

• This Empire of Ruins
• This is the Way the Semester Ends
• Do We Have to Mention Jesus in Every Sermon?
• Does This Mean We Are Friends Now?

Connect:

Links:

• Moody Bible Institute (Chicago, Illinois)
• Blog

Books:

• The Moody Handbook of Preaching
• A Stranger in the House of God
• True Discipleship

Articles:

• Why It's Hard to Imagine that Heaven Is Real
• How should a leader respond to a wrongful accusation?