Here are some interesting articles and videos from my favorite blogs and emails over the last week. I hope you enjoy them.

How to Expound and Illustrate the Text

If you have been wondering how to expound and illustrate the text you are preaching, here are two great articles for you to check out. These were written by the Dean of the College at Southwestern. You can read Thoughts on explaining a text by clicking here and Thoughts on Illustrating a text by clicking here.

Propaganda and The G.O.S.P.E.L.

I received an email with a video by Propaganda last week. He is a Christian rapper, and in his video he walks through The G.O.S.P.E.L. The acronym stands for: God Our Sin Paying Everyone Life. It is a great video. You can check it out by clicking here.

Preaching Christ from Leviticus

The Gospel Coalition has been providing resources to help pastors preach Christ from the Old Testament. They just released another segment, which is on Leviticus. If you have been wondering how Leviticus fits into God’s story, and how it points to Christ, you can check out Collin Hansen’s interview of Jay Sklar by clicking here. If you are looking for more resources you can find interviews, book recommendations, sermon illustrations, and workshops by clicking here.

Tim Challies and The Next Story

Here is a video of Tim Challies talking about his new book The Next Story. In the video, he explains some of the big take aways from the book. To watch click here.

Why is Hell Forever?

Lastly, Russell Moore answers the question: “Why is Hell Forever?” You can find out by clicking here.