What is experiential preaching? Sometimes called "experimen­tal" preaching, this kind of preaching tends to apply the preaching text to the personal spir­itual experience of listeners. Often the phrase "experiential preach­ing" refers to sermons addressed to the heart. The preacher's expla­nation of the Bible passage issues in calls for self-examination and warnings against presumption, accompanied by the summons to surrender to God and to fight the reflexes of the old nature.

Covenantal preaching is most fully and biblically evangelistic preaching. I want to be clear about our objective in this article. Please do not expect that this article on evangelistic preaching will say everything that needs to be said about evangel­ism — even Reformed (biblical) evangelism. We will not be dis­cussing the value of strategies like advertising, book tables, home Bible studies, tape ministry, newsletters, or prison ministry. Rather, our focus will be on the kind of preaching that may be called evangelistic preaching.

Every religion has certain characteristics that sets it apart from its rivals. There are different traditions, customs, rituals, ceremonies, modes of worship and styles of preaching. Limiting ourselves to Christianity and preaching, there is a marked difference, for instance, between Roman Catholic, Lutheran, Anglican, Methodist, Pentecostal and Reformed or Calvinistic preaching.

In popular thinking, all of these unfortunate distinctions that easily arise from the very way our Bibles are arranged usually become — if we don't think carefully — spiritually fatal separations. Grace is separated from law, faith from works, the work of the Father from that of the Spirit, external form from internal intention. Among the earliest thinkers in church history who fell into this error was Marcion (2nd century). He taught that the OT came from the God of the Jews, who was also Creator and Lawgiver.

We hunger for sermons that throb with our Father's heartbeat. His pulsating heartbeat we have felt and heard in His very flesh-born Son, Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Since Pentecost, their energizing Spirit now pumps divine life through the church (and thereby through individual believers); their Spirit regulates the rhythm of our own hearts, purges our impurities, strengthens weak members for the work of faith-obedience.

A Bible passage qualifies as a preaching text only if it is a thought unit, if it communicates a unified message. A sermon based on assorted verses throughout Scripture, strung together because they happen to share words or phrases about 'suffering' or 'mothers,' for example, generally lifts these verses out of their God-given, inspired, canonical contexts.

Can I as pastor share some jokes from the pulpit? I guess you did not even think about this. So what do you think? This article calls us to think about the act of preaching. It looks at the preacher and the calling to preach. It calls for serious preaching.

What is the difference between experiential preaching, practical preaching, evangelistic preaching, and doctrinal preaching? While this article focuses on experiential preaching as to why it is needed, it also shares some light into other forms. Being conscious of all these may be of value to the preacher as he prepares sermons.

This article showing that the rarity of evangelistic preaching can be traced to the preacher, congregation, world, and devil. It also gives reasons why such preaching is needed, with demonstration from different kinds of sermons of such preaching, and closes with the characteristic of preaching that aims for conversion.

Expository preaching must be faithful to scripture, fine-tuned, focuses, fixed and filled. What does it mean? 

When the words of the prophets made no impact on the people, God visited them with deeds. He then had the prophets perform some unusual act which would make the people sit up and take notice. Once their curiosity had been stimulated, God would give an explanation for the act, hoping to thus turn their curiosity into genuine interest and their interest into faith and repentance. This article discusses an example from Jeremiah 13

What is experiential preaching? This article defines experiential preaching. It explains the importance of it and the Trinitarian character of it.

The redemptive-historical method, which is required by Scripture itself, stands opposed to the so-called exemplary method. What exactly was the exemplary method? Briefly, it was a method of considering the meaning of all kinds of moments in biblical history in such a way that we as believers receive an example of how we are or are not to act. Especially persons in Biblical History were considered as examples for later generations. 

This article discusses the character of Catechism preaching, as showing the unity of Scripture on any one doctrine.

This article considers the practice of Catechism preaching, as it is called for in the Church Order of Dort. It draws some conclusions regarding the special character of a Catechism sermon.

This article considers the practice of Catechism preaching in Reformed churches. It explains some of the history of the practice.

This article explains that catechism preaching kindles in our hearts the love for God. It enriches believers’ knowledge of Scripture, doctrinal knowledge, and experience of the Christian life.

What are the presuppositions that must govern the presentation of the gospel? This article shows that there are two: the holiness of God and the separation of man from God because of sin.

Preaching is experiential when addresses the questions, cares, temptations, and struggles of God's people. Looking at the Canons of Dort on the experience of faith, the author show how God's Word can be preached in such a way that such experience of faith is given attention, for the upbuilding of the body of Christ.

What is the relevance of Puritans for the church today? They are relevant because of their preaching. The Puritans were distinguished preachers. What made Puritan preaching so special? It is the nature of their preaching. 

Revival is the work of the Holy Spirit. However, the Spirit uses the means of preaching to bring revival. This article explains that such preaching is one that is anointed by the Spirit. What is a Spirit anointed preaching?