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Featured Publication
Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon, 2nd ed. (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2005)
"This is an outstanding tool for students of homiletics. It is the best I have seen on this subject. The book crystallizes the essence of expository preaching and presents clear, transferable principles for preaching effectively. The book itself is structured in a lucid, readable format." - R.C. Sproul
Christ-Centered Preaching will soon be available in a French-language edition.
Books
Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon, 2nd ed. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2005. The original 1994 edition was selected as Preaching magazine's Book of the Year and received the Religious SpeechCommunication Association's Book of Year award in 1996. Translated into multiple languages around the world.
Christ-Centered Worship, forthcoming in 2009.
Commentary on Ephesians in the Reformed Expository Commentary series. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R, forthcoming.
Each for the Other: Marriage as It’s Meant to Be, 2nd ed., with Kathleen G. Chapell. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2006.
I&II Timothy and Titus, with Kent Hughes. Preaching the Word Commentary Series. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2000.
Holiness by Grace: Delighting in the Joy that is Our Strength. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2001; Gold Medallion Award finalist.
I’ll Love You Anyway and Always. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2001.
Perspective on the Subscription Standards of the Presbyterian Church in America; pamphlet submitted to the 29th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. St. Louis: Covenant Theological Seminary Publication, 2001.
Praying Backwards: Transform Your Prayer Life by Beginning in Jesus’ Name. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2005.
The Promises of Grace. Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2001; rev. ed. of In the Grip of Grace: When You Can't Hang On: The Promises Of Romans 8. Baker, 1992.
A Study Guide for Licensure and Ordination, with James Meek. Atlanta: Christian Education and Publications, 1995; MNA Korean translation, 1995; rpt. 1997; rev. and rpt. 2002).
Using Illustrations to Preach with Power. Grand Rapids: Zondervan Publishing Co., 1992; Arabic trans. 1997; rev. ed. Carol Stream, IL: Crossway, 2001.
Why We Baptize Children. Phillipsburg, NJ: P& R, 2007.
The Wonder of It All: Rediscovering the Treasures of Your Faith. Carol Stream, IL: Crossway, 1999; Gold Medallion
finalist.
Articles
“A Christian Journalism,” in Speaking the Truth, ed. Kimberly Collins. New York: World Journalism Institute, 2008, 101-124. Originally published in Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 29, no. 2 (Fall 2003), 65-75.“Christology,” in the New Interpreter’s Bible Handbook of Preaching. Nashville: Abingdon, forthcoming.
“Foreword,” in Calls to Worship: A Pocket Resource by Robert I. Vasholz (Scotland, UK: Christian Focus, 2008).
“Here We Stand: Rooted in Grace for Reformation and Transformation” and “The Necessity of Preaching Grace for Progress in Sanctification,” in All for Jesus: A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Covenant Theological Seminary, ed. Robert A. Peterson and Sean Michael Lucas. Fearn, Tain, Great Britain: Christian Focus, 2006).
“God is the Hero of the Story: The Story of the Gospel Applied to Exposition,” Preaching 21, no. 5 (March-April,
2006), 30-34.
"The Submissive Wife," Modern Reformation 14, no. 6 (November/December, 2005), 25-32.
“The Fallen Condition Focus and the Purpose of the Sermon,” Preaching 20, no. 6 (May-June, 2005), 28-33.
“The Future of Expository Preaching,” Part 1: Preaching 20, no. 2 (September-October, 2004), 8-10, 40-43; Part 2: Preaching. 20, no. 3 (November-December, 2004), 28-30.
“What is Expository Preaching: An Interview with Bryan Chapell,” Preaching 16, no. 5 (Mar-Apr, 2001), 10.