Younger Ministers Conference 2009

True preaching aims to do far more than inform and teach: it always has in mind the transformation of people's lives. Yet nothing is harder in preaching than applying a text to ourselves and to our hearers.

We must go beyond generalisations and pious thoughts, to bring the central thrust of the text to bear. We need application that is not an add-on to the sermon, but which flows out of the passage we preach.

In these talks David Jackman looks at some of the specific challenges of application with the aim of helping us preach sermons which are applied to mind, heart, and will.

This is the first of two talks from the 2009 Younger Ministers Conference

Part two of this series can be found here.

By looking at Jesus' last discourse, the night before he died, William Taylor helps us to hold up a plumbline against our own ministries. At the same time, he seeks to reshape, reenergise, correct and encourage us from this great teaching of Jesus.

This is the first of three sessions by William Taylor recorded at the 2009 Younger Ministers Conference.

By looking at Jesus' last discourse, the night before he died, William Taylor helps us to hold up a plumbline against our own ministries. At the same time, he seeks to reshape, reenergise, correct and encourage us from this great teaching of Jesus.

This is the third of three sessions by William Taylor recorded at the 2009 Younger Ministers Conference.