Two Ways to Preach the Prodigal Son

Two Ways to Preach the Prodigal Son

From Expositors Collective: Expository Preaching, Bible Teaching and Sermon Preparation by Mike Neglia

June 2, 2026 · 51 min · Season 7 · Episode 22

About this episode

Mike Neglia discusses how to preach Gospel centered sermons using the Prodigal Son as an example.

The Bible makes sense in its deepest and richest capacity only when we read it through Jesus shaped goggles. When we see all of it through the lens of its Main Character – it should cause us to preach explicitly Christian sermons. Mike Neglia (with some help from Pilgrim Benham) explains, shows and tells how to preach Gospel centered sermons that proclaim the gospel from every passage at our in-person training event in St Petersburg, Florida. After graduating Bible college in Siegen, Germany in the summer of 2002, Mike flew to London, then hitchhiked across the UK and over to Ireland and finished up in the city of Cork. He helped out with Calvary Chapel Cork for a few weeks of summer outreaches and intended on leaving, but the pastor asked him to stay on “for a little bit longer.” He stayed in Cork as a full-time missionary youth outreach coordinator/assistant for more than two years. In 2005 the pastor felt called by the Lord to go elsewhere (New Zealand) and asked if Mike and Rachel would consider staying on and taking over the church. His first Sunday morning was October 18, 2005, preaching to a congregation of four people. Recommended Episodes: Is it a stretch to say that…

People in this episode

Host: Mike Neglia

Guest: Pilgrim Benham

Topics covered

  • expository preaching
  • Gospel centered sermons
  • Bible teaching
  • Christianity
  • Prodigal Son
  • sermon preparation

Keywords

  • Prodigal Son
  • expository preaching
  • Gospel centered
  • Bible teaching
  • sermon preparation
  • Christian sermons

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Places: St Petersburg, Florida, Siegen, Germany, London, UK, Ireland, Cork

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