The importance of expository sermons

Today Tim Challies follows up an earlier post on the listener's responsibility in preaching with a reminder to both preachers and hearers on the importance of truly biblical preaching. Tim warns against being "swept up in all of the latest rages and programs" and reminds us that the best sermons are "firmly grounded in Scripture":

Expository preaching at its finest is the pastor being a mouthpiece for God, where he speaks the words of God, as revealed in Scripture, with confidence, power and authority.

Amen. Tim's latest post follows his recen review of Steve Lawson's Famine in the Land.