Helping preachers to proclaim, and all Christians to hear, the transforming Word of God
posted by Milton Stanley at 9:01 AM
Don't be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind so that you may be able to determine what God's will is -- what is proper, pleasing, and perfect. - Rom. 12:2
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4 Comments:
Topical sermons have their place, but I'm with you. I don't think I have done a topical sermon since 2001.
b blessed
russ
I agree, Russ. Thanks for your comments.
Although I am preaching through the Bible text by text (about 1/3 of the way after 15 years), expository vs topical is a little bit of a false dichotomy. A good expository sermon will focus on one main topic and it is possible to preach an expository topical sermon by expositing several texts that deal with a single topic. The key is exegetical vs eisegetical: when I address a text I have no idea what I'm going to preach on until I study the passage and a theme emerges from the text. When on rare occasions I preach topically (such as Easter Sunday) I pretty much know what I'm going to say ahead of time and find the texts to back it up. A little of that, if you know your Bible, is OK (SS teachers do it all the time) but a steady diet of it leads to a preaching of the preacher's personal biases.
Good points, Mark.
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