Benefits of expository preaching
Scott Hill writes in defense of expository preaching:
I grew up in the land of topical sermons that used the text as a starting point for soap box preaching, proof texting, and confirming inherited theologies. The purpose of expository preaching as I understand it is to make sure that the God-breathed text we are proclaiming is handled accurately, with as little of man’s opinion as possible. That way the Holy Spirit through the Bible is the one doing the convicting not man.Hat Tip: Stronger Church.
posted by Milton Stanley at 10:30 PM
2 Comments:
Expository preaching, as I understand it, is preaching a text using widely accepted rules of bible intruputation which include exegesis, consideration of the historical and cultural setting, and to whom the original scritpure was written, all of which falls under "context". Someone correctly said, preaching a passage while ignoring the context often makes it a "pretext" rather than a text.
I would only add that preacing through books of the Bible, verse by verse and chapter by chapter is of great value as well. The preacher is forced to do more intense study, every situation in a given congregation will be delt with, and the hearers and the preacher will actually learn what the Bible teaches rather than what someone said it teaches.
Had church of Christ pulpits been limited to this sort of Bible teaching for the last several decades most of the problems with infighting in the brotherhood would have been avoided.
You're right, Royce, that expository preaching helps preachers and congregations to cover the whole Word of God, rather than the congregation's or the preacher's own pet topics. Thanks for your comments. Peace.
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