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Expository Preaching

T4G Article 4 – Ten Conclusions About Expository Preaching

March 29, 2007

Well, here it is. I finally draw to an end a series that could have run and run. Almost all my posts for the last month or so have been inspired by Article 4 of the T4G Statement, which is quoted in my post John Piper on Expository Preaching. As I have said, I am [...]

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Books to Help You Read The Bible

March 29, 2007

We have been speaking about preaching and the importance of Christians understanding the message of the Bible. We are drawing near to the end of this extended series. I felt, however, that I should not leave the series without sharing a few resources with you that are still fairly new and will definitely help you [...]

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Mark Dever on Expositional Preaching – The 1st of 9 Marks of a Healthy Church

March 29, 2007

I am drawing close to the end of my longstanding series on preaching based on the Together For The Gospel Statement, Article 4. This does not mean, of course, that the subject of preaching will disappear from this blog—far from it. Since this is a blog by a preacher, and many of my readers are [...]

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What Changes Us In Preaching – Application or Wonder or Both?

March 27, 2007

John Piper has an interesting aside that several people have pointed out to me in connection with the quotes I have shared from Warren and Lloyd-Jones on the vital place of application. In it Piper argues that, rather than application, it is the inducing of “wonder” in the hearer that leads to transformation. I ask: [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Steve Weaver on Expository Preaching

March 27, 2007

At the beginning of this year, Steve Weaver posted a multi-part series on expository preaching. I thought I would share a few quotes from this series for you — it is well worth a read if you haven’t already found it. “What role does prayer play in the preparation of an expository sermon? Prayer should [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Lloyd-Jones on Applying Biblical Truth

March 26, 2007

I have been addressing the subject of expositional preaching for some time now. I shared a quote from Rick Warren about the vital need for us to learn to apply Scripture. It seems Martyn Lloyd-Jones agrees. This quote is taken once again from the excellent Logos ML-J library. “It is one thing to believe the [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Rick Warren on the Point of Preaching

March 22, 2007

This continues our series on preaching, which is based on the fourth article of the Together for the Gospel Statement. The previous post in this series described some of the stereotyped differences in preaching between black and white preachers and what each can learn from the other. In the article I wrote for SermonCentral on [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Multicolored Preaching

March 22, 2007

This continues our series on preaching, which is based on the fourth article of the Together for the Gospel Statement. The previous post in this series warned of some of the dangers of expository preaching. I found this fantastic quote from the pen of Thabiti Anyabwile over at Pure Church describing what preachers who are [...]

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T4G Article 4 – The Dangers of Expository Preaching

March 21, 2007

This continues our series on preaching, which is based on the fourth article of the Together for the Gospel Statement. The previous two posts in this series provided outlines for good sermon preparation from John Stott and Alistair Begg. While Expository Thoughts is certainly committed to preaching that is well prepared, they have a great [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Sermon Preparation by John Stott

March 20, 2007

I cannot independently confirm the source of this, but I found the following over at Unashamed Workman, described as John Stott’s advice on sermon preparation. If anyone can verify the source I will, of course, acknowledge it. Alistair Begg provides additional thoughts on this subject in my previous post, which can be found here. I. [...]

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A Prayer for an Exhausted Mark Driscoll

March 19, 2007

Over the weekend Mark Driscoll has posted about feeling exhausted and struggling with poor sleep. He is typically honest and open. More honest and open than many religious Christians would like him to be. I am a little concerned with my psychiatric hat on that such symptoms, if ignored, could be the prelude to something [...]

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Spurgeon’s Challenge to Preachers

March 19, 2007

This week’s dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs is well worth reading in its entirety. It fits in nicely with my current series on preaching, and in many ways parallels what the Doctor’s quote says about “dead orthodoxy” on my blog this morning. Spurgeon believed in Spirit and Word. What a tragedy that many of today’s [...]

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Lloyd-Jones Monday – Dead Orthodoxy or an Encounter With God?

March 19, 2007

Most Mondays I take the time to raid my electronic version of Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones’ materials, which is produced by Logos Bible Software. Today’s quote brings together two of my key topics of the year so far — revival and preaching. I have already expressed several times my concern that our preaching should not merely [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Alistair Begg on Sermon Preparation

March 16, 2007

Note: Please keep Pastor Begg in your prayers as he has recently been diagnosed with prostate cancer and is scheduled for surgery on April 23rd. In a booklet entitled, “Preaching for God’s Glory,” written for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Alistair Begg shares some practical points about his own method of sermon preparation, which he [...]

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SERMON – The Reviving Power of God’s Word

March 15, 2007

The following is a full set of notes, including background information and quotes I used whilst preparing my sermon entitled, “The Reviving Power of God’s Word,” which was preached at Jubilee Church on the 11th of March 2006. This sermon was the third part of a series on Revival. The earlier messages, “Revival” and “Reviving [...]

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The Risks and Rewards of Using Technology in Sermon Preparation

March 13, 2007

Note: I originally wrote this article for www.sermoncentral.com where it appeared on February 26, 2007. __________________________________________________ Technology helps me in both my sermon preparation and in my personal devotional life. By technology, I’m referring specifically to the Internet and Bible software. I love it and have no apology for using it to discover insights from [...]

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Lloyd-Jones Monday – The Doctor, Spurgeon, and Plagiarism

March 12, 2007

In today’s Lloyd-Jones Monday, the Doctor discusses the issue of “preaching other people’s sermons,” which he states is “a not uncommon practice.” “I have but one comment to make about this—it is utterly dishonest unless you acknowledge what you are doing. I never have understood how a man can live with himself, who preaches other [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Must Expository Preaching Always be a Series Preaching Through a Book?

March 8, 2007

This continues our series on preaching, which is based on the fourth article of the Together for the Gospel Statement. The previous post in this series was entitled “Are There Three Types of Expository Preaching?“ Tim Challies defines expository preaching as “preaching that takes the point of the text as the point of the sermon.” [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Are There Three Types of Expository Preaching?

March 7, 2007

One thing I’ve noticed as I’ve been thinking and reading about preaching recently is that we can’t seem to agree on what “expository preaching” actually is. This is critical for our understanding of Article 4 of the Together for the Gospel Statement, which has prompted this series on preaching. Some seem to feel that true [...]

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T4G Article 4 – Lloyd-Jones on Spurgeon: Are Sermon Series Compulsory?

March 5, 2007

In today’s Martyn Lloyd-Jones Monday, I come to one of the most fascinating questions about preaching. I am not sure exactly what was in the minds of the people who crafted the T4G statement which highlighted the importance of expository preaching. As we shall see in later posts, people differ on whether to define expository [...]

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