What I’m Reading – 9/21/15

Below are some of the articles and books I’ve read recently that you may enjoy checking out. Essential Evangelicalism: The Enduring Influence of Carl F. H. Henry, edited by Matthew Hall and Owen Strachan — This recently published collection of essays on one of the 20th century’s most important theologians will be well worth your... Read More

Why Preach Expositionally?: Because Preaching Needs the Spirit’s Power

I have already offered five reasons for why we should preach expositionally (here, here, here, here, and here). Next I’d like to add another. Pastors should make expositional preaching their primary practice because from beginning to end, from the study to the pulpit, the entire process of biblical exposition needs to take place in absolute and complete submission to... Read More

Why Preach Expositionally?: To Incorporate the Biblical Components of Illustration, Application, and Exhortation

I have already offered four reasons for why we should preach expositionally (here, here, here, and here). Next I’d like to expand on those answers by adding another reason I think pastors ought to make expository sermons their regular practice in the pulpit, namely because the task of the expositor is incomplete without the necessary components of illustration, application and... Read More

Why Preach Expositionally?: To Communicate the Theology of the Text

I have already offered three reasons for why we should preach expositionally (here, here, and here). Next I’d like to expand on those answers by adding another reason I think pastors ought to make expository sermons their regular practice in the pulpit. Truth and Theology A fourth reason to preach expository sermons is because a historical-grammatical-theological interpretation will... Read More

Why Preach Expositionally?: To Explain the Original Meaning

I began to answer the question, “Why preach expositionally?” here and here. Here I’d like to expand on those answers by adding another reason I think pastors ought to make expository sermons their regular practice in the pulpit. The Original Meaning A third reason pastors should preach expositionally is because Scripture should be interpreted and understood as it... Read More