What is preaching? Logic on fire! Eloquent reason! Are these contradictions? Of course they are not. Reason concerning this Truth ought to be mightily eloquent, as you see it in the case of the Apostle Paul and others. It is theology on fire. And a theology which does not take fire, I maintain, is a defective theology; or at least the man’s understanding of it is defective. Preaching is theology coming through a man who is on fire. A true understanding and experience of the Truth must lead to this. I say again that a man who can speak about these things dispassionately has no right whatsoever to be in a pulpit; and should never be allowed to enter one. What is the chief end of preaching? I like to think it is this. It is to give men and women a sense of God and His presence.
D. Maryn Lloyd-Jones Preaching & Preachers (pg. 97)
It is my contention that all true Christian preaching is expository preaching. Of course if by an ‘expository’ sermon is meant a verse-by-verse explanation of a lengthy passage of Scripture, then indeed it is only one possible way of preaching, but this would be a misuse of the word. Properly speaking, ‘exposition’ has a much broader meaning. It refers to the content of the sermon (biblical truth) rather than its style (a running commentary). To expound Scripture is to bring out of the text what is there and expose it to view. The expositor prizes open what appears to be closed, makes plain what is obscure, unravels what is knotted and unfolds what is tightly packed. . . . Whether it is long or short, our responsibility as expositors is to open it up in such a way that it speaks its message clearly, plainly, accurately, relevantly, without addition, subtraction or falsification.
John Stott Between Two Worlds (pg. 125-26)
| Title |
Notes |
The Growing Seed  |
Terry Johnson |
Preaching Grace  |
Richard L. Ganz |
The Valley of Dry Bones  |
Bruce Waltke |
The Urgency of Preaching  |
R. Albert Mohler Jr. |
Preaching Christ  |
Michael S. Horton |
Preaching As Concept Creation, Not Just Contextualization  |
John Piper |
The Preacher and the Text: What is the Goal of the Message?  |
Aaron Menikoff |
What’s the Big Deal About Preaching?  |
R. Scott Clark |
Let the Word of God Dwell in You Richly  |
Michael Lawrence |
A Tale Of Two Roads: Homiletics and Biblical Authority  |
David L. Allen (Journal of Evangelical Theology, 2000) |
Expository Preaching and the Recovery of Christian Worship - Part 1  |
R. Albert Mohler Jr. |
Expositional Imposters  |
Mike Gilbart-Smith |
Why Must We Preach Expositionally?  |
David King |
The Mandate of Biblical Inerrancy: Expository Preaching  |
John MacArthur, Jr. (pdf) |
Rediscovering Expository Preaching  |
Richard L. Mayhue (pdf) |
Reformed Preaching and its Need Today  |
A. D. McIntosh |
Preach the Word - 2 Timothy 4:1-3  |
Vincent Cheung (pdf) |
The Priority of Preaching  |
John Cheeseman (pdf) |
Preaching As Though We Had Enemies  |
Stanley Hauerwas - First Things (May 1995) |
Martin Luther on Preaching  |
Patrick Ferry - Promises and Problems of the Sermon as a Source of Reformation History and as an Instrument of the Reformation |
A Tale of Two Roads: Homiletics and Biblical Authority  |
David L. Allen - Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society (Sep 2000) |
Five Reasons to Preach the Word - 2 Timothy 3:1-4:4  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Preaching the Word in an Out-of-Season Culture - 2 Timothy 3:1-4:4  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Compelling Reasons for Biblical Preaching (Part 1) - 2 Timothy 3:1-4:4  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Compelling Reasons for Biblical Preaching (Part 2) - 2 Timothy 3:1-4:4  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
The Place of Preaching in Worship - 2 Timothy 3:16-4:5  |
John Piper |
“Where the Spirit of God is, there is Power”: An introduction to Spurgeon's Teaching on the Holy Spirit  |
Michael Haykin |
Expository Preaching and the Recovery of Christian Worship - Part 2  |
R. Albert Mohler Jr. |
Expository Preaching and the Recovery of Christian Worship - Part 3  |
R. Albert Mohler Jr. |
Redemptive-Historical Preaching  |
Lee Irons |
Building the Biblical Theological Sermon  |
James T. Dennison Jr. |
The Contribution of the Reformation to Preaching  |
Carl C. Fickenscher II |
What's so Special About Preaching?  |
David Jackman |
The Reformation: A Return to the Primacy of Preaching  |
Charles Terpstra |
Theology of Preaching in Martin Luther  |
Dennis Ngien (pdf) |
A Prolegomenon to Biblical Exposition - Part II (WMA)  |
Dr. R. Kent Hughes |
What Makes a Sermon Christian?  |
Cole Brown |
A Prolegomenon to Biblical Exposition- Part l (WMA)  |
Dr. R. Kent Hughes - Spurgeon Fellowship |
Preaching to the Heart, Part 1 (MP3)  |
Tim Keller |
Jeremiah Burroughs on Preaching  |
From his book Gospel Fear |
Richard Baxter - A Corrective for Reformed Preachers  |
Edward Donnelly |
The Responsibilities of the Church - Preaching (Part 1)  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
The Responsibilities of the Church - Preaching (Part 2)  |
John MacArthur, Jr. |
Advice to Pastors: Preach the Word  |
John Piper |
Some Biblical-Theological Reflections on Redemptive-Historical Preaching  |
Grace OPC |
Pass the Word  |
Homer C. Hoeksema |
Preaching God's Word  |
William Gouge |
The Priority of Doctrinal Preaching  |
Ernest Reisinger |
Preaching the Gospel to the Poor  |
Charles Hodge |
A Definition of Preaching  |
Paul Mizzi |
The Foolishness of Preaching  |
Paul Mizzi |
The Purpose of Preaching  |
Paul Mizzi |
Desperate Times Call for Desperate Measures: Need for Expository Preaching  |
Tom Ascol |
What is it to Preach the Gospel?  |
Henry Mahan |
Redemptive-Deconstruction: Anti-System & A-Historical Currents in Redemptive-Historical Preaching  |
Tristan Emmanuel |
Doctrinal Preaching  |
Timothy George |
Christocentric Preaching  |
C. Bouwman |
Preaching Christ Crucified  |
C. H. Spurgeon - 1 Corinthians 1:23-24 |
Preaching to the Heart, Part 2 (MP3)  |
Tim Keller |
Dr. D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: His Views Of Preaching (.pdf)  |
Cecil Siriwardene, Reformation & Revival 9.1 (Winter 2000): 93-117 |
The Preaching Of Samuel Davies (.pdf)  |
Gerald M. Bilkes, Reformation & Revival 9.1 (Winter 2000): 119-135. |