Expository Preaching Training

I have had the privilege to serve as pastor of a number of God’s churches. Some I served as the full-time pastor and others I served as interim. Each church was unique and had its own personality, but each provided me with opportunities to grow in my understand and skills as a pastor and preacher. I will never forget my first pastorate in Tangipahoa Louisiana. I was young and inexperienced. I had a lot to learn about being a pastor. I learned early on (and quite surprisingly) that not every one in the church would like me. I remember a particular elderly lady who fancied herself the missions and outreach coordinator of the church. READ MORE HERE

 (Excerpt from Crossing the Homiletical Bridge)             They tell us that expository preaching tends to be irrelevant to the contemporary audience. Who “they” are, at least for me, remains the big question. Rick McDaniel did explain, however, that during the last thirty years of the twentieth century American society changed from a Christian to a secular culture. He noted that the majority of Americans have limited knowledge of biblical stories and characters. [1] I see no reason to question McDaniel’s contention. Haddon Robinson further added that recent criticisms of modern preaching include statements such as “too much analysis and too little answer” or “too impersonal, too propositional -- they relate nothing to life.” [2] The modern-day expositor, therefore, must struggle with applying the biblical text to a biblically ignorant culture while concurrently demonstrating the relevance for that culture. This trut...