Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today

✍ Scribed by David R. Helm

• Publisher: Crossway Books
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 130
• Series: 9Marks: Building Healthy Churches
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

What makes for good preaching?

In this accessible volume--written for preachers and preachers in training--pastor David Helm outlines what must be believed and accomplished to become a faithful expositor of God's Word.

In addition to offering practical, step-by-step guidance for preachers, this short book will equip all of us to recognize good preaching when we hear it.

✦ Table of Contents

CONTENTS
Series Preface 9
Introduction: Old Bones 11
 1 Contextualization 15
The Blind Adherence Problem
Impressionistic Preaching
Inebriated Preaching
“Inspired” Preaching
 2 Exegesis 39
Keeping First Things First
The Day the Penny Dropped
Give the Biblical Context Control
Listen for the Melodic Line
See the Structure and Emphasis
 3 Theological Reflection 61
The Instincts of Jesus
The Challenge of the Historical-Critical Method
The Usefulness of Biblical Theology
The Role of Systematic Theology
 4 Today 87
The Makeup of Your Audience
The Arrangement of Your Material
The Application of Your Message
Conclusion: Dry Bones 111
Appendix: Questions Preachers Ask 113
Special Thanks 117
Notes 119
General Index 122
Scripture Index 124

✦ Subjects

Religion Theology Christian Nonfiction Christianity Church Ministry Preaching