tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-442192224088715892.post3572111506082771844..comments2023-05-12T05:17:00.376-04:00Comments on The Equipper: Expository Preaching - What is it?Dr. Keith Shearerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11219876139184778544noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-442192224088715892.post-837502725495792332008-04-12T13:39:00.000-04:002008-04-12T13:39:00.000-04:00Welcome to Scott Becker and Mike Yoder !! Great t...Welcome to Scott Becker and Mike Yoder !! Great to have you guys on board.<BR/><BR/>Danny, I think my next couple posts will be dealing with some of your question re. Stott's definition. Can topical preaching be expository? I would say yes. Is most topical preaching in practice not expository? I would also say yes. Should evangelistic street preaching be expository? I would say yes. Can we preach through doctrines and still be expository? I would say yes. Can we preach biographies of biblical people and be expository? Yes.Keith's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08964796812967643279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-442192224088715892.post-12840455771601701792008-04-12T10:34:00.000-04:002008-04-12T10:34:00.000-04:00Pastor Keith,This is the first time I have seen yo...Pastor Keith,<BR/><BR/>This is the first time I have seen your blog. Guess I am a bit behind. I took a look through your posts so far and I just wanted to tell you how much I really appreciate them. The one on church discipline was very good. I would love to chat with you more on that at some point. <BR/><BR/>Also I was just looking at the post from November 16 on Keeping Distinctions. EXCELLENT POST! I am so glad to hear your perspective on where culture comes to bear on the ministry of the Gospel. Too often these days it seems that culture takes a much higher place than it ought. Not to say culture does not play a part, but certainly not to take precedence over sound doctrine. <BR/><BR/>I am also enjoying your posts on preaching the Word! I will look forward with eager anticipation to future posts! Hope to talk to you via phone soon. Thanks for your hard work and good thinking in the areas you have addressed in your blog. <BR/><BR/>Scott BeckerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-442192224088715892.post-25325769314472789402008-04-10T08:47:00.000-04:002008-04-10T08:47:00.000-04:00i've come to your blog about 6 times, hoping someo...i've come to your blog about 6 times, hoping someone else commented first. dunno why, just felt uncomfortable being the first guy. but, oh well.<BR/><BR/>first, i would say i disagree slightly with stott's assertion that length of passage does not matter. personally, i preached a couple messages from one greek word and hindsight suggests it was more a topical sermon than a Biblical exposition. also, we certainly can push a sermon beyond the limits of Biblical exposition. (for instance, would you consider A sermon on genesis-revelation to be an exposition? of course, i'm willing to concede that stott could probably preach huge and minute texts as expostions...i'm just not a good enough preacher to do so!<BR/><BR/>as for a definition. i feel the tension between a useful definition is usually kept brief, yet we live in an era where NOTHING can be assumed.<BR/><BR/>here's my attempt:<BR/><BR/>to allow the Biblical text--in its context--to determine the topic and content of the sermon, exposing how the text is first presenting Jesus Christ as God and as our Mediator to the Father. it is dependent upon the Holy Spirit to convert the sinner and transform the believer as they see Christ exalted in the Scripture. (insufficient definition...i know.)<BR/><BR/>am i one? i pray that i am. though i feel like i'm not a very good one.<BR/><BR/>have you thought this through? regularly. unfortunately, with the current pastor/ceo model that is out there, i imagine the sermon/preaching is often neglected from a pastor's thoughts.<BR/><BR/>[thanks keith. good food for thought. i'm still waiting on your list of sequential exposition benefits for my blog!]danny2https://www.blogger.com/profile/13010556674654842010noreply@blogger.com