Comments on: Missing the Point of the Text http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/14/expository-or-text-driven/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expository-or-text-driven A forum for Baptists to dialogue about how best to fulfill God’s calling in our lives. Tue, 22 May 2012 19:17:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Ted E http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/14/expository-or-text-driven/#comment-8766 Ted E Tue, 14 Jul 2009 22:16:51 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1265#comment-8766 Good post, Robin. Best to you in the seminars. "Genesis 39 is a message about God and his plan of redemption that will culminate in His Son Jesus." - Isn't that the point throughout the O.T.? Glad to be through, but do miss the fraternity of the seminars. Do good!! Good post, Robin. Best to you in the seminars.

“Genesis 39 is a message about God and his plan of redemption that will culminate in His Son Jesus.” – Isn’t that the point throughout the O.T.?
Glad to be through, but do miss the fraternity of the seminars. Do good!!

]]> By: Chris Johnson http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/14/expository-or-text-driven/#comment-8765 Chris Johnson Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:14:44 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1265#comment-8765 Brother Robin, "Genesis 39 is a message about God and his plan of redemption that will culminate in His Son Jesus." Bingo! Sounds like the discipleship you are receiving is very good. We all need of that kind of encouragement. Great post! Blessings, Chris Brother Robin,

“Genesis 39 is a message about God and his plan of redemption that will culminate in His Son Jesus.”

Bingo!

Sounds like the discipleship you are receiving is very good. We all need of that kind of encouragement. Great post!

Blessings,
Chris

]]> By: Chris Bonts http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/14/expository-or-text-driven/#comment-8764 Chris Bonts Tue, 14 Jul 2009 14:10:47 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1265#comment-8764 Robin, Here lies one of the true benefits of expository preaching. If you have been preaching through the book of Genesis, which is historical narrative, you have made above point numerous times in previous sermons. The repetition of the theme in each story reinforces the the theme in the minds of your church. They begin to know the primary point of the sermon as you begin to preach it! Rather than producing the same sermon every week, however, you now get to apply that theme in a number of different ways or life situations which reinforces the church's ability to live out the text. Of course as the main theme of the book is reinforced over and over through a sermon series, it also affords the preacher more time to discuss secondary implications from the text that a single sermon would never allow. I am wrapping up a series through Judges next week (www.parkwayauburn.org). It has been a real blessing to see these principles unfold in the life of my congregation. Additionally, when I was gone for the convention and vacation, two of my associate pastors took the very next texts we were scheduled to address and preached expository sermons from Judges. This approach served to reinforce the importance of the text in the minds of our church. Good post. Chris Bonts Robin,
Here lies one of the true benefits of expository preaching. If you have been preaching through the book of Genesis, which is historical narrative, you have made above point numerous times in previous sermons. The repetition of the theme in each story reinforces the the theme in the minds of your church. They begin to know the primary point of the sermon as you begin to preach it! Rather than producing the same sermon every week, however, you now get to apply that theme in a number of different ways or life situations which reinforces the church’s ability to live out the text. Of course as the main theme of the book is reinforced over and over through a sermon series, it also affords the preacher more time to discuss secondary implications from the text that a single sermon would never allow.

I am wrapping up a series through Judges next week (www.parkwayauburn.org). It has been a real blessing to see these principles unfold in the life of my congregation. Additionally, when I was gone for the convention and vacation, two of my associate pastors took the very next texts we were scheduled to address and preached expository sermons from Judges. This approach served to reinforce the importance of the text in the minds of our church.

Good post.
Chris Bonts

]]> By: Rick Mang http://sbctoday.com/2009/07/14/expository-or-text-driven/#comment-8763 Rick Mang Tue, 14 Jul 2009 13:24:05 +0000 http://sbctoday.com/?p=1265#comment-8763 Thank you for putting this down in writing! It seems like so many people think that when they preach topical sermons that they are preaching expositionally and expounding the whole counsel of God. But as it usually turns out, they are counselling from the pulpit on something they think the congregation needs to work on. And it seems like that topic (whatever it may be) is what all their sermons are about. Rick Thank you for putting this down in writing! It seems like so many people think that when they preach topical sermons that they are preaching expositionally and expounding the whole counsel of God. But as it usually turns out, they are counselling from the pulpit on something they think the congregation needs to work on. And it seems like that topic (whatever it may be) is what all their sermons are about.

Rick

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