Text Driven Preaching

Collection of essays urging pastors to commit to presenting true expository preaching from the pulpit.--from publisher description.

Preachers communicate God’s word by fully considering their context and their congregation. Preaching by the Book is a practical handbook offering fundamental guidance for preachers beginning to explore their gifts, and fresh insights for seasoned veterans desiring to refine their craft. R. Scott Pace challenges preachers to develop their style and their substance by considering their unique personality and gifts, the work of the Spirit, and the particular audience on a given occasion.

Preaching for the Rest of Us serves as a starter's guide to text-driven preaching. Driven by the conviction that pastors hold the weighty and honorable responsibility of explaining Scripture to their congregations, Gallaty and Smith present a clear step-by-step process for re-presenting Scripture in compelling text-driven sermons. This unique type of preaching is the interpretation and communication of a text of Scripture driven by the substance, structure, and spirit of the text. It's not the presentation of a sermon, but the re-presentation of a text of a Scripture. For those who don’t feel trained for text-driven preaching, whose preaching template is tired and predictable, or need a preaching restart, Preaching for the Rest of Us provides a compelling reason and method for preaching texts of Scripture.

A myriad of preaching methodologies vie for prominence in the pulpit, but what option fits a scriptural view of preaching? Southwestern Seminary believes text-driven preaching answers that question.But what is text-driven preaching? How is it done? What are its essential elements? And what does the Bible say about this preaching method? Each of these questions and more are addressed in this concisely written tool for the local pastor who strives to faithfully present the revelation of God to His people.

Dr. David Proctor is a committed student of preaching, a committed teacher of preaching, and a committed pastor who preaches. These commitments and the associated experiences have given rise to Preaching the Text Driven Sermon to the Text Driven Generation. This book is refreshing in its singular focus on expository preaching. After a Biblical defense of such preaching, Dr. Proctor presents practical instruction concerning significant aspects of preparation and proclamation. Dr. Proctor provides examples and questions along the way to help us think and apply the instruction. The added appendices provide usable resources.

The Christ-Centered Expositor by pastor and preaching professor Tony Merida provides a comprehensive overview of effective expository preaching that begins with the inner life of the expositor, and then moves to the essential elements of sermon preparation and delivery. Ideal for pastors, teachers, and students, The Christ-Centered Expositor will equip you for greater faithfulness to God, his Word, and his mission.

This book provides an exegetical-theological-rhetorical paradigm, "the Christ-oriented approach" (Lk 24:27, 44), that facilitates accuracy, effectiveness, and practicality in preaching the New Testament use of the Old. In providing a practical expository model, and sermon preparation/evaluation principles, this work moves beyond the level of theory into the realm of praxis, and will thus appeal to practitioners as well as to academics.