A− A+ 🌙 Dark 🔖 Bookmark 📖 Contents 🔍 Search ≈ 8 min read · pp. 1–1 Table of Contents Table of Contents PREACH THE WORD Essays on Expository Preaching: In Honor of R. Kent Hughes edited by Leland Ryken and Todd A. Wilson CONTENTS Praise for Preach the Word Dedication Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction Preach the Word: An Overview Interpretive Principles and Practices Biblical and Historical Paradigms Contemporary Challenges and Aims Training and Example The Pulpit Leads the World PART 1: INTERPRETIVE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES Chapter 1: The Hermeneutical Distinctives of Expository Preaching Expository Preaching: The Difficulty of the Task The Contemporary Context The Proclamation Trust The Hermeneutical Principles of Expository Preaching Listening to the Biblical Text Approaching a Text Inductively The Journey to the World of the Biblical Text The Genres of the Bible The Return Journey: Applying the Biblical Text The Heart of Expository Preaching Chapter 2: Written for Our Example: Preaching Old Testament Narratives Old Testament Narratives and Application The Usefulness of Old Testament Narrative The Narrative Shape of the Old Testament in Apostolic Preaching Acts 7:2-54: Stephen's Narrative of Rebellious Israelites Acts 13:13-49: Paul's Narrative of God's Message of Salvation Acts 17:22-31: Paul's Narrative of the Creator and the Resurrection Conclusion Preaching the Old Testament with Confidence Chapter 3: The Bible as Literature and Expository Preaching The Bible as Literature The Idea of "the Bible as Literature" The Voice of Human Experience Literary Genres Literary Resources of Language Approaching the Bible as Literature Contemporary Expository Preaching and the Bible as Literature What Literary Analysis Can Add to Expository Preaching Why a Literary Approach Should Not be Considered Optional Chapter 4: Right and Wrong Interpretation of the Bible: Some Suggestions for Pastors and Bible Teachers General Principles for Right Interpretation Summary Keeping the "Big Picture" in Mind: Some Observations about the Whole of Scripture Big Picture 1 Big Picture 2 Big Picture 3 Big Picture 4 Big Picture 5 Big Picture 6 Conclusion Chapter 5: Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: A Study Method for Faithful Preaching The Call to Expository Faithfulness The Mark of a Faithful Teacher The Basics of Bible Study Observation Interpretation GAPS TO BRIDGE PRINCIPLES TO UNDERSTAND Application A Personal Word on the Study Process Read the Book Read the Passage Find the Main Point Organize the Passage Analyze the Structure Put Together an Exegetical Outline Add Illustrations Careful Preparation Produces Confident Preaching PART 2: BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL PARADIGMS Chapter 6: Paul's Paradigm for Preachers Paul's Strategy for Spiritual Warfare (2 Cor. 10:3-5) Roman Warfare and Pauline "Warfare" Paul's "Warfare" with the Intelligentsia in Athens (Acts 17:16-34) Paul's "Warfare" with Christian Young Men (1 Cor. 6:9-20) Chapter 7: Swallowing Our Pride: An Essay on the Foolishness of Preaching The Problem Importance of the Issue Reasons for the Problem Word Formation Blind Spot toward Greco-Roman Rhetoric The Remedy The Orator The Herald The Apostle Paul The Corinthian Situation Paul's Response Implications for Kerygma Conclusion Chapter 8: Preaching with a Pastor's Heart: Richard Baxter's The Reformed Pastor The Man behind the Book The Reformed Pastor: The Biblical Point of Departure The Preacher's Spiritual Walk The Preacher's Pastoral Involvement The Preacher's Application in Sermons Chapter 9: Expository Preaching: Charles Simeon and Ourselves Toward a Definition of Expository Preaching Expository Preaching in Our Contemporary Milieu Charles Simeon: Exemplary Preacher and Homiletician Simeon's Theory of the Sermon Preaching from Biblical Texts Expository Preaching as Doctrinal Evangelical and Theocentric Sermons Power in Preaching Appendix PART 3: CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES AND AIMS Chapter 10: Preaching the Word Today Preaching the Words of God The Nature of the Word of God Preaching God's Word Explicates the Text Preaching God's Word in Human Words Preaching God's Word is Pastoral Preaching Preaching God's Word Is Evangelistic Preaching Preaching God's Word Depends on Systematic Theology142 Preaching God's Word Depends on Biblical Theology143 The Problem of Preaching the Word Today The Triumph of Technology The Triumph of Meaninglessness The Bible as Interpreter Understanding That the Word of God Is Living and Abiding Preaching the Word Today Chapter 11: Challenges for the Twenty-first-century Pulpit The Perennial Challenges The Preparation and Qualification of the Preacher An Adequate Grasp of What Preaching Is A Firm and Growing Grasp of Scripture A Deep Commitment to Making the Important Things the Important Things, to Making the Central Things the Central Things Some Twenty-first-century Challenges Multiculturalism Rising Biblical Illiteracy Shifting Epistemology Integration Pace of Change Modeling and Mentoring Concluding Reflections Chapter 12: Preaching That Reforms No Tolerance for Truth The New Evangelicalism The Word That Is Preached Preaching the Word The Great Need for Bible Exposition The Final Analysis PART 4: TRAINING AND EXAMPLE Chapter 13: The Seminary and the Sermon It Takes an Entire Seminary to Produce a Preacher Why It Takes a Whole Seminary to Produce a Preacher: The Nature of a Sermon The Sermon as Truth The Sermon as Application The Sermon as Listenable Why It Takes a Whole Seminary to Produce a Preacher: The Nature of the Preacher's Message Struggling with the Text Struggling with the World and Contemporary Culture What Kind of Seminary Can Produce a Preacher? Chapter 14: Multiplying Men: Training and Deploying Gospel Ministers Entrusting the Gospel with Care Passing on the Apostolic Message Entrusting the Gospel in a Context of Community A Vision of Multiplication Entrusting the Gospel to Faithful Men The Role of Suffering for the Gospel Relationship as a Requirement A More-than-human Venture Conclusion Chapter 15: Few Are Not Enough: Training a Generation of Preachers A Convergence of Gospel Commitments in Early Tudor Puritanism182 Norwich, England, 1576 - Preaching Workshops Cambridge: A Residential Training Scheme London: Connecting Point for Pastoral Community An Agenda Relevant for the Church Today Trends in the American Pastorate A Convergence of Ideas Strategy: Preaching Workshops Strategy: Residential Training Strategy: Pastoral Communities beyond the Sixteenth Century A Call to Preachers Chapter 16: Disciplines of a Godly Pastor: A Biographical Sketch Beginnings and Endings New Town, New Start "Friend of Friends" A Life-changing Relationship Growing in Faith and Favor College and Courtship Studies, Family, and Work A New Challenge Heading East The Years of Establishment (1979-1988) The Years of Expansion (1989-1998) The Years of Elevation: 1999-2006 The End of an Era The Reward of Discipline Discipline of Study Discipline of Preaching Discipline of Teamwork Retrospective from the Family Copyright ← PreviousBook homeNext →CONTENTS ↑ Back to top
