Comments on: Big Picture Preaching: 3 Advantages to Expository Preaching From Long Passages Instead of Short Passages http://www.jesussaidfollowme.org/blog/2007/10/08/big-picture-preaching-3-advantages-to-expository-preaching-from-long-passages-instead-of-short-passages/ Challenging Bible Studies for Maturing Christians Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:13:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Greg Gibson http://www.jesussaidfollowme.org/blog/2007/10/08/big-picture-preaching-3-advantages-to-expository-preaching-from-long-passages-instead-of-short-passages/#comment-1373 Greg Gibson Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:07:13 +0000 http://www.jesussaidfollowme.org/blog/2007/10/08/big-picture-preaching-3-advantages-to-expository-preaching-from-long-passages-instead-of-short-passages/#comment-1373 "7. What advice would you give to pastors who are contemplating preaching expository sermons through Ephesians? Would you recommend a particular approach?" (Andy Naselli) "I would suggest taking sometimes larger, self-contained sections as sermon texts, formulating a single thesis statement for each section, and then expositing the texts through those thesis statements. While verse-by-verse exposition appears to be most faithful to the text, one can easily get lost in a forest of details and miss distant connections within the longer Pauline sentences when proceeding this way. For example, Eph. 2:1 is reiterated in v. 5a and dependent on the verbs in vv. 5-6; I would want to bring these verses together in my exposition." (Dr. Steven Baugh, Westminster Seminary) http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/09/interview-with-sm-baugh-on-ephesians-in.html “7. What advice would you give to pastors who are contemplating preaching expository sermons through Ephesians? Would you recommend a particular approach?” (Andy Naselli)

“I would suggest taking sometimes larger, self-contained sections as sermon texts, formulating a single thesis statement for each section, and then expositing the texts through those thesis statements. While verse-by-verse exposition appears to be most faithful to the text, one can easily get lost in a forest of details and miss distant connections within the longer Pauline sentences when proceeding this way. For example, Eph. 2:1 is reiterated in v. 5a and dependent on the verbs in vv. 5-6; I would want to bring these verses together in my exposition.” (Dr. Steven Baugh, Westminster Seminary) http://theologica.blogspot.com/2008/09/interview-with-sm-baugh-on-ephesians-in.html

]]> By: manuelkuhs http://www.jesussaidfollowme.org/blog/2007/10/08/big-picture-preaching-3-advantages-to-expository-preaching-from-long-passages-instead-of-short-passages/#comment-1350 manuelkuhs Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:46:04 +0000 http://www.jesussaidfollowme.org/blog/2007/10/08/big-picture-preaching-3-advantages-to-expository-preaching-from-long-passages-instead-of-short-passages/#comment-1350 Thank you for this article. It has really challenged me to examine my idea of exegetical preaching. Although I'm not currently preaching regularly (I'm 20), I have been encouraged to see God's Word as a progressive revelation of Himself in history. I am always encouraged and challenged by the balanced and biblical truth I find on this site. (Of course I don't agree with every single thing you say ;) May God be glorified. Thank you for this article. It has really challenged me to examine my idea of exegetical preaching. Although I’m not currently preaching regularly (I’m 20), I have been encouraged to see God’s Word as a progressive revelation of Himself in history.

I am always encouraged and challenged by the balanced and biblical truth I find on this site. (Of course I don’t agree with every single thing you say ;)

May God be glorified.

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