The Power of Preaching: Crafting a Creative Expository Sermon

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“Preaching emphasizes motivation, application, and response. Preaching is the word regularly used for evangelism in the book of Acts because preaching always had the aim of bringing a sinner to repentance or to a response to the gospel. It focuses on what the hearer is going to do with what they just heard.” (source)

“In order to truly preach expositionally, you must also make the transfer from what Paul told his audience at that time to what the Holy Spirit is seeking to teach you and your congregation in your time. If you don’t make that transfer as a preacher, you have not completed the expositional process.” (source)

“Determine your introduction last because until you have your message mapped out, you won’t know what you are introducing” (source)

“Is there a command here to be obeyed, a sin to avoid, a promise to claim, or a warning to heed?” (source)

“He must not only bring the Word to people, but also bring people to the Word” (source)