Some notes from my expository preaching class
-EP is an attitude or philosophy that is brought to preaching, not a methodology
-Do you subject the scriptures to your thought? or do you subject your thought to the Scriptures?
-Expository, is exposing what the original author intended to the original audience
-We are to preach the text and not our theology
-A text cannot mean what it never meant
-The job of the interpreter is to determine the single meaning intended by the author
-Preach the main point, meaning and purpose of the text, not secondary applications
-The points of your sermon must come directly from the text
- The purpose of an expository sermon must be the same as the biblical text
- A good communicator matches the right genre with the right meaning
-Adapt your communication style and mood with the genre of the text
- Balance the emphasis of the text, keep the tensions of the bible
- You are not the message, but the messenger
- Have confidence that you have the authority of Scripture and the power of the Holy Spirit
