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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
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Preach the Word - Essays on
Expository Preaching: In Honor of R.
Kent Hughes
edited by Leland Ryken and Todd A. Wilson
Crossway Books
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
PART 1: INTERPRETIVE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES
Chapter 1: The Hermeneutical Distinctives of Expository Preaching
Chapter 2: Written for Our Example: Preaching Old Testament Narratives
Chapter 3: The Bible as Literature and Expository Preaching
Chapter 4: Right and Wrong Interpretation of the Bible: Some Suggestions for
Pastors and Bible Teachers
Chapter 5: Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth: A Study Method for Faithful
Preaching
PART 2: BIBLICAL AND HISTORICAL PARADIGMS
Chapter 6: Paul's Paradigm for Preachers
Chapter 7: Swallowing Our Pride: An Essay on the Foolishness of Preaching
Chapter 8: Preaching with a Pastor's Heart: Richard Baxter's The Reformed
Pastor
