Expository Preaching: More Than Verse-by-Verse

Many people claim to believe in expository preaching, but they often have different interpretations of what it means.

Some people think that expository preaching means going verse-by-verse through a passage and explaining the details of the text. Some people call this the continuous exposition or the running commentary method. To be sure, this is a form of expository preaching, but it's not the only way.

This method of preaching has its strengths. “Verse-by-verse preaching possesses a long, storie...