Expository preaching is not a captioned survey of a passage. By this I mean the typical: “1. Saul’s Contention, 2. Saul’s Conversion, 3. Saul’s Commission” (Acts 9:1–19). In my own circles I think I have heard more sermons of this type than any other. They sound very biblical because they are based on a passage of Scripture. But their basic failure is that they tend to be descriptive rather than pastoral. They lack a clear goal or practical application.
