Preparing Expository Sermons Quotes

“Proper methods of interpretation must form the backbone of the sermon. The preacher is first an exegete of Scripture before he is an expositor of Scripture.”
― Ramesh Richard, Preparing Expository Sermons: A Seven-Step Method for Biblical Preaching

“Expository preaching is the contemporization of the central proposition of a biblical text that is derived from proper methods of interpretation and declared through effective means of communication to inform minds, instruct hearts, and influence behavior toward godliness. The”
― Ramesh Richard, Preparing Expository Sermons: A Seven-Step Method for Biblical Preaching

“Expository preaching will impact your congregation, because it helps you be faithful to the text and be relevant to your context in regular ministry implement a strategy for equipping and energizing your people for long-term faithfulness to God and the ministry overcome your tendency to target a sermon to a particular person or group and be protected from that charge avoid skipping over what does not suit your taste or temperament on any given day carry on a cohesive ministry in the middle of multiple dimensions and demands on you as a pastor enhance the dignity of the pastoral work since you stand under the authority of God’s Word as you preach integrate the conversation of the church around the message of the week communicate the intentions of God for your congregation as seen by its human leaders orient people around a common vision, thus helping you surface the voluntary labor force needed to achieve the vision motivate people to action in implementing the program of the church with God’s sanction garner the credibility needed to lead the church to change model effective ministry to present and future teachers and preachers outline the agenda for corporate spirituality make your congregation biblically literate”
― Ramesh Richard, Preparing Expository Sermons: A Seven-Step Method for Biblical Preaching

“Expository preaching will impact your life. It can help you grow personally in knowledge and obedience by your disciplined exposure to God’s Word conserve time and energy used in choosing a sermon for each week balance your area of “expertise” and preferred topics with the breadth of God’s thoughts in the Bible”
― Ramesh Richard, Preparing Expository Sermons: A Seven-Step Method for Biblical Preaching