REDISCOVERING

EXPOSITORY

PREACHING

BALANCING THE SCIENCE AND ART

OF BIBLICAL EXPOSITION

JOHN MacARTHUR, JR.

AND THE MASTER’S SEMINARY FACULTY

Richard L. Mayhue, Editor

Robert L. Thomas, Associate Editor

REDISCOVERING EXPOSITORY PREACHING

Copyright 1992 by Word, Inc. All rights reserved. No portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without the written permission of the publisher, except for brief excerpts quoted in critical reviews.

All Scripture quotations in this book, except those noted otherwise, are from the New American Standard Bible 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, and 1977 by the Lockman Foundation, and are used by permission. Those indicated niv are from The Holy Bible, New International Version. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 International Bible Society. Those indicated kjv are from the King James Version.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

MacArthur, John 1939–

Rediscovering expository preaching / by John MacArthur, Jr. and the Master’s Seminary Faculty: Richard Mayhue, editor: Robert L. Thomas, associate editor.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 0-8499-0908-2

1. Preaching 2. Bible—Homiletical use. I. Mayhue, Richard., 1944– II. Thomas, Robert L., 1928– III. Title.

BV4211.2.M16 1992

251—dc20special rtab92-10804

CIP

23456789 ACT 987654321

Dedicated to

Expositors-in-Training

at

The Master’s Seminary,

past, present, and future.

Contents

Preface

Introduction

Part I. Proving the Priority of Expository Preaching

1. Rediscovering Expository Preaching

Richard L. Mayhue

2. The Mandate of Biblical Inerrancy: Expository Preaching

John MacArthur, Jr.

3. The History of Expository Preaching

James F. Stitzinger

Part II. Preparing the Expositor

4. The Priority of Prayer and Expository Preaching

James E. Rosscup

5. The Man of God and Expository Preaching

John MacArthur, Jr.

6. The Spirit of God and Expository Preaching

John MacArthur, Jr.

Part III. Processing and Principlizing the Biblical Text

7. Hermeneutics and Expository Preaching

James E. Rosscup

8. Exegesis and Expository Preaching

Robert L. Thomas

9. Grammatical Analysis and Expository Preaching

George J. Zemek

10. Study Tools for Expository Preaching

James F. Stitzinger

11. A Study Method for Expository Preaching

John MacArthur, Jr.

Part IV. Pulling the Expository Message Together

12. Central Ideas, Outlines, and Titles

Donald G. McDougall

13. Introductions, Illustrations, and Conclusions

Richard L. Mayhue

14. Thematic, Theological, Historical, and Biographical Expository Messages

Irvin A. Busenitz

15. Expository Preaching from Old Testament Narrative

David C. Deuel

16. Moving from Exegesis to Exposition

John MacArthur, Jr.

Part V. Preaching the Exposition

17. Bible Translations and Expository Preaching

Robert L. Thomas

18. Delivering the Exposition

John MacArthur, Jr.

19. Frequently Asked Questions about Expository Preaching

John MacArthur, Jr.

Epilogue: The Listener’s Responsibility

Additional Reading

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