Christ-Centered Preaching

Redeeming the Expository Sermon

Third Edition

Bryan Chapell

a division of Baker Publishing Group

Grand Rapids, Michigan

© 1994, 2005, 2018 by Bryan Chapell

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Chapell, Bryan, author.

Title: Christ-centered preaching : redeeming the expository sermon / Bryan Chapell.

Description: Third Edition. | Grand Rapids : Baker Academic, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017041927 | ISBN 9780801099748 (cloth : alk. paper)

Subjects: LCSH: Preaching. | Bible—Homiletical use.

Classification: LCC BV4211.3 .C48 2018 | DDC 251—dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017041927

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To

my wife, Kathy,

for the love, family, home, and friendship

the Lord has graced us to share.

The cabin in which this book was written

was a palace because of you.

The lands and generations in which this work has been sown bear the fruit of your love for Christ in our family and church.

Contents

List of Illustrations

List of Tables

Preface to the Third Edition

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part 1 Principles for Expository Preaching

1. Word and Witness

2. Obligations of the Sermon

3. The Priority of the Text

4. Components of Exposition

Part 2 Preparation of Expository Sermons

5. The Process of Explanation

6. Outlining and Structure

7. The Pattern of Illustration

8. The Practice of Application

9. Introductions, Conclusions, and Transitions

Part 3 A Theology of Christ-Centered Messages

10. A Redemptive Approach to Preaching

11. Developing Redemptive Sermons

Appendixes

1. Other Homiletic Forms

2. A Philosophy of Delivery and Dress

3. A Philosophy of Style

4. Methods of Preparation

5. Methods of Presentation

6. Divisions and Proportions

7. Wedding Messages

8. Funeral Messages

9. Evangelistic Messages

10. Understanding and Reaching ...