Expository Exultation

Christian Preaching as Worship

John Piper

wheaton, illinois

Expository Exultation: Christian Preaching as Worship

Copyright © 2018 by Desiring God Foundation

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Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4335-6113-9

ePub ISBN: 978-1-4335-6116-0

PDF ISBN: 978-1-4335-6114-6

Mobipocket ISBN: 978-1-4335-6115-3

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Piper, John, 1946- author.

Title: Expository exultation : Christian preaching as worship / John Piper.

Description: Wheaton : Crossway, 2018. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017035954 (print) | LCCN 2018005258 (ebook) | ISBN 9781433561146 (pdf) | ISBN 9781433561153 (mobi) | ISBN 9781433561160 (epub) | ISBN 9781433561139 (hc)

Subjects: LCSH: Preaching. | Jesus Christ--Exaltation. | Worship.

Classification: LCC BV4211.3 (ebook) | LCC BV4211.3 .P56 2018 (print) | DDC 251--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017035954

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To

Martyn Lloyd-Jones,

who never trifled with the word of God

“We are not, like so many, peddlers of God’s word,

but as men of sincerity, as commissioned by God,

in the sight of God we speak in Christ.…

We refuse to practice cunning or to tamper with God’s word.”

—The apostle Paul

Contents

Introduction: The Roots and Scope of Expository Exultation

PART 1

A Setting for Preaching

God’s People Gathered for Worship

1 The Essence of Corporate Worship

2 Corporate Worship: Biblical and Beautifully Fitting

PART 2

Why Is Expository Exultation Integral to Corporate Worship?

Heralding, History, and Trinity

3 How Paul Brought Heralding into the House of God

4 Four Roots of the Beautiful Fitness of Expository Exultation in Worship

5 The Trinitarian Roots of ...