STUDYING FOR THE EXPOSITORY SERMON An expositor needs to develop a plan of studying for his sermons. His method should be systematic and should include basic elements for effective, productive Bible study. The following method is the one I follow in my own study. Read the Book I usually preach through entire books of the New Testament, so I always begin by reading the whole book. You cannot begin your exposition of a Bible book until you have read and generally observed the message and flow of thinking