some other time and place, nor is it only a statement of ideas about God—inspired and inerrant. The Bible is God’s tool of communication through which He addresses men and women today. Through the Scriptures, God brings us to salvation (2 Tim. 3:15) and to a richness and ripeness of Christian character (2 Tim. 3:16–17). Defining Expository Preaching The type of preaching that most effectively lays open the Bible so that people are confronted by its truth is expository preaching. At its best, expository
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