text when they preach, if they are monotonous and dull, they will have few hearers and fewer still who get excited about God’s Word. Our job is more than just explaining the text. Our job is to make it vibrant, fresh, and accessible. When I first came to The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary as a preaching professor, the seminary administration issued a press release and made much of the fact that I was committed to an expository model of preaching. Within weeks I received a letter from a man