advancing the Kingdom, and it was the predominant, if not exclusive, method used by the early church. To change the means of communicating God’s truth so radically is to throw the baby out with the bath water. A third response to the crisis of preaching has been much more conservative. Many preachers have remained committed to the concept of biblical expository preaching. They have retained the conviction that preaching is God-ordained, and that in the foolishness of preaching God is pleased to display
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