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Topical Preaching in a Complex World: How to Proclaim Truth and Relevance at the Same Time is unavailable, but you can change that!

Sooner or later, every preacher will come upon a situation where they need to preach a topical sermon. Yet few are taught to preach topically. Even preachers who are gifted in expositing the Scriptures may struggle to deliver a topical sermon that is engaging, culturally relevant, and true to the biblical text. Worse, many pastors worry these messages undermine confidence in the Bible or its...

The main difference between so-called expository and so-called topical sermons is the proportion and sequencing of these elements. A thirty-minute sermon at a Sunday church service to average, biblically literate church members might have a five-minute introduction, a twenty-minute Bible section, and a five-minute application. But a fifteen-minute Friday lunchtime talk at a cafeteria to office workers might have a four-minute introduction, a one-minute Bible section, and a ten-minute application.
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