First two preachers' classes outlined

Here are the outlines of the first two preachers' classes. The first is pretty much 9Marks material.

Session 1: What is expository preaching

1.  Introduction to the Class

• What is the format of the class?
• Reading a sermon from a well-known preacher
• Seminar
• Workshop
• Why have the class?
• What is preaching?
• Why is preaching so important?
• What’s missing from much preaching?

2. Defining Expositional Preaching

"An expositional sermon is a sermon in which the point of the Scriptural text is the point of the sermon applied to the life of the church today."

3. What expositional Preaching includes

• The Bible
• Books of the Bible
• The Whole Bible
• Testaments and Genres.
• Scope.
• The Bible’s Storyline
• The Gospel
• God
• Man
• Christ
• Response
• Seeing the Gospel through the lens of the text and the text through the lens of the gospel
• Systematic Theology
• Worldviews
• Evangelism
• The Preparation of the Saints

Session 2: Why Expository Preaching?

Intro: The alternatives seem so appealing!

• There are basic truths that need teaching
• Better to have Doctrinal sermons?
• May seem to “teach the whole counsel of God” more quickly and thoroughly
• There are obvious issues that need addressing
• Better to have Topical sermons?
• May seem more obviously relevant to people
• May seem to deal with issues in the church quicker
• The difference between food and medicine
• Expository preaching tends towards a balanced diet; doctrinal / topical preaching may have quicker effects, and is therefore sometimes useful, but provide a bad overall diet.

Five reasons to make expository preaching the main diet of a congregation.

A. Expository preaching preaches the whole bible

• 2 Tim 3:16-17
• Acts 20:17-31

B. Expository Preaching understands the limits of the preacher

• Preachers are ignorant, God is omniscient
• Preachers are foolish, God is wise
• Preachers are sinful, God is perfect
• Preachers are under authority, the bible carries God’s authority

C. Expository preaching encourages Berean listening

• Acts 17:10-12

D. Expository Preaching models faithful bible reading.

• We read the bible
• To understand it
• To have it ask us questions as much as we ask it questions Job 38:1-3

E. Expository Preaching keeps the church healthy

• the testimony of church history