Expository Preaching: 1. Emulates biblical preaching both in content and style. 2. Best achieves the biblical intent of preaching: delivering God’s message. 3. Promotes scripturally authoritative preaching. 4. Magnifies God’s Word. 5. Provides a storehouse of preaching material. 6. Develops the pastor as a man of God’s Word. 7. Ensures the highest level of biblical knowledge for the flock 8. Leads to thinking and living biblically. 9. Encourages both depth and comprehensiveness. 10. Forces treatment of hard-to-interpret texts. 11. Allows for handling broad theological themes. 12. Keeps preachers away from ruts and hobbyhorses. 13. Prevents the insertion of human ideas. 14. Guards against misinterpretation of the biblical text. 15. Imitates the preaching of Christ and the apostles. 16. Brings out the best in the expositor.
James Alexander

Monthly Archives: April 2000

Knowing the Will of God

DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 9 KNOWING THE WILL OF GOD This week's teaching: ASSIGNMENT: 1.  Pray 20 minutes per day 2.  Bible memorization:  John 7:17 and Psalm 32:8 3.  Written study Section…

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Stewardship

                            DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 8 STEWARDSHIP This Week's Teaching: Addressing our priorities ASSIGNMENT: Memorize I Chronicles 29:11, I Peter 4:10, Luke 16:13, 11 Corinthians 9:6-7 Pray 15 minutes a day Written…

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Lordship of Christ

DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 7 LORDSHIP OF CHRIST This week's teaching: John 15 ASSIGNMENT: 1.  Pray 15 minutes each day 2.  Bible memorization: Colossians 1:16-17, Matthew 6:33, and John 14:21 SECTION I…

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Temptation

DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 6 TEMPTATION This week's teaching:  James 1:1-12 ASSIGNMENT: 1.  Pray 15 minutes per day 2.  Bible memorization:  I Cor. 10:13, Ephesians 6:10-12 3.  Written study SECTION I Temptation…

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Sin

DiSCIPLESHIP LESSON 5 SIN This week's teaching:  Romans 5:12-21 ASSIGNMENT: 1.  Pray 15 minutes per day 2.  Bible memorization:  Romans 3:23, Romans 5:8 3.  Written study SECTION I 1.  How…

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Bible Study

DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 4 BIBLE STUDY This week's teaching:  Psalm 1 ASSIGNMENT: 1.  Prayer 15 minutes per day 2.  Bible memorization:  II Timothy 3:16-17, Psalm 119:11 3.  Written study SECTION I…

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Prayer

DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 3 PRAYER This week's teaching:  Luke 11:5-13 ASSIGNMENT: 1.  Prayer 15 minutes per day minimum 2.  Bible memorization Mark 11:24 and Philippians 4:6-7 3.  Written study SECTION I:…

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The Uniqueness of Christ

DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 2 THE UNIQUENESS OF CHRIST This week's teaching:  Colossians 1:15-23 ASSIGNMENT: Prayer:10 minutes per day minimum Bible Memorization:  John 14:6 Written Study SECTION 1:  HIS PRE-EXISTENCE 1. Who…

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Christian Service

  DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 13 CHRISTIAN SERVICE The Assignment: To pray 25 minutes a day To memorize James 2:26 and Galatians 5: 13 This week's lesson James 2: 14-26 Written study…

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The Holy Spirit

                          DISCIPLESHIP LESSON 12                              THE HOLY SPIRIT Assignment: Memorize Ephesians 5:18 and Galatians 5:16-17 Pray 25 minutes daily This week's lesson:  Galatians 5: 13-26 SECTION I 1.  A.  The…

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