Exposition is preaching that derives its content from the Scripture directly, seeking to discover its divinely intended meaning, to observe its effect upon those who first received it, and to apply it to those who seek its guidance in the present. It consists of deep insight into and understanding of the thoughts of God, powerfully presented in direct personal application to contemporary needs and problems. It is definitely not a dreary, rambling, shallow verse-by verse commentary, as many imagine. Nor is it a dry-as-dust presentation of academic biblical truth, but a vigorous, captivating analysis of reality, flowing from the mind of Christ by means of the Spirit and the preacher into the daily lives and circumstances of twentieth century people (Ray C. Stedman).

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Eggs, Dairy		Breakfast, Oatmeal	9	Servings

INGREDIENTS

3	c	Oats
1/2	c	Brown sugar
2	ts	Baking powder
1/2	ts	Cinnamon
1/2	ts	Salt
1/2	c	Applesauce
1	ts	Vanilla
2		Eggs; (I use egg substitute)
1	c	Milk; (I use skim)
1/2	c	Raisins; (up to 1)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. Mix dry ingredients in one bowl; mix wet ingredients in another.
3. Stir wet and dry ingredients together and add raisins.
4. Spread in a 9x9 pan sprayed with nonstick spray.
5. Bake 25-30 minutes.
Calories per serving 200 fat 2 grams. Using unsweetened applesauce, egg
substitute, skim milk and 1/2c raisins. Posted to the elf mailing list
April 97 by Mary C.
Posted to recipelu-digest Volume 01 Number 674 by RecipeLu
<[email protected]> on Feb 01, 1998

A Message from our Provider:

“Many favors which God gives us ravel out for want of hemming through our unthankfulness; for though prayer purchases blessings, giving praise keeps the quiet possession of them. #Thomas Fuller”

But it is far more common for the evangelical preacher to edit God’s Word: 1. By removing the text from its context, and using it to say what-ever the preacher likes, 2. By moralizing the text, so that it is reduced to an ethical maxim that ﬁts any religion, 3. By using the text to promote hobby-horses, and 4. By dogmatic insistence that the text says things it does not truly say. This homiletical hocus-pocus has subtle roots such as the desire to be clever and popular or synthetically relevant or intellectually respectable or to make the gospel more acceptable. But most often God’s Word gets watered down by the preacher’s laziness. He simply will not do the hard work to engage and preach a text in its context.

Kent Hughes