Quotes & Sayings About Expository Preaching

Expository preaching consists in the explanation and application of a passage of Scripture. Without explanation it is not expository; without application it is not preaching.32 — Steven J. Lawson

Evangelism, instead of being a normal part of careful and regular expository preaching, with the twin effect on the consciences of the unconverted and on the growth in grace of Christians, becomes a special, dramatic activity. This leads to an orientation of church life away from Scripture, and as scriptural and non-scriptural duties become confused, the main duties which God requires of Christians and ministers are overshadowed. — Iain H. Murray

Expository preaching means you can't completely predetermine what your people will be hearing over the next few weeks or months. As the texts are opened, questions and answers emerge that no one might have seen coming. — Timothy Keller

The key to preaching, then, is to make the message of the text obvious. Help people to see it and feel it. Help people to understand the text. Paul is talking about what I would call 'expository preaching', in which the message of the text is the message of the sermon. — J. Gary Millar

Expository preaching is the best method for displaying and conveying your conviction that the whole Bible is true. — Timothy Keller

After seventy years of expository preaching, I have yet to touch the hem of His garment. — W. A. Criswell

Regular expository preaching of the Bible is the staple diet of a healthy church. — Alistair Begg