Encountering God through Expository Preaching Connecting God’s People to God’s Presence through God’s Word

Preaching occurs when a holy man of God opens the Word of God and says to the people of God,
“Come and experience God with me in this text.” 
Encountering God through Expository Preaching ushers preachers of all levels of experience through the practical steps necessary to preach with power. The authors not only cover the exegetical skills and homiletical techniques necessary for sound preaching, but they also dive deeper to emphasize how a pastor’s character and reliance upon the Holy Spirit are essential to preaching God’s word effectively.
 
As the preacher encounters God in preaching, he will preach with spiritual power and see lives transformed and churches strengthened.   

Jim Scott Orrick is professor of literature and culture at Boyce College in Louisville, KY
 
Brian K. Payne is professor of Christian theology and expository preaching at Boyce College in Louisville, KY, and senior pastor of First Baptist Church of Fisherville, KY.
 
Ryan Fullerton is lead pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Louisville, KY, and helps lead the efforts of the Immanuel Network to plant and cultivate healthy churches.

Introduction

Part One – The Holy Man, the Holy Text, and the Holy Spirit
1.      The Man Matters
2.      A Defense of Expository Preaching
3.      Context Matters, Part One
4.      Context Matters, Part Two
5.      Preaching through Books
6.      Topical Preaching
7.      The Sermon and the Spirit, Part One
8.      The Sermon and the Spirit, Part Two
9.      The Sermon and the Spirit, Part Three 

Part Two – Preparing to lead the People of God to Experience God: early preparation
10.  Delivery Matters 
11.  Reading the Scriptures Well 
12.  How Does it Fit, What Does it Say? 
13.  How is it Built?
14.  Why Does it Stay?

Part Three – “Come and experience God with me in this text:” final preparation
15.  Reading a Full manuscript 
16.  Preaching from an Outline 
17.  Preaching without Notes