Engaging Exposition

In the homiletics field, a text has been needed that blends hermeneutics, sermon development, and sermon delivery.Engaging Expositionfills that gap with what its experienced authors call a "3-D approach" to preaching. Bill Curtis writes about theDiscoveryprocesshow to equip the student to discover the meaning of a biblical text by using sound principles of interpretation, and to move from biblical analysis to biblical interpretation. Danny Akin addresses theDevelopmentprocesshow to equip the student to develop expository sermons based upon results of the interpretive process, and to move from the Main Idea of the Text (MIT) to the completed sermon. Stephen Rummage explains theDeliveryprocesshow to equip students to deliver expository messages using the completed sermon, and to move from an understanding of speech communication principles to persuasive delivery.

Daniel L. Akin is president of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Bill Curtis is pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Darlington, South Carolina. Stephen Rummage is senior pastor of Bell Shoals Baptist Church in Brandon, Florida.