#biblical exposition

Introduction For years, I lived as a sincere believer—attending worship gatherings, serving in ministry, speaking the language of faith—but something resisted the life of Christ in me. I blamed external attacks, spiritual warfare, or circumstances. The real culprit, I later discovered, was far closer: the old man within, decaying and deceptive, masquerading as my own voice. The moment the Holy…

Expository Preaching in the Old Testament: For the ARPC Korean Pastors’ Conference

Seoul, Republic of Korea.

I am honored to be invited to lead a seminar on “Expository Preaching from the Old Testament,” with my fathers and brothers at the third annual Korean Pastors’ Conference, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church. Our selected text for our “case study” will be Jonah Chapter 2.

Here is the information that we will be covering.

Expository Preaching in the Old Testament

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Expository Preaching Rubric: Homiletics Class

Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary; view of the nave. Source: Princeton Theological Seminary

The following scoring Rubric will be used in our Basic Preaching class.

More Observations on Acts 1:8

This assignment is to perform an additional 25 observations on Acts 1:8

Acts 1:8 (NASB)

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”

Jesus is the one speaking.

The Holy Spirit has not yet come upon them.

Jerusalem is mentioned first.

“My witnesses”…

The Character of the Expositor by John MacArthur, Jr.

Behind the content of his message is the character of the expositor. He must be set apart from mundane matters, lifted above worldly aims and ambitions, and devoted singularly to God’s service. In 1 Timothy 6:11-14, Paul lists four characteristics of such a man of God: He is marked by what he flees from, follows after, fights for, and is faithful to.

NOTE: MacArthur was referring to:

flee from Im…