2. Preaching in the International Church

3. “the same but different” - The Lord and His Word - ‘the same’ on Steroids - from exhilaration to despair…and all points in between

4. “if the bugle gives an indistinct sound, who will get ready for the battle?” 1 Corinthians 14.8

5. “It is my conviction that all true Christian preaching is expository preaching. Every sermon should in some sense be an exposition of Scripture in the context.” John Stott

6. Topical Sermons Advantages MEMORABLE THOROUGH SPECIFIC AUTHORITATIVE EASIER? Concerns BIBLICAL? CONNECTIONS? CONTEXT? BALANCED? WHOLE BOOKS? SPIRITUAL GROWTH?

7. Textual Sermons Advantages READY TO BEGIN FEW RESOURCES MAXIMIZE STUDY TIME MORE ISSUES STUDIED CONTEXT UNDERSTOOD LESS CONTROVERSY BIBLE KNOWLEDGE MEASURED EFFECTIVE TRAINING Concerns FALSE PROMISE? WEARINESS? FRESH? LEFT OUT? TRAPPED? INTERRUPTIONS? TRANSIENCE ?

8. Big Books have Big Messages! -Every 7 Chapters -Divide it into Natural Blocks -Preach Big Blocks (Deuteronomy) -One Sermon on the Whole Book -A Chapter a Week -A Verse a Week

9. Stability and Diversity -Book Studies -Preaching Pastor -Passage consistently Preached -Variety of Preachers

10. “our hearers are very intelligent but biblically uneducated” Mark Dever

11. “Thus says the Lord GOD: Though I removed them far off among the nations, and though I scattered them among the countries, yet I have been a sanctuary to them for a while in the countries where they have gone.” Ezekiel 11.16