What do you mean by a church "DEMANDING" expositors? And 2ndly, you ARE aware I trust, that expository preaching is NOT the only method to deliver the truths of God, aren't you?

@@Kman. By "demanding" I mean churches who look for and hire expository preachers. Yes, I am aware that there are other methods. Thanks for asking!

@@TheoFaith Let's be honest...e/one runs with those in their own circles, & Calvinists wouldn't "look for" s/one who doesn't adhere to the teachings, and visa versa. *PS* Rhetorical question, but thx!

@@Kman. You may object to Calvinist theology, but do you think that only Calvinists are advocates of expository preaching? I think you will find men from a variety of theological perspectives who agree that preaching from the text of scripture not only honors that God who inspired and preserved scripture but also guards the preacher and the congregation from error.

@@TheoFaith No I don't, and yes I totally agree. 👍

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Amen! All praise to God

As long as one has acquired a worldly education about God, that automatically diaqualifies them as true preachers. One easy way to tell a false preacher is if what they preach is from some college.

@@masimba5000 That's a presupposition that there is no educational institution that offers anything of theological value to it's students. Moreover, it's a positive claim that such an education is a disqualification for ministry. Have you a Bible verse to support this assertion? By that logic the Apostle Paul was disqualified according to you.

@@codyvandal2860 Cody, you are starting at the wrong place. You need a bible verse to support your position. What verse/s allows you to start or attend a bible college.

@@codyvandal2860 What is the name of the college that Jesus started before going back to heaven? Which of the apostles attended? What are the names of the bible schools established by the bible apostles?

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I agree SWBTS is where I have my discipleship training from.

All Calvinistic, so sure...if s/one is willing to be instructed by those who subscribe to that position, sure...great schools. But I guess if s/one is NOT Calvinistic, they certainly have to have deep roots in their beliefs before they would enroll.

@@Kman. You would be chosen, preordained, and eternally secure at graduation.

@@Kman. That was sarcasm...you would come out a Calvinist.

@@Crow44195 LOL... I'm pretty well grounded, and well enough to know that I wouldn't even enroll there.

Agree, it is *ONE* way.

The Bible as the source of a sermon and preaching it in context is the ONLY way. If the Bible isn't the foundation it isn't a sermon it's a speech.

One way? Are there other ways?

@@GrahameGould Topical... Textual... Narrative

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Joel is appreciated because SO MANY preachers = modern Pharisee, critical bullies ragging on audiences stealing hope and teaching shallow fantasy theological fiction like ONCE SAVED ALWAYS SAVED you despicable, depraved, pathetic perverted constant sinning worldly Laodicean hypocrites!

@wing nut Yes, you got that right. That is exactly the point I was making. Even in Jesus' time, these educated men existed: the Pharisees and the Sadducees. LAW-yers. That is to say, men who had studied the LAW of Moses and then became self-appointed teachers of the Law. Jesus called them HYPOCRITES!

@@masimba5000 I wholeheartedly agree..my only desire to go to a seminary was to deepen my understanding of God's word..it was always puzzling to me when larger churches wanted highly educated seminary grads who honestly cared nothing for truthful exegesis and exposition

@@masimba5000 They were bible warpers who added crap /tradition to the scriptures. like modern Pharisees

@@mitchelll3879 99% of seminaries teach heresy and warp bible

Jesus is the son of God, that is His qualification!

True comment.

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Hello Dave, This is an honest question that you ask. I would venture to make somewhat of a feeble attempt to to give you at least one sort of preaching that expositional preaching is not. I say this from my own experience over the years, having just come to a better understanding of this in the last few years. In times past, it would be common for me to sense or feel a leading concerning a certain message that the Lord had put on my heart. I believe this is good and right, and that the ‘preacher’ carries a certain burden on his heart concerning the church. This burden or ‘message’ is an ongoing ‘sigh and a cry’ that the Lord gifts to such called men. It has become quite common in our cavalier and ‘shoot from the hip culture’ that we live in these days, for a called man of this nature to ‘sense’ this message that has been placed in his heart, but yet not know how it is that the message is to be delivered. And so, it is quite common these days for the preacher to go to the Bible with the help of his concordance and ‘find’ some really good scriptures that back up or ‘prove’ the validity of his message. We call these ‘proof-texts’. While I wouldn’t go as far to say that this in and of itself is all bad, the problem with this method is that there are many tendencies for the ‘preacher’ to be out in front with the scriptures being used to back him up. This must be reversed. The scriptures with their context, setting and correct interpretation must lead the way and be preeminent. The tail should not wag the dog. This is backwards. The messenger must we willing to become lost in his message. The tendency for a preacher who steps into the pulpit with the scriptures following behind is that many times his hearers come away having heard the preacher, and not the scriptures. John 1:37 shows us the proper order here. ‘After speaking, they followed Jesus’. Not much of John there, the messenger was lost, or faded into the background. This, to me is the primary difference between ‘expository’ preaching, and a man, even a gifted man getting up there and speaking with the scriptures backing him up. The emphasis must be on scriptures and it’s accurate proclamation. His goal must always be for his hearers to come away having ‘heard’ the scriptures and not the man.

@@lawtonfloorcovering728 thank you for taking so much time and effort to explain that. It was very helpful. It would good for those in these videos to explain what they are talking about.

@@lawtonfloorcovering728 excellent explanation

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Glad to help James. The term "pastor" is an English translation for the Greek word ποιμήν, which can also be translated as "shepherd." This Greek noun is used in Ephesians 4:11 as part of the different offices/roles that Paul lists as having been given by Jesus to the church for leadership.

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Because a Preacher should also care for the congregation. This helps ground the preacher in everyday needs & wants of the congregation and helps shape the sermons.

Its laziness, basically.

All pastors should be preachers, but not all preachers should be pastors.

Oh please. Did Peter, Paul, or John need Calvin?

@@CSUnger That is my point exactly. No one needs Calvin so why teach it. Calvin is not part of the Bible. But to the reformed people he is everything.

Yeah, there are a few in my church. Drives me up a wall.

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Thank you for this

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Not sure if you listened to the video, based on that comment

Can you explain what the "biblical" model is, and cite Scripture?

Yes, Tim. 1 Cor. 14:26 gives us a little insight into the way the earliest believers interacted with each other in a community expression of their new understanding. “ What then, brethren? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for edification.” In the early Church everyone was an active participant in the communal gatherings. It wasn’t a formalized ritual that they performed when they got together. Just imagine a group of like minded people who now understand a different reality than the one they had grown up with and which everyone else was participating in socially. Today’s “church” setting and format is something that has developed over 20 centuries and has been influenced by such things as the Roman Catholic Church and guys like Charles Finney, etc. Well intentioned, I’m sure but it’s no longer an organic expression of a lived out faith but, rather, a formalized set of rote procedures that has little to do with where each individual is at and has little to no eternal value nor does it address the individual needs or gifts that each believer has been presented with. I’ll give you an idea of how this hinders real bodily edification: there is a brother in our congregation (I dislike the term but that’s what it is - I would rather say “our community” but it is not at that level) who has a degree in Apolgetics. Meanwhile, I have been a believer for 48 years and have actually been used of God to lead at least 8 people to Him, all of whom are still faithful at some level, but because of the structure that has been developed over the centuries, he and I are relegated to sit in the pews while a 27 year old guy, genuine no doubt, gives the teaching. Technically, what he gives is correct but there is not the gravitas nor the depth that would come if he was coming from his experience of a number of years rather than learned hear knowledge. Does that make sense to you? Or do you need more explanation or clarification. There’s so much more but this forum is somewhat limited. Read David Wells’s book “ No Place For Truth”. It might help.

“Head knowledge “ not hear knowledge.

Strongly agree, the traditional tier type church structure, the three songs, a prayer and a three part sermon way of worship isn’t 1st Century Christian which was group worship, circular, equal. Traditional worship of the West borrows a lot of its form from the non Christian world, particularly the Greeks and Romans. Christ stated in John, the 4th chapter, that a day was coming when people would not worship in a designated place ( V21) and the true worshipers would worship “in spirit and in truth.” (V23-24).

@@michaelmaharlika8569 Jesus did warn of false teachers If it were possible the very elect would be deceived However the only infallible teacher is the holy spirit So many different interpretation of scripture Also so many denominations and sects and cults have been established in the last 2.000 years We certainly need the spirits guidance