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Here is my relationship with every message I teach: Wednesday: I love it, I can’t wait to teach it Thursday: Anticipation building. This is going to be awesome! Friday: I can’t look at it anymore! I hate it. I wouldn’t teach this message at gunpoint! Saturday: It might not be as bad as I originally thought. This might actually be preach-able. (By Saturday night, I can’t wait to preach it!) Sunday: I think it went pretty well. I don’t know how, but God used it. I wish I would just say what I wrote 🙂 Monday: I’m never preaching again! (I’m staring at a blank page … Read More

I thought today I’d answer some of the most common myths associated with Expositional Preaching and Teaching: Myth #1 – “Teaching expositionally is boring.” – No. Boring is boring. In fact, I find expositional teaching to be the most exciting style of teaching there is. I love hearing a great Bible teacher build his case by working through a section of Scripture. Myth #2 – “Expositional teaching is too deep for unchurched people.” – We need to stop thinking that unchurched people aren’t smart or can’t handle anything other than basic truths. Unchurched people can handle any truth from the … Read More

This is a great question! While I believe you should teach whatever the Lord leads you to teach, if you’re looking for suggestions on what books of the Bible to preach first as you begin teaching expositionally, here’s a few: 1. Colossians – 4 chapters. Tons of application. Great theology to stretch your hearers. 2. James – Off the charts practical. Great topics to cover that the church always needs to hear. 3. Habakkuk – Short book. Not overwhelming. Great Application 4. Ruth – Beautiful story. Great opportunity to stretch your hearers with some Old Testament history and great application … Read More

“Bob, can you talk about how you teach expositionally and still reach unchurched people?” I get this question pretty regularly. The reason is, many guys who teach the Bible verse by verse don’t seem to reach people far from God with this style of teaching. On the other hand, a majority of the Pastors who take evangelism seriously primarily teach topically and believe this is the best way to reach unchurched people. This question hits on 2 things that are very important to me: 1. Preaching verse by verse through the Bible 2. Reaching people far from God By answering … Read More

One of the things we’ve built our church on is the systematic teaching of the Bible. We’re a verse by verse Bible teaching church for the most part. We do topical stuff as well (some topics are best covered in a topical manner), but the majority of Sundays, we’re working our way through a book of the Bible. We’ve taught through 30 books of the Bible in nearly 11 years and I believe our church is healthier because of it.  We’re getting ready to finish Romans in about a month and we’ll start the book of Nehemiah the following Sunday. I know … Read More

I've been a Mac user for 8+ years and one of my reservations to switching from a PC was, "What Bible software is available on for Mac?" Well, I discovered Accordance Bible software and I've been sold!  I couldn't be happier with their software. Many programs give tons of books (most of which are useless), but Accordance lets you pick packages that have books you'll actually use.  They have tons of commentaries available (which is my #1 reason for using Bible software) and original language tools (my #2 reason for using Bible software).  But here's the coolest thing: they recently … Read More

This is a great question! While I believe you should teach whatever the Lord leads you to teach, if you're looking for suggestions on what books of the Bible to preach first as you begin teaching expositionally, here's a few: 1. Philippians – 4 chapters. Tons of application. Great theology to stretch your hearers. 2. James – Off the charts practical. Great topics to cover that the church always needs to hear. 3. Jonah – Great story. Short book. Not overwhelming. 4. Ruth – Beautiful story. Great opportunity to stretch your hearers with some Old Testament history and great application … Read More