1PointPreacher Ep. 12 - Preach Larger Texts

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1 Point Preacher
Episode 12

Show Notes:

More on text selection.

What are the benefits/advantages of choosing larger sermon texts?

Biggest: feeding your people more of the Bible. More Bible is always good.
Especially if they are biblically illiterate.

They'll understand more of the Scripture more quickly, how it applies to them, and be sanctified more by the Spirit.

Possible objection: how will they follow more text?
They'll get the point if you get the point: of the book, of each section.
Example: Romans 14–15:6 is one section.

The way you study a text and develop a sermon is the same, regardless of text size.
The rules don't change.

More text doesn't necessarily mean more material. Hebrew poetry is a good example: repetition.

You are still working with one point.

Many preachers don't realize they already possess the fundamental skills to preach larger texts.

Is the explanation accurate?
You can be faithful regardless of text size.
Preaching smaller texts doesn't mean more faithful.

It will be encouraging to your people. The sense of progress of covering more of the Bible.

They have more of God's Word to apply.

People will learn to trust God more.

It will now be easier to preach those neglected parts of the Bible.
There will be less excuse for avoiding difficult and challenging texts.
You'll be finishing more books, faster. You'll have to choose what to preach next, more often.

You and your congregation need all of God's Word.

The congregation will be more equipped to judge you (the pastor) righteously, according to the Bible.

The people will learn what they never knew was there.

If you think they need more time, then open a time for discussion.

You'll be able to preach the long books of the Bible without committing to a 40 year plan.
Example: you would never choose Jeremiah if you thought faithful expository preaching is only 5 verses per sermon.

It's so good for families, college students, traveling workers, because they know you are teaching more of the Bible and covering the convicting texts.

Pastor's tend to choose what to preach according to their own strengths and weaknesses.
When you preach more of the Bible, you're thinking more about your people rather than your preference. God wants your people to learn the whole Bible.

There are other ways to go more in-depth with topics, other than the Lord's Day sermon.

Some pastors move so slowly through books because they enjoy in-depth so much, regardless of whether that's good for their people, and despite the fact that the congregation won't make much progress through the Bible.

More of God's Words, less of yours.

Even as a challenge to yourself:
You're convinced that sequential exposition is the best way to preach?
Test that commitment, and your skills, by taking more text at a time.
See you if you have been doing that with small texts, by seeing if you can faithfully explain and apply larger portions of Scripture.

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