Confessional Preaching

Source: The Complete Library of Christian Worship, Robert E. Webber, General Editor

Confessional preaching arises out of the situation of the preacher. It builds on a personal experience, a matter of struggle, a triumph. It thereby connects with the lives of the hearers and draws them into the Word of God for their own situations.

Background

Confessional preaching is defined by its most famous contemporary practitioner, John R. Claypool, as a willingness "to share out of my own light and my own darkness-to share the truths that are saving me and the places where I find the...

 

The rest of this article is available with your subscription.