Textual Preaching

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

Textual preaching is more than making a comment or two on a text. Textual preaching, in contrast to expository preaching, focuses on the thematic unity of a biblical passage, challenging the preacher to seek the text's central truth.

Textual Preaching versus Expository Preaching. Textual preaching is one of the most common and elementary sermon types, taking its main themes and divisions (or points) directly from the textual material. Like the expository sermon, the selected text may vary in...

 

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