Don't Be Typical
5 Common Ways Preachers Fail God's Word
By John Meador

Expositional preaching is not “typical” preaching. It is powerful, anointed, text-honoring preaching. Exposition is detailed preaching; it is preaching the Word (not just about the Word).  It is demanding, convicting, nourishing preaching, but it is not typical preaching.

It is common to hear what some call “skyscraper preaching.” That is, some messages consist of story after story after story after story. In the preacher’s excitement about cool stories, he allows the stories to become the content—he uses stories to illustrate the truth of the text (which, by itself, is fine), but the stories become the sum total of his sermon.

Jesus was a story-teller, but the stories were the vehicle by which truth was ultimately brought to confront the listener.