I would like to discuss the different styles of preaching with the aim of educating the faith-based community on the different types of preaching with particular emphasis on Expository (verse-by-verse) Preaching compared and contrasted with the other four…anecdotal, biographical, topical and textual.  I hope I have peeked your interest because Biblical pastoral authority flows directly from the “revealed Word.” Many preachers and pastors today question whether the Bible gives us any reason to think that exposition is the more effective way to preach, especially those with little or no formal training in homeletics. 

     The prophetic nature of preaching and the performative nature of God's Word reveal exposition to be best suited to unleashing the power of the text.  To say that preaching is prophetic is not to say that it is either predictive or ecstatic utterance - preachers are ambassadors, not prognosticators; and their source of revelation is God's mediated written word, not His immediate verbal word. It is rather to say that preaching is about receiving God's word and communicating it to God's people in a way that is faithful to God's intention.

       Quaint stories, "pulpit politicing" and testimonies have thier place but at The Jesus Leadership Academy in North Las Vegas, no longer "Sin City" but rather the "City of Abundant Grace", we teach the prophetic power of the Word and not the opinion of the preacher.  Let's talk about it , Louisville.  Are we growing spiritually, taught by unashamed Word-smiths or being ecstatically entertained by charismatic stage performers?