Mark Dever, senior pastor of Capitol
Hill Baptist Church in Washington, DC,
and president of 9Marks, is widely
respected for his efforts to build
biblically faithful churches in America
that will impact the nations. In this
book about one of the practical
distinctives of that More...work, Dever
and his former student Greg Gilbert
offer a theological and practical guide
emphasizing the centrality of
expositional preaching -- sermons
intentionally rooted in a specific
Bible text.Dever and Gilbert clearly
explain how God exercises His divine
power through the Word, making it the
basis of any relationship we have with
Him. Thus, preaching directly from
Scripture should be at the center of
church life. Toward that goal, the
authors give practical advice on how
pastors can decide what texts to preach
on, how to prepare and outline their
sermons, and how to deliver and review
those presentations.Pastors will
especially appreciate the book’s final
section: transcripts of past sermons
from Dever and Gilbert augmented by
insightful conversations between them
about how each sermon was planned and
whether or not is was effectively
implemented.