Proclaimer Blog
Just one way?
Is there just one way to preach a passage? No, says John Woodhouse:
Have you ever had the experience of working your way through a book of the Bible one year and then coming back to it another year and saying “oh, I got it all wrong.” I think it’s rarely the case that you got it all wrong. It’s that the Scriptures are so rich there is rarely one issue they’re dealing with. There isn’t one way of expounding a biblical book or a biblical passage. Any one exposition can never plumb the depths of the riches that are there. We’re not looking for the answer. But we’re also trying to avoid subjectively coming to the text. We have to let the text control us, but we have to realise that the text may lead us in several different directions and two different expositors may come up with different things. Don’t think there is just one way.
This from John Woodhouse speaking at 2000 Minister's conference here. John will be speaking at this year's Senior Ministers Conference, Younger Ministers Conference and the EMA.