Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today (9Marks, Building Healthy Churches)

I love to see peoples shocked responses when they learn that expository preaching is the first of the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church. This priority is affirmed and explained in Expositional Preaching. David Helm issues a stirring challenge to get the message clear and right. May God be pleased to use this book to help you preach faithfully for the health of the church and the glory of God!

In this compact book, David Helm distills key principles and insights that have encouraged many at the Charles Simeon Trust preaching workshops. I have seen men reengage with the hard work of preaching preparation as David has taught this material. May that same result be multiplied by this book.

Helm has given us a finely wrought and utterly compelling brief on what needs to be understood and done in order to faithfully preach the Word. This is an important book.

David Helms skills as a preacher and his vast experience as a teacher of preachers make anything he says on this subject of great value. But I read him with greatest appreciation for what is most clear among his commitments: Staying on the line, never rising above the text of Scripture to say more than it said and never falling beneath the text by lessening its force or fullness. Here is not merely skill and wisdom, but also faithfulness from which the truest treasures of preaching come.

If I were teaching a preaching class and could assign the students only one book, this might be the one. Its a rare find that both introduces a topic to the novice and instructs the experienced. Davids humility convicts, rebukes, instructs, and encourages me as a preacher. I pray it will do the same for you.

David Helm has written the most helpful, concise, and useful book on expository preaching I have ever read.

Expositional Preaching is the best introduction to expository preaching I know of. The book is theologically discerning and yet incredibly practical. I hope thousands of preachers read this book.