Many men cannot, or think they cannot, preach expository sermons. Exposition is an unknown art to them. The aim of this book is not only to demonstrate the value of expository preaching, but to show how. It is not pulpit eloquence no matter how brilliant, nor topical preaching no matter how timely, wise, varied, or epigrammatic, which best resists the wear and tear of time in a long pastorate.
I enjoy Meyer's writing, but expected a different book than I experienced. This is much more a why-to than a how-to. Also, each chapter ends with a transcribed sermon from Meyer. These were most likely included as examples, but I found they disrupted the flow of the book. It would have been better, in my opinion, to continue from chapter to chapter and arrange the sermons at the end. Overall, I don't regret reading this book, but probably won't read it twice.
This was a decent book about Expository preaching, but there was very little new in the book. Perhaps this is because many modern writers/preachers have already highlighted these sermonic principals in other texts that I have read. One of the nice features of this book is that there are several examples of exposition. Decent little read.
Meyer offers some good insights pertaining to expository preaching. However, I did not agree some some of his conclusions as it pertains to philosophy and apologetics. Nevertheless, this was a good overall read especially geared for pastors and teachers.