Impact Preaching: A Case for the One-Point Expository Sermon

by Jim L. Wilson, R Gregg Watson, Michael Kuykendall

This comprehensive and engaging manual aids preachers in keeping the transformative meaning and impact of the biblical text intact through all hermeneutical and homiletical processes. While this approach applies to all sermon structures, the book focuses on the less familiar one-point expository message rather than the more common three-point sermon, or verse-by-verse approach. Drawing upon the strengths of their backgrounds as homiletic and biblical studies professors, the authors help the reader identify which biblical texts fit the one-point expository sermon structure, explain how to develop the sermons, and provide sermon samples that illustrate the approach. The authors explore the features of each major literary genre and how it helps to shape the sermon. With their shared expertise in biblical studies and homiletics, they offer a book brimming with insights and usefulness.

256 pages, Paperback

Published July 25, 2018

Reviews

[Tyler Singleton · Rating 3 out of 5]

I would give this book 3.5 stars if able, to be fair.

4 stars for the “heart” of the book, because the one-point, plot-driven homiletical approach is novel and very helpful for narrative passages.

3 stars for the “rest” of the book, because this approach is awkward for passages that are not narrative-driven and because much of the book is filled with content that is not necessarily related to the topic at hand.

I do appreciate the insightful homiletical approach!

[Gina Giraldin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth the read.

Challenging and convincing. If you are looking for a biblical way to filter down your messages, look no further. This book hits it out of the park with less being more. Well done.