Daniel Ligon

“If we don’t consider the gospel context of the Bible as a whole, even well-exegeted imperatives turn into moralism. And this fosters a legalistic culture in our churches.”
― David R. Helm, Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today

“A man preacheth that sermon only well unto others which preacheth itself in his own soul.”
― John Owen, The True Nature of a Gospel Church and Its Government

“Expository preaching is empowered preaching that rightfully submits the shape and emphasis of the sermon to the shape and emphasis of a biblical text. In that way, it brings out of the text what the Holy Spirit put there…and does not put into the text what the preacher thinks might be there.”
― David R. Helm, Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today

“Theological reflection…is a rigorous and prayerful discipline of taking the time to meditate on my text and how it relates to God’s plan of redemption. It is an exercise that asks how my passage relates to the Bible as a whole, especially to the saving acts of God in Jesus.”
― David R. Helm, Expositional Preaching: How We Speak God's Word Today