Derick Dickens

“Francis of Assisi prayed, “Grant that I would not so much seek to be understood as to understand, that I would not so much seek to be loved as to love.”
― David A. Powlison, Take Heart: Daily Devotions to Deepen Your Faith

“Long ago Augustine simply summarized, “When the Bible speaks, God speaks.”
― Bryan Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon

“An expository sermon may be defined as a message whose structure and thought are developed from a biblical text, covering its scope, in order to explain how the features and context of the text disclose enduring principles for faithful thinking, living, and worship intended by the Spirit, who inspired the text.”
― Bryan Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon

“Without an ultimate authority for truth, all human striving has no ultimate value, and life itself becomes futile. Modern trends in preaching that deny the authority of the Word 8 in the name of intellectual sophistication lead to a despairing subjectivism in which people do what is right in their own eyes— a state whose futility Scripture has clearly articulated (Judg. 21: 25).”
― Bryan Chapell, Christ-Centered Preaching: Redeeming the Expository Sermon