Revealing insights from over 30 years of experience, John Piper shows pastors how and what to communicate from the pulpit in a way that takes seriously the God-appointed task of preaching.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: The Roots and Scope of Expository Exultation
Part 1: A Setting for Preaching:
God’s People Gathered for Worship
1. The Essence of Corporate Worship
2. Corporate Worship: Biblical and Beautifully Fitting
Part 2: Why Is Expository Exultation Integral to Corporate Worship?
Heralding, History, and Trinity
3. How Paul Brought Heralding into the House of God
4. Four Roots of the Beautiful Fitness of Expository Exultation in Worship
5. The Trinitarian Roots of Expository Exultation
Part 3: How Does Preaching Become a Means of the Miracle of Worship—Supernaturally?
Expository Exultation in the Power of the Holy Spirit
6. Expository Exultation: A Humanly Impossible Act with a Humanly Impossible Effect
7. Expository Exultation by Faith: How I Pursued the Miracle in My Preaching
Part 4: How Does Preaching Become a Means of the Miracle of Worship—Naturally?
Expository Exultation and the Use of All Our Natural Powers
8. Expository Exultation: Loving People with Clear Thinking and Valid Logic
9. “Lest the Cross Be Emptied of Its Power”: The Perils of Christian Eloquence
Part 5: Rigorous Attention to the Text for the Sake of Radical Penetration into Reality
Making Connection Manifest between Text and Reality
10. Text, Reality, and Sermon: Making the Connections Clear
11. Showing How Reality Shines through the Words of the Passage: Three Examples
Part 6: What Reality Shall We Preach?
Three Pervasive Emphases of All Expository Exultation
12. Preaching in the Light of an Author’s All-Encompassing Vision of Reality
13. Expository Exultation and the Glory of God, Part 1: As the Ultimate Goal of All Things
14. Expository Exultation and the Glory of God, Part 2: How It Shapes Every Sermon
15. Expository Exultation and Christ Crucified, Part 1: Boasting Only in the Cross in Every Sermon
16. Expository Exultation and Christ Crucified, Part 2: “That We Might Live to Righteousness”
17. Expository Exultation and the Obedience of Faith, Part 1: The Path of Love That Leads to Life
18. Expository Exultation and the Obedience of Faith, Part 2: The Pursuit of Joy, Love, and Eternal Life
Part 7: Expository Exultation and the Old Testament
The Glory of God, the Cross of Christ, and the Obedience of Faith
19. Expository Exultation and the Old Testament, Part 1: Preaching the Glory of God
20. Expository Exultation and the Old Testament, Part 2: Preaching Christ Crucified
21. Expository Exultation and the Old Testament, Part 3: Preaching the Obedience of Faith
Concluding Thoughts: A Dangerous and Glorious Calling
General Index
Scripture Index
Note on Desiring God Resources
About the Author :
John Piper is founder and lead teacher of desiringGod.org and chancellor of Bethlehem College & Seminary. He served for thirty-three years as a pastor at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and is the author of more than fifty books, including Desiring God; Don’t Waste Your Life; and Providence.
