Redeeming exposition

While away in Tenerife last week I took opportunity to read this large American text book on preaching. We then discussed it at the Theological Study Group at the John Owen Centre last Monday. Ten of us, mostly pastors, met to discuss it and although there was a range of opinion we all felt fairly positive about it, given its main target audience (American seminarians). Most of us (preachers at least) had been able to track down free copies of this second edition via a UK-based American gentleman called Johnny Long who, it would appear shares Mr Chapell's concern over legalistic preaching that lacks a grace impetus. I would recommend the book to any Reformed preacher, the younger the better. Being a text book it is not an easy read but even where one would disagree with what is said there lessons to be learned and questions are raised that are well worth considering. We hope to look at The Expository Genius of John Calvin by Dr Steven J Lawson next time.