“‘That [we might] be complete’ (v. 17) We cannot lead others into spiritual maturity if we are still babes!”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 27
Which They Catch in a Minute
“As one Puritan put it, they sin till they’re out of breath.”
No, Really
“That’s the thing about truisms. They are often true.”
An Aggrieved Suitor
“He could not win her heart, as he well knew, but he was pretty sure he could have an impact on her heart. What he wanted to do was leave a rude dent in it.”
Covering the Whole Syllabus
“If a man is truly called of God to be a preacher, then he is committed to declare ‘the whole counsel of God’ (Acts 20:27)”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 19
Backbone Not Optional
“‘For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For it I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ’ (v. 10). In the light of these solemn words that Paul boldly asserts, the matter of fearless preaching becomes a ‘must’ to the authentic preacher”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 15
Eats Through Anything
“It was not a slight prideful vanity, but a corrosive and acidic pride, the kind that would degrade any intelligence that tried to hold it like a container.”
Incarnational Exegesis
“Preaching is essential incarnation. If we would be followers of the Prince of Preachers, then all our preaching should be a ‘fleshing out’ of the pattern that Jesus left for us.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 11
I Mean, No Telling
“Lambeth was the kind of man who lost his temper down deep inside. When Lambeth lost his temper, nobody knew where it had gotten to.”
The Text Must Be Beneath the Feet
“In the strictest sense of the term, authentic preaching is expository preaching.”
Olford, Anointed Expository Preaching, p. 4