Lectio Continua

Why do I preach through books of the Bible? Let me give you 15 reasons:
(1) Helps the preacher grow personally in knowledge and obedience by his disciplined exposure to God’s Word.
(2) Helps the preacher conserve time and energy used in choosing a sermon for each week.
(3) Balances the preacher’s area of “expertise” and preferred topics with the breadth of God’s thoughts in the Bible.
(4) Sensitive matters can be addressed without the appearance of pointing a finger at persons or problems in the church.
(5) Gives the preacher accountability to not avoid skipping over what does suit his taste or temperament on any given day.
6) Promotes biblical literacy in the preacher’s congregation by teaching them through example how to study their Bibles. That is, it teaches a reproducible method of Bible study.
(7) Forces the preacher to address a greater number of issues than what readily springs to mind.
8) Much research time can be saved because each new sermon does not require a new study of the book’s or the passage’s authors, background, context, and cause.
9) Increases the likelihood of the pastor preaching the whole counsel of God over time.
(10) Increases the pastor’s God-given prophetic authority in the pulpit by grounding his preaching in the divinely intended meaning of the text.
11) Increases the trustworthiness of the pastor’s preaching in the eyes of the congregation.
(12) Increases the pastor’s God-given blessing in the pulpit by remaining faithful to the intention of the One who sent him to preach.
(13) Increases the congregation’s trust in the inspiration, inerrancy, clarity, and sufficiency of Scripture.
(14) Decreases their likelihood of being deceived by false teaching.
(15) Best communicates that we need all 1189 chapters & 31,102 verses of the Bible for our salvation.