CREATIVE DISTRIBUTION

 


The question came out of the blue—

            “Which of your writings have seen the widest geographical distribution?”

It could have been the play “The House of Agatha Mystrie” which was re-printed in Dutch, or the article “The Forgotten Joseph” which was translated into Portuguese. But the most likely answer is “The Expository Sermon: Cultural or Biblical?

That article first appeared in “The Journal of Ministry and Theology,” published by Baptist Bible Seminary. When I began teaching online for Liberty University, they reprinted it as part of their online publications called Scholars Crossing. There, the article has been downloaded 1300 times. Those downloads have taken place literally around the world.

You can read “The Expository Sermon: Cultural or Biblical” without charge.

Go to Scholars Crossing and click on Authors under the Browse heading. Scroll down to Allen, Robert and you will find the article available for download.

I would love to hear your reaction. I have used expository preaching throughout my ministry, but the article explores some aspects of that practice which may be as much a part of our cultural background as it is our biblical theology. Let me know what you think.

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