Preaching for the Rest of Us: Essentials for Text-Driven Preaching

Preaching for the Rest of Us serves as a starter's guide to text-driven preaching.  Driven by the conviction that pastors hold the weighty and honorable responsibility of explaining Scripture to their congregations, Gallaty and Smith present a clear step-by-step process for re-presenting Scripture in compelling text-driven sermons.    This unique type of preaching is the interpretation and communication of a text of Scripture driven by the substance, structure, and spirit of the text. It's not the presentation of a sermon, but the re-presentation of a text of a Scripture. For those who don’t feel trained for text-driven preaching, whose preaching template is tired and predictable, or need a preaching restart, Preaching for the Rest of Us provides a compelling reason and method for preaching texts of Scripture.

Robby Gallaty is the Senior Pastor of Long Hollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville, TN, and President of Replicate Ministries.

Steven W. Smith is the Senior Pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Little Rock, AR.