At Norway Baptist Church we place a high value on expository preaching. While we may preach a topical message "every once in a while" we typically work our way through a book one verse at a time in our worship services. Our elders explain the passage and then apply the Scripture to real life, where genuine Christianity is proved. We beleive that true worship is what we present to God. It is not how we feel but ultimately how we live. We desire to know the Word, love the Author, and live according to His Revelation. If expository preaching is new to you read what the following men have said about the topic:

John MacArthur

"Expository preaching familiarizes people with the Scripture itself instead of simply giving them a speech, as true and as reflective of biblical teaching as that speech may be. With expository preaching, people become familiar with the Scripture.  They can go back to the passages that have been addressed, and they can be reminded by the text itself of what it means. So you give people the Word of God in a way that has long-term impact, because it makes them familiar with Scripture."

A.W. Tozer

"It is a tragedy that those who claim to be contenders for the faith and hold a high view of inspiration of the Bible, rarely preach expositionally.   Until our thinking has been transformed by God's Word, we do not have a message.

Paige Patterson

"Fewer Christians would succumb to unbiblical teaching if more ministers practiced expositional preaching.  There is no genuinely good preaching except exposition.”

Al Mohler

"Authentic expository preaching takes the presentation of the Word of God as its central aim. The purpose of the preacher is to read the text, interpret the text, explain the text, and apply the text. Thus, the text drives the sermon from beginning to end. In fact, in too many of today's sermons, the text plays a subordinate role to other concerns.  Real exposition takes time, preparation, dedication, and discipline. The foundation of expository preaching is the confidence that the Holy Spirit will apply the Word to the hearts of the hearers--explained by the Reformers as the ministry of Word and Spirit. That ministry--so vital to the people of God--is missing or minimized in many evangelical congregations."

J. I. Packer

"The Purpose of expository preaching is not to stir people to action while bypassing their minds, so that they never see what reason God gives them for doing what the preacher requires of them; nor is the purpose to stock people's minds with truth, no matter how vital and clear, which then lies fallow and does not become the seed-bed and source of changed lives:  The purpose of preaching is to inform, persuade, and call forth an appropriate response to the God whose message and instruction are being delivered."