Third , keep it in the text. Expository sermons will always be appropriate. The curriculum for most Bible classes in fifth grade and above should be the Bible itself. While various books, periodicals, and religious publications line shelves and fill hard drives, there is no substitute for letting the text do the talking. Sermons are abundant.
Planning is simplified.
God is praised. Seekers are blessed. These result from keeping folks in the text. Jesus is an awesome, powerful, attractive person to those who get to know Him. Our task is to show the world who Jesus is.