In true ministry the Bible must be foundational. To that end the preacher must have complete confidence in, and be in submission to, the Scriptures as the Word of God. Without these two basic elements no-one can be a true preacher. The need for expository preaching An illustration may help to set the context and highlight the need for biblical preaching. Reading the Scriptures, no doubt seeking after both God and truth, he was perplexed.
Many preachers misjudge the people in their congregations.
Too often 'the hungry sheep look up and are not fed'. The second illustration concerns a leading churchman in one of the historic denominations. During an official visit he was deploring unbalanced and extreme attitudes to Scripture, maintaining that this was doing great harm to the church. But when he was challenged that the real problem in the church today was the appalling ignorance of Scripture, after a bit of pressure he reluctantly agreed. This ignorance is of course because, for a long time, preaching Sunday by Sunday simply has not been in any real sense expository.