The Exploring Expositor

       If you are like me, you may have never heard the term exposition in a biblical context before. According to merriam-webster.com, exposition means "a setting forth of the meaning or purpose (as of a writing) ( https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exposition ). In short, that is my entire mission as a preacher, to be an expositor of the Word of God. I want to open the Scripture, take a passage from within, and set forth its meaning and its purpose, in its original context. My goal is to be able to take the reader of this blog, or the listener of my sermons and transport them back into the biblical day. I want us all to come to an understanding of what the authorial intent was in the day that it was written, because that is still the intent that the Lord has for it in our modern day. In essence, what God told the church through the apostles is the same thing he wants to tell us. Despite all of the cultural advancements, quality of life improvements, and mod...

Welcome to the Exploring Expositor!      Hello and welcome to the beginning of what I hope will become and in-depth, educational experience for all who come to this site. By way of introduction, I am an assistant preacher in a small Baptist church, and just surrendered to my call to preach in June of 2023. After I began to preach I was given an insatiable hunger for my Bible. Ever since my salvation I had a desire to read the Bible, but it seemed like something always got in the way, or I would put other things first, and would "get around to it", which, as anyone that has been in a similar situation knows, never happened. However, once I gave in to the will of God for my life, preaching his Word, it has been as craving water after finishing yard work in the middle of summer. I can not get enough of my Bible, reading it, learning the history of the church, dipping into original language word studies, anything I can do to deepen my understanding of the Scriptures.  ...