What is the Value of A Sermon Series?

We are about to do something at our church that hasn’t been done in an age. That’s right, we are starting a sermon series (through Daniel!). Today we shall consider three advantages of preaching through a book of the Bible.

A series allows a Deeper focus.

Digging into one book of the Bible can be an exciting and catalyzing force upon the congregation. The Bible is absolutely inexhaustible and a sermon series gives God’s people a chance to see anew just how deep the Scriptures are. It also encourages ready attendance since who would want to miss out on the Lord’s Day dig?

A series teaches hermeneutics.

Hermeneutics is just a fancy word that means the way we interpret the Bible. A preacher should show his method of interpretation in every sermon, but the preacher’s technique of getting at the truth of the text will show itself more clearly in a series. This will equip Christians to understand the text more deeply and to read their own Bibles more better.

A series forces us to face uncomfortable texts.

This is one of the classic defenses for verse-by-verse preaching through books of the Bible. It’s true within reason, for the preacher retains the liberty to choose which book he takes up in the first place. But once locked into a biblical book, the preacher will be forced to deal with its difficult passages as well as the easy ones. This helps showcase the full-orb of biblical truth to God’s people.