About 40% of the biblical material is narrative, story, and is the most common single type of writing in the Bible. One of the primary faith confessions of both Christianity and Judaism is that God has chosen to reveal Himself in extraordinary ways in human history, yet in the ordinary events and circumstances in which …

The Epistles are letters written to the fledgling churches and individual believers in the earliest days of Christianity. The apostle Paul wrote the first 13 of these letters, each addressing a specific situation or problem. In terms of volume, Paul’s writings constitute about one-fourth of the entire New Testament. The others were written by an …

A topical sermon is a sermon based on a single topic rather than on a single passage of Scripture. In other words, both the message as well as the body of the message is taken from a chosen topic. Usually there are two or more passages used depending on the body of the message or …

Exhortation is a miniature form of preaching. First of all it is short. Usually it should not last more than three to five minutes, or, in some special occasions (like birthdays, anniversaries, etc.), it may last up to ten to fifteen minutes. Otherwise it may become real preaching and people would take offense because of …