Don't get me wrong, I love parsing the Word's words. Detailed exposition has it's place -- just not so much in, or as, preaching.
Take the Bible. There's some decent preaching, amen? But how many expository "sermons" do you find in the context of all those biographies and poems and personal letters?
If God finds historical tales and personal thoughts as a suitable (even preferred) means to deliver His Word, maybe our preachers ought to give that method a go.
Trouble is, you'd have to really know your subject -- and by that I mean the Bible and yourself and us. You'd need to do the heavy lifting of expositing the Word, yourself and the rest of us in your head and heart, ahead of time.
Then you could stand there like some kind of prophet -- because that's what we need to hear. You could tell us what the Word's words mean to our lives. You'd lead us through the forest of the Word, rather than having us watch you hide behind the syntax of a tree or two.
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