Dr. Steve Lawson was with a group of pastors, advocating the virtues of Expositional Preaching. Opening up the meeting for a Q and A, the first question asked was this:

“Dr. Lawson, tell us, how would you preach on Obamacare?”

Here was Dr. Lawson’s reply:

“OK, here’s what you do. Have you got a pen and paper? I want you to write this down.

You turn to the book of Romans and you start in Romans 1 and verse 1, and you preach all the way through the entirety of the book of Romans.

Did you write that down?

Then what I want you to do is go to the Gospel of John. I want you to start in John 1, verse 1 and preach all the way through the Gospel of John – just take your time.

Did you write that down?

Then I want you to go to the book of Psalms and start in Psalm 1 and verse 1, How blessed is the man… and I want you to go all the way through verse by verse through all the 150 Psalms, till you come to the end of Psalm 150, Hallelujah, praise the Lord.

And every time you see the word ‘Obamacare’, stop and address it.

Otherwise, keep going.”

(this excerpt is a transcript taken from the Master’s Seminary – Fall 2018: Fundamentals of Expository Preaching with Dr. Steven Lawson, Session 3)