'When we do topical preaching we (as it were) hold the microphone in front of God and ask him the questions of our choice. We hold the microphone there just long enough to hear his answers, and then we take it away. We do not want to take the risk of letting him have the microphone; after all, he may want to tell us all sorts of things we may not want to hear. To do consecutive expository preaching gives God the mircophone. We hand it over to him and we listen while God tells us what he wants ust to hear. He sets the agenda for our teaching and our learning. Let us give God the microphone.'
Christopher Ash, The Priority of Preaching, p.111.
