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Revisiting our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It clouds the true depth and transcendence of our message and therefore cripples both corporate and personal worship. What passes for preaching in some churches today is literally no more profound than what preachers in our fathers’ generation were [..more..] Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It hinders the work of the Holy Spirit. What is the instrument the Spirit uses to do His work? The Word of God. He uses the Word as the instrument of regeneration (1 Pet. 1:23; James 1:18). He also [..more..] Concluding our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It puts the responsibility on the preacher to change people with his cleverness. Preachers who pursue the modern approach to ministry must think they have the power to change people. That, too, is a frightening expression of pride. We [..more..] Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It strips the pulpit of power. “The word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword” (Heb. 4:12). Everything else is impotent, giving merely an illusion of power. Human strategy is not more important than [..more..] Offensive Preaching “It is a poor sermon that gives no offense; that neither makes the hearer displeased with himself nor with the preacher.” Originally posted 2009-09-10 11:00:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It lies to people about what they really need. In Jeremiah 8:11, God condemns the prophets who treated people’s wounds superficially. That verse applies powerfully to the plastic preachers that populate so many prominent evangelical pulpits today. They [..more..] Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It encourages people to become indifferent to the Word of God and divine authority. Predictably, in a church where the preaching of Scripture is neglected, it becomes impossible to get people to submit to the authority of Scripture. The [..more..] Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It robs people of their only true source of help. People who sit under superficial preaching become dependent on the cleverness and the creativity of the speaker. When preachers punctuate their sermons with laser lights and smoke, video clips [..more..] Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It breeds a congregation that is as weak and indifferent to the glory of God as their pastor is. “Seeker-sensitive” preaching fosters people who are consumed with their own well-being. When you tell people that the church’s primary ministry [..more..] Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It prevents the preacher from being the voice of God on every issue of his time. Jeremiah 8:9 says, “The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the Lord; so [..more..]
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