Faith Defenders

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 preachers can’t save [..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 Scripture. The showman’s [..more..]

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 omit the hard [..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 preacher who always [..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 and live drama, [..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 is to fix [..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 what wisdom do [..more..]

Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally.

It depreciates by example the spiritual duty and priority of personal Bible study.

Is personal Bible study important? Of course. But what example does the preacher set when he neglects the Bible in his own preaching? Why would people think they need [..more..]