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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..] Continuing our series that explores and highlights the consequences of not preaching expositionally. It removes the lordship of Christ from His church. Who is the Head of the church? Is Christ really the dominant teaching authority in the church? If so, then why are there so many churches where His Word is [..more..] The church today loves hard hearts. You say, “How do you know that?” Oh, they love hard hearts. “How do you know?” Because of soft preaching. Soft preaching produces hard hearts. It’s just how it is. We would like to think that soft words produce soft hearts, they don’t. Soft words produce hard hearts. [..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 [..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..] 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..] 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.” Like Unlike |
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