Recently, my beautiful fiance and I went to a worship service at a church in Indianapolis. The sermon was theologically sound, gospel-centered, and well-delivered. But she was not happy at all with it. Why? The dude barely referred to or read Scripture!
Remember Paul's commands to Timothy (a young pastor) - 'devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture' - and 'preach the word.'
Tie-in here - I just finished up at College Church's Workshop on Biblical Exposition. It was so restful - restful because I was in the Scriptures so much without distraction. And they are life!
That got me to thinking. Why preach?
Well, so we'll love God!
And also - what is preaching? It is clearly showing people the glory of God in the face of Jesus in the Scriptures the Holy Spirit gave us.
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