Read these great words by one of America's Great preachers John MacArthur:
"The only logical response then to inerrant Scripture is to preach it expositionally. By expositionally, I mean preaching in such a way that the meaning of the biblical text is presented entirely and exactly as it was intended by God. Expository preaching is the proclamation of the truth of God as mediated through the preacher.
Some who are known as expositors don't even believe in biblical inerrancy. It might also be the case that most who affirm biblical inerrancy don't practice expository preaching. (Again, the most popular trend among evangelicals these days is decidedly in the opposite direction--toward preaching driven by "felt needs," and other topical approaches to the pulpit ministry.) These are baffling inconsistencies, because an inerrantist perspective demands expository preaching, and a non-inerrantist perspective makes expository preaching unnecessary.
Putting it another way, what does it matter that we have an inerrant text if we do not deal with the basic phenomena of communication, e.g. words, sentences, grammar, morphology, syntax, etc. And if we don't, why bother preaching it?"
Don't you wish preachers would stick to the God Inspired text instead of hand picking verses to fit their "style" or "tradtion". What right does a "preacher" have to change God's Inspired Word? It happens all the time. Who gave him the authority to do that? Did he get it after much study and prayer. Did the Holy Spirt "lead" him this way. Or does he not have enough respect for the Word to "Preach it as it is". Do tell preacher. I would love to hear your comments. :)
No comments:
Post a Comment