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The Imperative of Scriptural Preaching

I know.... it's Thursday morning and I should be setting up the coffee for our morning Bible Study. But, if you know me, you know I can't stay away from searching for that last little tidbit to bring to study. I found a good one today. The Imperative of Preaching hits me on two levels. The first, the sufficiency of Scripture - as it relates to our study of the Doctrine of Holy Scriptures. The second, serving on the Pulpit committee, being reminded of the absolute requirement that preaching be expositional - verse by verse, chapter by chapter. Forcing us to be Christians who are passionate for Christ and Scripture.

Let me offer a quote - than read the rest.

The congregation can learn numerous lessons from expository preaching. A church that has expository preaching will be a church filled with Christians passionate for Christ and scripture (in addition, to understanding the congruency of the Bible, the contextual basis of a passage, and holistically looking at scripture.) This can only happen if preaching is placed as the primacy of the church. In other words, only if preaching is the centrality of worshipping corporately together will we find ourselves surrounded by doctrinal purity. I’m tired of preachers imagining they have an audible word from God; as if God spoke to them as he did to Moses. Expository preaching brings us back to the sufficiency of scripture. It is the dependence on scripture and the inspiration the Holy Spirit has provided through men who wrote scripture.

He goes on to say that modern evangelical Christians are plagued by the ideology of "Christianity is Life, not doctrine". "In other words, it's not about what you believe, hot how you work out the plan."

God does speak to us. It’s right in front of us and pastors have failed to look. It is of course Scripture. The supreme rule of faith and life is before us and pastors have chosen to tickle people’s ears.We need Men who realize the plight and disposition of man and the light of the gospel; moreover, we need men who understand the imperative of preaching as the means of grace toward their congregation.

Sorry if the coffee is late - good reminders are an addiction.

Posted by Christine at October 28, 2005 1:51 AM