One of the elements lacking in preaching today is seriousness, whether in the pulpit or on the street corner. The following link provides 10 essential elements to preaching as given by Dr. Martin Lloyd-Jones. Here is #4: "4. Seriousness – The next element is that of seriousness. The preacher must be a serious man; he must never give the impression that preaching is something light or superficial or trivial…a preacher of necessity must give the impression that he is dealing with the most serious matter that men and women can ever consider together. What is happening? What is happening is that he is speaking to them from God, he is speaking to them about God, he is speaking about their condition, the state of their souls. He is telling them that they are, by nature, under the wrath of God – ‘the children of wrath even as others’ – that the character of the life they are living is offensive to God and they are under the judgment of God, and warning them of the dread eternal possibility that lies ahead of them. In any case the preacher, of all men, should realise (sic) the fleeting nature of the life in this world. The men of the world are so immersed in its business and affairs, its pleasures an all its vain show, that the one thing they never stop to consider is the fleeting character of life. All this means that the preacher should always create and convey the impression of the seriousness of what is happening the moment he even appears in the pulpit (pgs. 85-86)." #preaching #preacher #openairpreaching #gospel #evangelism #church
Posted on: Tue, 02 Jul 2013 15:03:49 +0000
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