Michael Hranek wrote: Some Preacher Let's be honest God has given humanity some exceptional preachers, and yes they have set a wonderfully high standard preachers ought to consider in sermon preparation (much of this must needs to be a lot of fervent praying) _ NO! Not to attempt to be someone we are not but to feed and let me stress feed, truly feed any who listen with the Word of God.
Hi Michael; You might have been thinking of someone else. My post was not regarding what you were responding to. I try to follow the example of the men you mentioned. What Martin Lloyd Jones would call "Men who aim at heat and light".
TechnoGeek wrote: Have you noticed lately that with ubiquitous flatscreens, handhelds, 24/7 access to sermons and videos that most Sunday sermons appear lackluster? Even megachurch pastors are dull. Hasn't our technology dramatically raised our minimum expectations to include "[URL=http://www.sermonaudio.com/topstuff.asp?section=playsermon&whichtype=alltime]]]All Time Top Sermons[/URL]." If your pastor's sermons are not consistently worldclass, you look for greener pastures. Perhaps being plugged into technology during our waking hours makes almost all preachers seem "boring." It's not that "boring" preachers should be fired, but that we should unpulg from all of this machinery that could be destroying our very soul.
Very good observation Techno. People don't even live real lives in any area anymore. They are all stuck inside an electronic box. The other day I went into a Sunday school room and all the kids were on their gadgets. No one was doing any fellowship withe their "friends" that were right there in from of them. After the services, everyone (young and old alike) gets on their i phones in a panic lest they have missed something important.
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