Posted on 05/07/2009 7:00:03 PM PDT by ReformationFan
I’ve said this many times: I can listen to a guy preach—put anybody in front of me—and I’ll tell you what his view of Scripture is by what he says. If he doesn’t preach out of the Bible, I know what his view of Scripture is, I don’t care what he says. I don’t care if he wants to die telling me he’s a believer in inerrancy, if he gets up and does not preach the Word of God, that’s his view of Scripture leaking all over the place. Look, every preacher preaches for impact, for effect, for result. You’re up there saying what you think is going to get you the best result.
If you think it’s foolishness and fun n’ games and song n’ dance and sermonettes for Christianettes—if you think it’s that kind of stuff—that’s what you’re going to do; but if you know, as Al [Mohler] was saying, that the power is the truth, that God has, as we’ve heard all week, has invested his power, as R.C. [Sproul] said, in his Word, then that’s what you preach. I mean, it’s that simple! It comes down to this loss of preaching. And I’ll tell you, how do you know it’s the new liberalism? Because you can’t stop a seeker-friendly movement, because it’s going to be redefined, it’s going to be redefined, it’s going to be redefined… It’s relentlessly being redefined because the culture changes so fast in a media-driven society. It changes so fast!
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Ahhh, the slappy-clappy crowd type of service.
However, Paul indicated that the pinnacle of Christian worship is the reading, teaching and application of the Word of God. He writes in 1Ti 4:13 "Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. " I submit to you that if the reading and exposition of Scripture is not the pinnacle of a worship service, that church hasn't really worshipped at all, but merely been entertained at a good show. Note the applause.
Ahhh, the slappy-clappy crowd type of service.
However, Paul indicated that the pinnacle of Christian worship is the reading, teaching and application of the Word of God. He writes in 1Ti 4:13 "Until I come, give attention to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation and teaching. " I submit to you that if the reading and exposition of Scripture is not the pinnacle of a worship service, that church hasn't really worshipped at all, but merely been entertained at a good show. Note the applause.
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When John MacArtur speaks, I listen.
He is the pastor of a mega-church.
So?
There are some pastors of mega-churches who are true godly men who speak the truth. Not a lot, but there are some.
Hey, Charles Spurgeon was the pastor of a mega-church. It’s not ALWAYS a bad thing!
I think it is irrelevant.
Praising God, and having favour with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily such as should be saved. Acts 2:47
For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but wanting to have their ears tickled, they will accumulate for themselves teachers in accordance to their own desires, and will turn away their ears from the truth and will turn aside to myths.
1Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power.
2Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.
3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
4Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
5Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.
6Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Yikes, that sounds both slappy AND clappy.
Hmmm. That would explain Warren's embrace of Christianity Lite.
I like MacArthur as well. I love that he’s made all his sermons available for free on his website.
Johnny Mac is solid. I’ve never been a fan of contemporvana preaching, or the seeker friendly method which diminishes the serious problem of sin.
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