John Stott:
"The standard of preaching in the modern world is deplorable. There are few great preachers."John Woodhouse:
"Much of modern preaching is deadly dull, and we long to hear preaching that is alive."Peter Jensen:
"We need to look again at what we do in church, our reading, our prayers, (YES!!) our preaching."Bryan Chapel:
Congregational interest in any message is a minor miracle - that no minister should ever take for granted."Martyn Lloyd Jones, on the British experience going back to the 1960’s!!:
"Many of the younger reformed men in Britain are very good men who have no doubt read a great deal, and are very learned, but they are very dull boring preachers."Richard A. Jensen:
"There’s a crisis - in the theory and practice of preaching."
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Not sure what I think about this myself, but Jordan reckons preaching is for those outside the church. Teaching is for those within. Perhaps it is our expectations that are the problem.
I don't see why it has to be an either/or? What does it say about our understanding of 'church' if preaching is just for those outside the church?
It's probably worth mentioning that Justin has recently done a series on preaching too.
It says a lot about our misunderstanding of church!
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