A couple of goodies:
The preacher who does not live his theology, who does not preach from his own pain and joy, in the midst of his own temptation and comfort, is only a philosopher.
Preaching is also doxology. It confesses for the people. It expresses their fears and desires and also their joy. It is not always adversarial.
3 comments:
So how transparent should that pain and joy be?
Good question. Petersen could answer for himself but I don't preach my own pain and joy, I preach from it. In other words, I preach to what I gather to be common experience. I assume in other words that what I feel others are feeling as well.
The Scripture must be preached in a way that is real to human experience, and our own individual experience is really all we have. Very post modern, no?
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