During my church visits as I
listen to the average 30-minute sermon it appears that extra-biblical content
(articles, online jokes, denominational resources, anecdotes, illustrations and
current news) outweighs the Word by about a three to one ratio. It occurs to me
that many of today’s preachers are leaning on their own understanding (Proverbs
3:5) rather than the Word of God. Peter
said, “For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of
imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God. For,
“All men are like grass, and all their glory is like the flowers of the field; the
grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of the Lord
stands forever.” And this is the word that was preached to you” (1 Peter
1:23-25).
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