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Ignore what Jesus preached? That doesn’t fit at all with the parable of the sower (Matthew 13, Mark 4, Luke 8). Is the suggestion then that the parable of the sower isn’t for Christians? Is it advised that Christian preachers should not preach the parable of the sower? “Those beside the road...

Ignore what Jesus preached? That would be unthinkable for me. ”But how can people call on him if they have not believed in him? How can they believe in him if they have not heard his message? How can they hear if no one tells them the Good News?” (Romans 10:14, GW) The “Good News,” which is...

There is only one “actual” gospel. Jesus and the apostles preached it. Jesus preached about his death on the cross, before and after the cross. It is an essential component of the gospel. You’re suggesting that the rest of the gospel should not be preached. You’re truncating the gospel by...

Jesus preached the gospel. So too did the apostles. ”Preaching is … proclaim[ing] the gospel.” ”Preaching is worship.” Were not Jesus and the apostles worshipping when they preached?

A wise observation. A conditional response. I remember a professor asking his students early on in the semester in a preaching class: “Who is your favorite gospel preacher?” Students, coming from a wide variety of Christian backgrounds, gave a wide variety of answers to his question. Being...

I preached what Jesus (and the apostles) preached.

“Perhaps you have heard this in a corporate worship service: ‘After worship we’re going to listen to some preaching.’ The problem with this statement is that preaching is an act of worship too. In fact, preaching is attempting to do what the entire liturgy should do, namely, proclaim the gospel...

“If you want to be discouraged and disappointed in life, place all your confidence in yourself and your expectations in people rather than in God.” - Burk Parsons