TRUE GOD-CENTERED PREACHING
Masculine Heralding instead of feminine counseling

Having listened to, literal thousands of sermons, messages and preachers, you'd think I'd know a thing or two about Christian preaching. Just ask my wife about my love for good Jesus Centered preaching. With that, I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE with Sam Storms latest e-article:

'Evangelical preachers, dare I say the majority of them (I warned you this might sound cynical), are either ill-equipped for the task of preaching or so burdened with the "business" of "running" a church that they simply lack the time and energy to study, think, pray, and prepare an exegetically sound, theologically robust, and aesthetically appealing image of who God is and why the knowledge of him is infinitely superior in its capacity to satisfy than all rival pleasures.'

Stop preaching about commitment to God and talk about God! Stop preaching about passion for Jesus and talk about Jesus! Mere passion, no matter how intense, mere commitment, no matter how sincere, mere devotion, no matter how loyal, is nothing but religious air unless there be biblical reasons in the minds and hearts of people why this great Triune God, and not another earthly or heavenly pretender, is worthy of it and the object of its focus. When our great God is preached and proclaimed and portrayed in all his glory, and known and seen for who he is, commitment and passion and devotion will flow inexorably and irresistibly from the human heart. Give them someone to be passionate about. They can't savor God until they see him. They can't relish God until he be revealed.

AMEN!

Guess thats why Sam's ministry is called, 'Enjoying God'. I actually like that name more the 'Desiring God'. Get on Sam's e-list: Subscribe here and pass the word.

Love you Sam.