It was great to have pastor Greg Mitchell here for a men's discipleship last night. His preaching was like a breath of fresh air for me. I felt encouraged to know that topical preaching was not dead in our Fellowship. I hear expository sermons three times a week here and it gets tiresome to someone whose ear has been tuned by years of hearing topical preaching.
Topical preaching is taking an idea or a revelation and, if it aligns with the Bible, using scripture to make your point. Expository preaching tells the Bible story and uses the Bible to validate the Bible. No matter how many time you read it, the Bible narrative always comes out the same. Jesus preached about God and about scripture using illustration from real life. His audience understood what he was saying by how he said it.
I go to church to worship, and to hear what the Lord has to say to my life. A sermon can apply Biblical truth to real life. A sermon ought not to be a theological interpretation or just retelling an ancient story. Make the Bible come to life by applying it to real life people and events.
It seems that a problem with success is that you begin to work to conserve what you have and spend little time becoming better.
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