Al Stewart is up to number five in his list of ten barriers to growth.
This time preachers, or more precisely ‘Preaching that lacks, urgency, guts, and a cutting edge’ is firmly in his sights.
…in many of our churches the preaching week by week is less than riveting. It could even be said (and let me actually mention the elephant in the room) sermons are boring. In fact the elephant is asleep. This seems to be stating the obvious, but my question is, why are we so unwilling to name it, and address it
I know I’ll be in trouble for being unloving, or impatient. I know I will be told that God does his work through his word, even through a boring sermon. True. But why is it that we are content for people in our churches to be bored so often, and why does it seem that we expect God to work in spite of us, rather than with us?
Boring people with the Bible is a serious problem.
I feel pangs whenever the issue of ‘exegetical lectures’ is raised. I try to keep things as basic as possible and don’t like to use a lot of outside material and illustrations when preaching. I’ve never really developed a talent for story telling. My preference is to careful explanation.
Stewart’s points are a constructive challenge.
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