Your comments have reminded me of one of Paul’s most endearing passages to us all….

Philippians 1:27-30 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so that whether I come and see you or remain absent, I will hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel; (28) in no way alarmed by your opponents–which is a sign of destruction for them, but of salvation for you, and that too, from God. (29) For to you it has been granted for Christ’s sake, not only to believe in Him, but also to suffer for His sake, (30) experiencing the same conflict which you saw in me, and now hear to be in me.

And then this instruction….

Philippians 2:1-7 Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if there is any consolation of love, if there is any fellowship of the Spirit, if any affection and compassion, (2) make my joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. (3) Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves; (4) do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. (5) Have this attitude in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, (6) who, although He existed in the form of God, did not regard equality with God a thing to be grasped, (7) but emptied Himself, taking the form of a bond-servant, and being made in the likeness of men.

Thank you for bringing this to mind.
Blessings,
Chris

How you read my last comment and ascertain that I am saying I am on someone’s speed dial is beyond me. I have said nothing of the sort You appear to be bartering for a fight and I just will disengage from this comment stream with you.

Blessings,
Tim

See, you are too impressed and you have to brag about being on speed dial. Boast in the Lord, son.

The ground is level at the foot of the cross. There will be NO special lines for seminary presidents on J-Day. Not even for Al Mohler. (ha ha)

If you were really impressed with Christ, you would not have boasted about him calling you. It would be no big deal in the grand scheme of temporal things and eternal life. You know I am right. That makes it harder, I know.

Christ uses the foolish to shame the wise, son. He is not impressed by earthly greatness. Why should you be?

I am impressed with Christ. It impresses me when I read His Word and it pierces my heart and leaps off the page at me.

Are you trying to say that you are never impressed when you get a call from someone that usually would not dial your number?

I am sorry if my position in life is not as those you may know that are on the speed dialing list from presidents of seminaries.

Blessings,
Tim

This is the whole problem. You revere these men too much. He is just a man.Isaiah 2:22 God is no respector of persons nor should you be.

Grow up and be impressed with Christ alone.

Amen, Brother! You and I are completely on the same page on this issue. Mark this day down as a golden day for the ages.

:)

Also, there’s nothing wrong with topical preaching as long as it’s true to the Scriptures. Many great and godly men preached topical messages…good messages. But, I firmly believe that expository preaching is the best way to go. It will help your people grow in thier faith. And, if anything out there suggests to Churches that we get away from preaching and teaching the Bible….that it’s outdated and antiquidated, that we preach psychological, self help, “ten steps to making friends,” or “five ways to be successful” type messages, then that way is not only weak, but it’s wrong and dangerous and will lead to an unsound, unBiblical Churches.

David

TaTa.
I’m off to preach about the felt need for repentance from a historical narrative NOT using any major or minor points. I’m gonna tell a story today. I’ll not do any etymologies of a word. I completely intend to ignore the Hebrew syntactical structure. Yet, God’s word will pour forth from the heavens…Hmm how does that happen without an expository methodology. Of yeah that’s right, I remember now… God’s word is above my reason, faculties, and deductions.

Maybe you should work on defining exposition as to what it really is.

Also, it seems you have no idea what the concept of preaching to “felt needs” is or any idea of the history of the term.

cb