One of the major things any ordinand will have to do is sooner or later get up into the pulpit and preach the word of God. Above all the stuff we have to do in college this is one of the most awesome responsibilities associated with this vocation.
I write this post in order to get get it right in my own mind as much as to do anything else.
Central to any preaching is the centrality of prayer the logic is
If preaching is God speaking when we speak in his name, on his behalf , by his authority, and for the good of the people to whom he has sent us then we must speak his message. Of course that will mean that the message will be biblica, but the Bible is a big book and is easily misinterpreted. Thefore how do we know from all the possible thoughts available in the Bible, what he wants to communicate to his people he knows will be gathered to hear his word ?
We ask him
We wait quietly in his presence inviting him to speak to us as preachers through his word so that we can faithfully convey his message to our hearers.
THis has to be the core of our / my preaching
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