On Preaching

Have you ever wondered why preaching is so difficult? As I recall some of my personal experience, I’d say preaching was one of the struggles that I had. Unless you are gifted by the Holy Spirit, preaching still is a skill you have to develop. It does not come easily, but only through hard work. It is so much different just to sit down and listen to a sermon, than to prepare one.

This is where it gets ugly:

1. If I want my preaching to entertain, I would just spice it with jokes and humorous anecdeotes, at the expense of the truth.

2. Preaching once a month and preaching every Sunday either builds you or kill you.

3. Practicing what you preach matters a lot; however, it matters most whether you are preaching Christ!

4. The word of God is a means of grace by which we come to know justification, the Lordship of Christ, sanctiifcation, glorification. Preaching is the channel by which God’s word is brought to His people.