The Question and Challenge of Preaching Today Jan23

The Question and Challenge of Preaching Today

I’ve both appreciated and enjoyed the comments (and emails) on the post “What is Preaching?” Not surprisingly, folks shared a number of insights and views, though most insights seemed to break down into three categories in particular: 1) I like preaching the way it is (as a hearer or preacher), so let’s not fix something that’s not broken. (Actually the minority sentiment expressed.) 2) I’d really like to be more engaged. (Perhaps the dominant response from listeners.) 3) I’d like to engage folks more, but am not sure how or, for that matter, how it would be received. (The corresponding sentiment from preachers.) And this, of...