So I have been doing a lot of reading these days (which is nice), a good mix of fiction, non-fiction and periodocal. One of the magazines I read is Touchstone www.touchstonemag.com and I came across a great article on the dangers of "relevant" preaching. The authors warns against simplifying Christian language to the point of meaninglessness. He says:
"…the first answer to the problem is not to simplify and replace the language and therefore distort the message, but inside the Church to explain, and outside the Chruch to live, so that those who think Christianity irrelevant will so desparately want to be a part of our community that they will happily learn to speak in a new tongue."
In other news I preached on Doubt the past two Sundays as a two-part series. Part one was entitled – The Dark Side of Doubt and part two – The Sunny Side of Doubt. I found part one the more difficult of the two to speak on but it was an enjoyable experience none-the-less.
That’s it for now.
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