The article “Postmodern preachers” in the Nov. 11 issue of The Alabama Baptist shows once again why the churches offer so little salt to our fallen world. We do not need preaching that caters to a so-called postmodern world.
The church needs neither master orators nor culturally relevant humanistic devices such as art, dancing or whatever the fad may be. Twenty-minute sermons with “intentional silence” is just an absurd excuse for preachers who have no authoritative voice to begin with.
Instead of entertainers who expound a feel good message catering to people dead in trespasses and sin we need men of God, filled with the Holy Spirit who have tongues on fire for Christ.
The man of today is no different than the first century man that Paul encountered.
Sexual immorality, idolatry and drunkenness are the still the order of the day. It is outright paganism and only those who obey the solemn command to preach the Word will tear down these strongholds.
Instead of dishing out this dancing business we need men who travail in prayer and fasting. When men like this get up to preach they are often blessed with the unction of the Spirit and men will cry out “What must we do to be saved?”
America needs men like John Knox, Martin Luther and George Whitfield. Cultural relevance has always led the church down the wide path irrelevance and destruction. To proclaim the unsearchable riches of the Lord Jesus Christ is going to take more than 20-minute sermonettes. If they are obedient to their call they will not have to worry if they “connect” with their listener.
George Whitfield preached an incredibly doctrinal and powerful sermon to the illiterate miners of Bristol yet they didn’t complain of him lecturing for too long. They got saved. We must have preaching that glorifies God, convicts men of sin, and leads them to the cross of Christ.
Reading an article like that makes me cry out, where is the Lord God of Whitfield, Edwards and Knox? Who can make these dry bones live?
James Lucas
Birmingham, Ala
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