The Death of the Sermon
Posted by iCanuck | Posted in church | Posted on 26-03-2009
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I came across this timely and thought-provoking article about the effects of “the video sermon”. Here is a couple excerpts:
“We’re talking about the death of preaching in evangelicalism by all but a small handful of Celebrity Communicators who have little knowledge about those they teach from such far distances.”
“Now, the preaching gift of one person has the ability not simply to reach the back row, but the next town, state, continent. And we’re not just talking about Spurgeon publishing his sermons or Schuller putting his on TV or Driscoll putting his on iTunes…
NOW we’re talking about not just influencing local preachers by making the “best” communicators’ sermons available… we’re talking about replacing those local teaching elders.
Talk about pushing something to an extreme.”
Read the full article here at Next-Wave Ezine.
Other posts here on preaching and sermons:
The Ineffectivess of Preaching
A Sermon You Might Never Hear in Church