[2ndDivisionVet]

Show the 1977 movie “Jesus of Nazareth” it shows his mission and life very well.

[Louis Foxwell]

Absolutely correct. Pounding the pulpit with the Word of God, Bible thumping, is “in your face” conflict with sin. Preach it! This is the command to speak truth to an angry crowd of liberals who do not want to hear the truth.
Sure, conservatives need to hear it too. But liberals are damned to perdition for their allegiance to satan.
Preach and bring fire and brimstone to the feet of the listeners. Fill their hearts and minds with the fear of hell. Make them squirm. Give no quarter to the sinner. Take away all his hidey holes and bring him naked and frightened into the terrifying presence of an angry God.
Find one preacher who can preach his listeners into the fiery pit and the restoration of our nation will begin.

[lupie]

People might prefer to sit at home on a Sunday morning and listen to a sermon on the web. But, that does not capture what preaching is intended to be. Preaching is a corporate enterprise that takes place when the people of God are gathered together. In effect, preaching is the team meeting when the coach gives the big pep talk. Such things cannot happen individually. They must happen as a group.

And when preaching happens as a group, the entire enterprise is (rightly) taken out of our control. We cannot so easily change the channel or shut off the iPod. We are drawn into an event that is larger than ourselves. We are being drawn into the very body of Christ where preaching finds its proper home.

Thus, preaching is anti-individualistic. It directly challenges the postmodern sentiment that all I need is me, my Bible, and Jesus. It forces us to recover a higher ecclesiology.

Amen!!