Is the reason for coming to the “meeting” to get entertained or to get the Word of truth? Jesus wasn’t exactly big on delivering jokes during His preaching, either.
I actually find him to be quite engaging and challenging on a spiritual level and what is more important than that when listening to bible teaching.
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Virtually every Pastor I’ve ever heard other than MacArthur combines both which makes the learning much more effective. I was probably over the top with my analysis and realize MacArthur has a large following but I also can't help thinking of first time non Christian listeners stumbling onto one of his radio broadcasts and turning further away rather than being drawn to it because of how hard he is to listen to.