tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post5878532571791859785..comments2023-05-07T09:56:23.909-04:00Comments on The Christian Curmudgeon: Together for the PreachingAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-82649826296466306342012-05-18T09:20:39.788-04:002012-05-18T09:20:39.788-04:00Mozart, I am sure Dr. Clark would be offended by y...Mozart, I am sure Dr. Clark would be offended by your comment.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-86273617912534807742012-05-18T09:19:49.018-04:002012-05-18T09:19:49.018-04:00Ken, I am not student of the history or preaching....Ken, I am not student of the history or preaching. But, by expository I mean any method that lets the text speak in its original (grammatical and historical) context and then in its redemptive context. I think Calvin did that. I think MLJ often did not. He preached a lot of "principles" he thought he drew from the context and a lot of experience. Welsh and personal. I have a high appreciation of him. I heard him 9 times over 8 days the summer I married hurricane Susan and the summer that hurricane Camille hit the Coast. Also just weeks before I began seminary. He was powerful in the pulpit, and I loved the way he took shots at the special music all week. His sermon that week on Acts 2:42 was formative of and influential on the whole of my ministry - not to say that I preached on that text as much or more than any other. I read a lot of him. I preached some of him. But I do not think he is a good model for preaching.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07146011447109951026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-10104501462032419332012-05-17T19:00:43.421-04:002012-05-17T19:00:43.421-04:00Fair enough; I do agree that many "reformed&q...Fair enough; I do agree that many "reformed" churches pay much attention to preaching while neglecting other aspects of worship.<br /><br />But to truly put an emphasis on preaching is to put the emphasis not merely on the act itself but the word that is going forth when the bible is opened and the man of God opens his mouth to proclaim truth. And if the word is rightly divided then it will flow down like living water to all other aspects of the church. In all things, the scriptures will be central to our singing, ordinances, ministries, etc. This, I believe, is what it means to make preaching the primacy of worship.Richhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08961748598430931759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-24505084051618228832012-05-17T15:17:03.608-04:002012-05-17T15:17:03.608-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.mozarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12379441959997940489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-66607133826476137702012-05-17T15:15:49.720-04:002012-05-17T15:15:49.720-04:00I'm beginning to think "Christian Curmudg...I'm beginning to think "Christian Curmudgeon" is a pseudonym for Scott Clark.mozarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12379441959997940489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8934298301663499561.post-72179443899801983332012-05-17T08:44:21.128-04:002012-05-17T08:44:21.128-04:00It's interesting, though, if you read through ...It's interesting, though, if you read through the history of preaching, the current love of "expository" preaching is a relatively recent phenomenon, and really borrowed from Baptist Broadus.<br /><br />For instance, read Calvin's sermons, or Davies, or Edwards, or earlier Puritans or BM Palmer or JH Thornwell, or CEN Macartney. The sermons were remarkably Biblical in their content, but they could never be considered expository in the modern sense of that term.<br /><br />Which suggests to me that maybe expository (in that sense) is not a great category for preaching.Ken Piercehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03161121731160400592noreply@blogger.com