Death of the Preacher Man

Time was you could go to church, hear a message straight out of the bible, and spend the week striving to live up to the high ideals of this living truth message.

Not anymore.

Today our preachers have become shallow worldly cowards, too afraid to speak the gospel, more interested in pleasing men and being liked than in speaking Christ and Him crucified. 1 Thessalonians 2:5-6 beautifully outlines the issue here, how proper preachers speak not to please men but rather God, how they do not use flattering speech or seek glory for themselves.

When a preacher resorts to humor, anecdotes, video clips, and uses skits or any book other than the bible as reference, you need to stand up and walk out of there, for that is not a place where the gospel is being preached. You will learn nothing good from such an empty teacher. This Easter Sunday, instead of delivering the resurrection message--from the bible--our pastor described his vacations for us!

There are no words for this outrageous display of vanity.

In those moments when the Apostles spoke of themselves, it was to rejoice in their calling to speak the gospel of the cross, and they always did so with great humility.

It is all about Christ and Him crucified. There is no other name under heaven by which we must be saved. Acts 4:12. If your preacher fails to confess this, if he fails to acknowledge that when he is behind the pulpit, it is about God and not himself, pray for him and turn to the Word for guidance.