Why I read these things, I have no idea….I’ve actually read this website for years. Initially, I did so to see how many topics/opinions I disagreed with. Eventually I read it to try and follow some of the names/faces/places of a legalistic life God released me from. Now, I simply read it because it makes me smile.The folowing brightened my day because I actually applied to the church a year ago. And this paragraph from Calvary Contender makes me love Purcellville all the more:COLLABORATIVE SERMONS?At Purcellville (Va.) Baptist Church, Rev. David Janney meets with a worship planning team several hours every Wed. He typically shows them a draft several days before he plans to deliver a sermon (Houston Chronicle). Some quotes from the Ala. Baptist on postmodern preachers: ?We’re facing a transition.? ?Evangelical worship has seen a lot of changes.? ?I don’t think we will have master oratory much longer.? ?Preaching [may] shift from the linear style to the storyteller?like Jesus, who spoke in parables,? ?Contemplation and meditation may invade the sermon.?
a) someone needs to tell these guys they can get a real url for like three dollars a year from godaddy.com
b) It’s about dang time that contemplation invades our sermons. I can’t be the only one who is tired of sermons that sound like press releases and political white papers.
Interesting, Teaching as Jesus did???? What an orginal thought! We are entering a time of great change, I know we are going way outside the box in a new series starting 4/10…
Thanks Kev…… (My first relay to your site, but have been reading it for a while) keep it up…
Dick