[Tithesmeister]

Coksiw,

I like this. A lot! It is a timely word. You are teaching. But you are also preaching. And exhorting.

I don’t even want to disagree with you. I think you are about 95% correct. MOST references to preaching in the Bible are about preaching the gospel, or the kingdom, or baptism, or remission of sin. BUT sometimes it is preaching to the church.

So, I would agree that most preaching in the Bible is somewhat akin to what we would think of as evangelism, but it was also done to the believers.

You are absolutely right about the definition of preaching evolving though. AND I have a theory as to why it is that way. Maybe those stones will be cast my direction. I believe that the reason preaching is done to the church, is because preaching to the lost, doesn’t pay nearly as well.

So we are supposed to “go ye”?

Instead we say “y’all come”.

And the lost may incidentally be preached to, along with the church. It’s not the NT model, but sometimes it works.

Preach on!

Teach on!

Exhort on!