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Originally Posted by Margies3
We have been very blessed. Our former pastor - (the one who went to Indonesia as a missionary) - did alot of expository preaching. He also taught Bible classes and Religion classes at the University of Toledo. So teaching was his strong point and he was VERY good at it. He preached an average of 20-25 minutes and every word he said was important. No fluff stuff.
Then after he left, we had a young man for a year. His preaching was good, but his life had some areas that needed serious work. So it made it hard to listen to his preaching, Know what I mean? I won't go into detail. But he is gone now.
And now we've had a man filling the pulpit while we search for a new pastor. He is another one whose sermons are pure food. He does use personal examples, but only when they fit with the message.
None of these have spent time from the pulpit chatting with the congregation or "connecting" or anything. They were all serious about preaching the Word of God.
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You are blessed!!!
Most preachers that I have sat under with the exception of a few would have the stopwatch going 95-99% of the time with the little bit of deepest thought, and true word teaching lasting just minutes to maybe even seconds.
Most of those "fluff and stuff" messages come from the NT without much regard to the OT other than maybe a Psalms or two thrown in sometimes. The OT was the Scripture for the early church, and IMO should be used more often, with so much for us to learn. However, much easier to scream about
Acts 2:38, and the favorite passages they run to, then trying to get into the meat of the Word.
Good question T2W!!!
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