Comments on: so if they’re ‘talks’ what does a sermon sound like http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/ fundamentalism by blunt instrument Thu, 26 Jan 2012 05:45:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ox http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/comment-page-1/#comment-747 ox Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:16:49 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/#comment-747 I would guess the 'pejorative' aspect comes from this anti-authority age. I read a long review on a book about the emerging/emergent church yesterday. I think you can find it at the Banner of Truth website, it is by Sam Storms. Aside from a little potshot at fundamentalists (legalists) the review was quite illuminating. The postmodern idea proposes that you can't be very dogmatic about anything. (They are very dogmatic about this!) Thus, anything as forceful as preaching is the essence of pride. BTW, one of the places I noticed the term 'talk' was at the T4G site. I listened to a few of those messages. They weren't talks. (And I found myself in disagreement on a number of points, but that's another issue!) Maranatha! Don Johnson Jer 33.3 I would guess the ‘pejorative’ aspect comes from this anti-authority age. I read a long review on a book about the emerging/emergent church yesterday. I think you can find it at the Banner of Truth website, it is by Sam Storms. Aside from a little potshot at fundamentalists (legalists) the review was quite illuminating.

The postmodern idea proposes that you can’t be very dogmatic about anything. (They are very dogmatic about this!) Thus, anything as forceful as preaching is the essence of pride.

BTW, one of the places I noticed the term ‘talk’ was at the T4G site. I listened to a few of those messages. They weren’t talks. (And I found myself in disagreement on a number of points, but that’s another issue!)

Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3

]]> By: Chris http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/comment-page-1/#comment-745 Chris Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:20:26 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/#comment-745 I usually hear people say they are going to "share" something from the Bible instead of preach it. I am always bothered by that. They may also say "not to preach at you...but". I don't get it; why has preaching sometimes become pejorative? I usually hear people say they are going to “share” something from the Bible instead of preach it. I am always bothered by that. They may also say “not to preach at you…but”. I don’t get it; why has preaching sometimes become pejorative?

]]> By: Greg Linscott http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/comment-page-1/#comment-743 Greg Linscott Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:00:52 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/#comment-743 I have noticed it, too, but it seems to me that it is used more often when the content is more topical than exposition of a passage, or practically "this is how we do it" driven, rather than "this is what the Word of God demands of us." I have noticed it, too, but it seems to me that it is used more often when the content is more topical than exposition of a passage, or practically “this is how we do it” driven, rather than “this is what the Word of God demands of us.”

]]> By: ox http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/comment-page-1/#comment-740 ox Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:09:24 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/#comment-740 heh, heh... heh, heh…

]]> By: Kent Brandenburg http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/comment-page-1/#comment-739 Kent Brandenburg Sun, 01 Jun 2008 21:39:50 +0000 http://oxgoad.ca/2008/06/01/so-if-theyre-talks-what-does-a-sermon-sound-like/#comment-739 I've noticed that too and I thought it was fitting for who was doing the speaking. I’ve noticed that too and I thought it was fitting for who was doing the speaking.

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