preaching, sermons and church

I’ve found this string of posts of an e-mail dialogue between Tim Chester (author of Total Church and a leader of The Crowded House church planting movement in England) and an anonymous correspondent both interesting and challenging to my presuppositions regarding the sermon and preaching within a local church context. (For those who don’t know, I sat under John Piper’s preaching for nearly ten years and is my default predominant model of pastoral ministry, hence my presuppositions!).

(On the precipice of planting Redeemer City Church, perhaps “interesting” and “challenging” are inadequate words to properly describe my thoughts and emotions. Following Chester’s proposals, how about fear?)

~ by Michael L. Johnson on July 28, 2008.