A short time ago we compared the content of the preaching from our pulpits in the past and now. There are still a few details that should be mentioned. As I ask around among our older folk about the difference in the preaching then and now the common remark is made, that the preaching is […]
Particularly the older members of our churches must have noticed that a gradual change has come about in the contents of the preaching from our pulpits. It must be understood that I am not writing about the quality of the sermons. If I were to compare the quality of the sermons delivered from our pulpits […]
Doctrine and practice. It was the relation between these two that we were discussing. And in the discussion we were examining the problem of whether it is possible for the preaching to be too doctrinal and not of sufficient practical advantage to the church of Christ in the world. We noticed in the last article […]
We were discussing the question of whether or not the preaching in our churches is too much concerned with doctrine and not sufficiently engrossed with the practical life of the saints. We noticed in a brief glance at the modern church world that practical preaching is the thing of the day, and that in very […]
Last issue of the Beacon Lights we noticed that sometimes the preaching in our churches is said to be too doctrinal, with the result that practical emphases are lost. We noticed that this happens in many churches today outside the sphere of our own, where the extreme is that the Word of God is no […]
There is a very common tendency among us to separate what we often call doctrinal preaching and practical preaching. And I am quite sure that if a poll were taken of our people as to which they preferred, the vote would be very strongly in favor of so called practical preaching. And if we take […]