D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, preacher of Westminster Chapel London stated,"The most urgent need in the Christian Church today is true preaching; and as it is the greatest and the most urgent need in the Church, it is the greatest need of the world also." Biblical preaching, expository preaching is the greatest need at this time in the Church.
Tragically, exposition is being replaced with entertainment, doctrine with drama, theology with theatrics, and preaching with performances. What is so desperately needed today is for the pastors to return to their highest calling - the divine summons to "preach the word" (2 Timothy 4:1-2).
The entire written Word must be expounded. No truth should be left untaught, no sin unexposed, no grace unoffered, no promise undelivered.
There must be the clarion declaration of the Bible, the kind of preaching that gives a clear explanation of a biblical text with compelling application, exhortation, and appeal.
Every preacher should confine himself to the truths of Scripture. When the Bible speaks, God speaks. The man of God has nothing to say apart from the Bible.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon said, "I would rather speak five words out of this Book than 50,000 words of the philosophers. If we want revivals, we must revive our reverence for the Word of God. If we want conversions, we must put more of God's Word into our sermons."
May a new generation of strong men step forward and speak up, and may they do so loud and clear. As the pulpit goes, so goes the church.
(Dr. Steven J. Lawson, as printed in Tabletalk)
Thank you, Christopher, for being faithful to preach the whole counsel of God.
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