Stop trying to be good already!
Odyssey continues to offer great posts on preaching. Chris Erdman now offers this post on how to be good (at preaching):
Why is trying to be a good preacher the wrong approach? Read Chris's article and find out.
The best way to be a really good preacher is by not trying to be good at all. If you’re going to be good, you must put being good out of your mind. Trying to be good has at best produced some silly caricatures of preaching. At worst, trying to be good is an alluring Siren that has caused many a preacher to crash on the rocks of ambition. You are not sent by the Lord Jesus to be good. That said, I’ve no doubt that you can be good so long as you’re aiming in that direction.
Why is trying to be a good preacher the wrong approach? Read Chris's article and find out.
posted by Milton Stanley at 3:36 PM
3 Comments:
My dad always wanted to be Jimmy Swaggart. He was disappointed to learn God already had one, didn't need another one.
He did, did he? Well... maybe that explains why Matt is the way he is (or maybe not) :-)
It sure can.
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