New preaching weblog

Thanks to Alive and Piercing for introducing me to Ben Brammer's new preaching weblog, Preaching That Matters. Here's a sample:

In the attempt for relevancy, many preachers have neglected, in my humble opinion, the true power of God’s Word to persuade. It seems that while the preacher’s audience is in the need of drastic surgery, the preacher in an attempt to “quick-fix” his audience’s present cirumstances, is only dealing with symptoms of an underlying disease. Further, some preachers try too hard for relevance in their preaching and fail in authentically communicating an authentic message. In other words, the preacher who is zealous for relevancy fails to be fair to his audience, fair to his biblical duty to “preach the Word,”, and fair to the biblical text he tries so hard to make relevant.

. . . . The cry for relevant preaching should never be confused as a cry for a relevant message. As preachers of God’s Word we already have a relevant message, yet it is our communication and application of that message that needs to be relevant.

PTM is off to a good start. I've added its feed to the Preaching weblogs group page.