What We Need in the American Pulpit

re-Posted from http://earlychristianamerica.com/blog/?p=195

Keys to Changing America Series

Case Study: John Knox and Resistance to Evil - August 6, 2009

1. Case Study: Colonial pulpits v. American pulpits today

Too many Christians today revel in the truism that says “America was founded as a Christian nation.” Certainly this author agrees, having contended for that position for three decades in well over 100 public debates, over 200 radio programs, literally hundreds of lectures in several schools, illustrative material in over 1000 sermons as well as a plethora of position papers, articles, and blog posts over the years. Nobody believes in that position more than I.

However, contending for the past is sort of like having once been in love: it’s over. Learn from what’s been lost, and let’s get on with building a future. One of the most important truths to come down from our colonial past involved the powerful compulsion, deep conviction, and depth of understanding created by American pulpits concerning just about every issue in the decades just prior to and succeeding the War for Independence.

We need a resurgence today in the art and science of real preaching. Why? Of all the resources that people might have at their disposal, one they cannot afford to be without is leadership. The pulpit is designed to create leadership in many different fields and disciplines – as many as may be represented in the pew in front of each preacher. It is the pulpit that trains people to think and act with wise discernment having first identified the obstacles standing in the way of righteousness.

For too many in the pulpits today, the guiding assumption is that...

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