Jen Wilkin, JT English, and Kyle Worley discuss what preaching is and its purpose in the church.

Questions Covered in This Episode:

• Does preaching still matter?
• What is preaching?
• How is preaching different from other forms of teaching in the church?
• Should preaching be a part of corporate worship? What are the core concerns/questions/considerations around this?
• Why is preaching not more formative in the lives of church people?
• Does the Spirit have an ordained means by which God is going to normatively move through his church, or are any means the same?
• What is the purpose of liturgy? 
• What's the difference between a regulative and a normative principle of worship?
• How does the regulative principle affect the content of preaching?
• Is the sermon the “high point” of a service?
• What is the proper length of a sermon?
• How much of a service should be devoted to singing?
• What would you characterize as bad or ineffective preaching?
• Is preaching a spiritual gift?
• Is it possible to overemphasize the role of preaching?
• What is the role of teaching?

Helpful Definitions: 

• Preaching: Declaring the mighty acts of God, who He is, and what we are to do in response to those things from God's word in the gathering of God's people in corporate worship.
• Regulative: The Bible regulates all that one can do in the corporate worship of a body. If it's not clearly seen in scripture or prohibited, then it can or can’t be done.
• The Bible presents a clear pattern of worship, including preaching, baptism, the Lord's supper, and singing, which should be the normative practices of the body of Christ.

Resources Mentioned in this Episode:

• Deep Discipleship Program

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