Theology of Preaching-Further Thoughts

Here are a few more of my favorite quotes from Mohler's articles. Brackedted comments are mine.

• All Christian preaching is unabashedly Christological.
• If preaching takes its ground and derives its power from God's revelation in the Son, then the cross looms as the paramount symbol and event of Christian proclamation.
• Preaching is effective when it is faithful [not, I might add, when more people are in the seats].
• All Christian preaching is resurrection preaching. A theology of preaching includes both a "theology of the cross" and a "theology of glory."
• "You might as well expect to raise the dead by whispering in their ears, as hope to save souls by preaching to them, if it were not for the agency of the Holy Spirit" [quoting Spurgeon].
• To preach "in the Spirit" is to preach with the acknowledgment that the human instrument has no control over the message--and no control over the Word as it is set loose within the congregation.

I have appreciated these articles because I'm concerned that many of us who stand behind the pulpit today are getting the cart before the horse. We're preaching for results instead of the glory of God. I would urge preachers to first work out their "theology" of preaching before they worry about what will happen during the invitation.