Teaching vs. Preaching

Last updated on: April 17, 2018 at 10:46 am by Matt Pearson

Teaching vs. Preaching 2018-04-16T00:53:46-05:00 Matt Pearson

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Eugene Peterson:

â€œTeaching tells us what we need to know and do; it is about us. Preaching tells us who God is and what He does; it is about God. AndÂ that is what the Prophet does. He doesnâ€™t talkÂ aboutÂ God, explain God, or argue for God. Neither does he explain ourselves to ourselves, give counsel on how to survive the exile, provide directions to improve our lives. HeÂ preaches the gospel: tells us that God is alive, present, and savingly active in places where we are living and among the people with whom we are living. There are implications, of course, for the way we live, but only if we understand that the living reality that concern isÂ GodÂ here and among us. Preaching that is primarily about us is notÂ gospelÂ preaching at all. That would be bad news, not good news.â€ (from chapter 7 in The Jesus Way: A Conversation on the Ways that Jesus is the Way)

Amen and Amen.

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