How To Preach Without Converting Anybody
Author: Sherman Haywood Cox II (586 Articles)
Sherman Haywood Cox II is the director of Soul Preaching. He holds the M.Div with an emphasis in Homiletics and a M.S. in Computer Science.
Adrian Warnock quotes Charles Finney who said:
Preach on every doctrine that centers the attention on man rather than Jesus. Teach every doctrine that makes man the center of God’s attention rather than God the center of man’s devotion. Tell people only what God will do for them.
Avoid preaching about the necessity of a radical change of heart, through the truth revealed to the heart by the agency of the Holy Spirit.
Let your supreme motive to be peopular with all people, then, of course, your preaching will be suited for that purpose, and not to convert souls to Christ.
A pastor friend of mine told me that there are many so called “great” preachers who preach “great” sermons, but their preaching does not seem to have the conversion power only given by the Holy Ghost. I think that Finney is on to something here. Great preaching radically confronts humanity and includes not only what God has done for humanity, but also what God has empowered humanity to do.
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