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1 | Fear God! | 1 Pet 1:17 | wak | 35800 | ||
Hank I agree with your overall point ... balance is needed... but I also think of the 80/20 rule. My sense is that the average preachers of Edward's time were preaching 80 percent fear, don't(s) and sin and 20 percent Love, do's and grace. Today's preachers have reverse that, 80 percent love, etc. and 20 percent fear, etc. Needless to say, God's message needs to be balance. but if I had to pick in the "real world" (please,don't recite the ideal) I'll take the typical 2002 preacher over the typical 19th century preacher. I guess I'm even more wary of nostalgia " the good old days", than I am of the baby boomer mentality. |
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2 | Fear God! | 1 Pet 1:17 | Reformer Joe | 35805 | ||
You think that most modern preachers dedicate a fifth of their sermons to the fear of God? I think a better paradigm to study (rather than how much "fear" is preached) is whether we have a balance between law and gospel. God's moral law in Scripture shows us the righteous requirements of an infinitely moral, infinitely holy, infintely powerful Judge. That is sufficient to convict God's people of their sin and helplessness, and also show us as followers of Christ what the goal is of our sanctification. The gospel shows us God's gracious provision to meet for us the righteous demands of His law in the person of Jesus Christ. Everything in Scripture can be preached in terms of law and gospel, and in those two we have the whole picture of the character of God and what our response should be. Therefore, both should be clearly preached in every sermon. --Joe! |
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