tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729125676885240614.post8393925536245633203..comments2023-05-20T02:55:49.664-05:00Comments on Wilderness Preacher: Sermons Should Call Us to Radical DiscipleshipC. Drew Smith, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/00353444627683533559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729125676885240614.post-51578064885628075762008-05-29T19:50:00.000-05:002008-05-29T19:50:00.000-05:00Re: "despite a serious commitment to preaching and...Re: "despite a serious commitment to preaching and the hard work many pastors put into preparing sermons, many sermons fall short of confronting our way of thinking about God, human existence, and the world" ...perhaps you're spot-on. I haven't heard the same sermons you've heard. But is it at all possible that the sermons fell short of confronting your thinking, but might have confronted the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729125676885240614.post-48781246859575557202008-05-26T13:09:00.000-05:002008-05-26T13:09:00.000-05:00PS. String-of-cliche sermons are so common and SO...PS. String-of-cliche sermons are so common and SO unendurable. It's a wonder to me that people can walk out after them and not stumble around and even still talk rationally.lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13050087135408030618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729125676885240614.post-20634927258008193382008-05-26T13:07:00.000-05:002008-05-26T13:07:00.000-05:00Thanks so much for this article. I needed the enc...Thanks so much for this article. I needed the encouragement it provided. Maybe the title should be more about how we hearers need for the text - and the whole Biblical context - to have wrestled the preacher to the ground, over and over.<BR/><BR/>Anyone of moderate intelligence can read a selected text a few times and come up with an exhortation. But to come up with reality is another matter lorenzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13050087135408030618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7729125676885240614.post-31652738501724567992008-05-26T10:46:00.000-05:002008-05-26T10:46:00.000-05:00I agree with what you are saying in part. We do n...I agree with what you are saying in part. We do need to challenge our congregations to radical discipleship. But there is also an edge of how to communicate this across. However, I do think that there are many who do struggle with the texts. I struggle each week, and I'm friends with people who struggle and wrestle through texts each week, and who do challenge their congregations. I hear Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12153489536954433829noreply@blogger.com