On Preaching

Posted on June 15, 2025 
Filed under Encouragement, Resources

David Cook introduces –

Simon Flinders recently spoke to our preaching club at Abbotsford on preaching.

Simon preached and then spoke about preaching, the following are his thoughts:

“Preaching has many detractors these days. There are many who question its place or its relevance, this is not new, it may be that the detractions come more frequently these days.

The attacks may come from bored and resentful pew sitters; from educators who are moving toward more student directed learning; from learning style advocates who argue for more varied presentation methods; from the social media generation who are not used to sitting and listening unless the content comes in super short grabs, YouTube hits and Insta reels; from those who value God’s voice in another form, like direct words of prophecy or dream revelation; from evangelists who may question preaching which they think may seem unattractive and even alienating to the visitor at church.

Why then should we persist with preaching? …”

– Read it all at The Expository Preaching Trust.